Arianna opened her eyes and the first person she saw was Loki. She tried to speak but he hushed her. "Please don't try to say anything yet, your tongue is badly bruised and swollen so you won't be able to say anything in the meantime, plus you have to rest." He cautioned.She turned her head and saw the doctor by her side. "Please open your mouth." The doctor requested and she obliged."Her tongue seems to have been hurt pretty badly so she should refrain from talking for at least three days. Make her drink this mix for the meantime, it will help her heal faster. She shouldn't also eat any spicy food, bland food is the word for three days. She should also rest so her other injuries can heal up as well." The doctor instructed and Loki nodded."Thank you doctor."Loki appreciated. "It's no problem Alpha, I'll take my leave now." The doctor said. "Freya will see you off." Loki instructed and the older woman followed the doctor out.Arianna tried to sit up and Loki helped her. She tried sp
He quickly responded to the kiss and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her in ever so lightly. His tongue brushed her teeth,demanding entrance and she obliged, letting him into her mouth.She only realized what she was doing when his tongue slid past hers accidentally and she pulled away in pain. She turned away shyly, surprised at the fact that she was the one who actually initiated the kiss."I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you. I just tend to lose my self control when I'm around you, you're just so captivating." He apologized and slid a hand through his beautiful hair.She wanted to tell him that it wasn't his fault but she remembered that she wasn't supposed to speak for the time being so she just placed a hand on his shoulder reassuringly.He smiled at her and she couldn't resist smiling too. He fed her the porridge and they ate together until it was finished. He then administered her medicine to her thereafter.Zia brought the mix and he helped apply it to her tongue befo
Lilith opened her eyes and saw the doctor by her side. She tried to ask the doctor what had happened to her but couldn't, as trying to speak hurt like hell.The doctor advised her not to speak a word for about a week as her mouth was badly damaged by the spiciness and needed to heal properly. She also learned that her three friends had been whipped as punishment for their direct involvement in Arianna's bullying.Loki refused to visit or see her all the while she was recuperating. He only decided to see her after she was completely fine and it was mostly on Arianna's insistence.She was first delighted to see him but pretended to be angry and turned away from him."What do you want? Are you here to see if I'm dead?" She questioned derogatorily. "Believe me,I don't want to be here but I have no choice." He retorted and she finally turned to face him with a sarcastic smile."Then why are you here? Don't tell me she's the one who asked you to check up on me? Loki, you've completely chang
Arianna paced about in her room but paused when she heard the door knob turn. She knew exactly who it was,there was only one person who always came into her room without knocking. She sat on the bed so he wouldn't know that she was worried but she was unable to hide the worry on her face and he quickly noticed it.He went to sit next to her. "What's wrong?" He simply asked and she turned to throw him a puzzled look."Don't pretend like you don't know what I'm talking about, you look worried so what's the problem?" He asked again and this time,something else got her wondering.It had only been a few weeks,barely a month, so how was it that he already knew her so well? Was there really a bond between them? She tried to shake the thoughts out of her head."Nothing, nothing's wrong with me." She lied. "Arianna you should already know me by now,I can tell when you're lying without having to look at your face or look at your hands to see if they're balled into fists." He said and she turned
"Really? Cassius is here?" Loki asked, unable to believe his ears. "Yes,he's requesting to see you and our future Luna." Freya reported. "I'll be right there in a jiffy." Loki said and Freya nodded and left."I didn't know you had a cousin." Arianna said and Loki smirked. "There's a lot of things that you're yet to know about me." He replied and turned to the door to leave but Arianna grabbed his hand,stopping him."Could you please help me with the zipper?" She requested and turned so her back would face him. He adjusted her dress properly but caressed the skin of her back a little before pulling the zipper up."It's too bad we couldn't finish what you started, I could have made you feel passion that was totally out of this world but maybe some other time." He whispered into her ear and she closed her eyes,trying her hardest not to blush again."OK. Let's go." He said, assuming his formal tone. He took Arianna's hand and they walked out of the room together and headed for the throne
"She died? How?" Loki questioned, shocked to the marrow. "I found out she had been mercilessly and physically abused when she was young so she grew sickly. I was happy to finally find her and she was happy too.I was already ready to start a family with her and all I wanted to do was make her happy but her failing health made it impossible.She was always weak and felt faint when mild pressure was exerted on her but I tried my best to keep her away from all possible stress and tried to keep her healthy as well but fate wasn't kind to both of us.She fell very ill a month ago and I guess her body couldn't withstand the pain anymore so she gave up. In her final moments, she told me how much joy I had brought into her life since the past months,she told me she loved me very much and finally, she wished that we would be mates in the next life as well,where destiny would be a little more kind and then she breathed her last in my arms." Cassius narrated and Arianna could see the tears in his
Arianna realized that she hadn't gone around the palace much,so she decided to explore a little. With Zia as her guide,she soon found out that the palace had a garden.She decided to spend the rest of the day there,picking flowers with Zia because she was a lover of flowers and she rather enjoyed the great outdoors.She had picked enough flowers and was just about to head back to her room when she turned and bumped into a hard chest,large arms wrapping around her and preventing her from falling.She opened her eyes,expecting to see Loki but she got a little shock, seeing it was Cassius. Zia curtsied to acknowledge his presence."What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be resting?" She questioned as she tried to leave his grip but he wouldn't let up."Once I got to my room and jumped into bed,I realized I really wasn't tired so after having an audience with Freya and Lilith, I decided to come to the garden to get a little fresh air. This garden used to be my favourite place in
"Did you see who shot the arrow?" Loki questioned a still frightened Zia. "No I didn't, Alpha. It happened all so quickly, all I saw was a cloaked person fleeing." Zia revealed."Did anyone else see anything?" Loki questioned the guards. "No Alpha, it was only her Highness, Zia and Prince Cassius that were in the garden at the time." One of the guards reported."How could someone have broken through our defenses? If someone was able to find their way into the palace and even sneak into the garden, undetected then that only means that it has to be someone from within. Our rivals have nothing to do with this, it has to be someone from the pack house. Someone that knows their way around the castle and relatively, someone that's close to us. There's a hidden enemy within." Loki reasoned."It's obvious that the problem here is me." Arianna said. "How can you say something like that?" Loki questioned."Yes it's true, the problem is me. Think about it,ever since I got here,only bad things ha
Screams were heard from the room, and everyone paced about, worried sick."This is taking longer than I expected. Are you sure she's going to be alright?" Loki asked, his heart racing."Frankly, I have no idea. She's been giving birth for about two hours already, and on a professional note, I think that's not good considering the condition of her body and also the fact that the baby was premature as well. But all we can hope for is for the best," Arianna also tried to be calm in reply.She gently rubbed her big belly and exhaled. Everything had just moved so fast. It had already been seven months since she returned to the pack, and everything had been going remotely well.She'd spent most of her time with Lilith, and they'd done a lot together, considering that they were both pregnant. Arianna could sincerely admit that in that short period of time she'd spent with Lilith, she'd realized that Lilith wasn't really a bad person at heart.They became nothing short of good friends, and s
"I'm keeping the baby." Lilith said sternly, her eyes red from crying. She looked completely terrible but she didn't care."Lilith. Can you even hear yourself? Birthing the child will kill you." Loki insisted, trying to convince her."No, I can't kill my baby. You were there, didn't you hear what the doctor said? I'm going to die anyway so I won't risk my child. Ever since I was little, this is what I've always wanted, to bear your pups, to make a family with you and though fate has once again turned against me, I've finally gotten what I've always wanted, though at a terrible price. I'm not willing to let it go for anything. How can you even be so inconsiderate Loki? This is also your child for crying out loud. Would you want to give up on your first child just like that?" Lilith questioned raggedly. You couldn't even consider the prospect of giving this child up because she knew what she'd had to go through, all the plotting and the scheming she'd done just to be able to conceiv
"What do you mean?" He questioned."Well, what I'm trying to say is………. " Arianna began, suddenly becoming shy, but luckily, Sage jumped in."Wait! Before you say another word, I have to tell you something.” Sage interrupted, and Arianna stared at him quietly."What is it?" she questioned."Well, I……. Don't freak out, this is going to be ridiculously difficult for me to say," he pleaded, and that just infuriated her."Alright, I won't." If it's not something that's cringeworthy," Arianna said, and Sage gulped and breathed in.He grasped her hands in his and stared directly into her eyes, talking before even mentioning what it was. "I realize this is wrong, inappropriate, on every level, but I fell in love with you and, no matter how many times I tried to tell myself otherwise, just can't. My feelings for you only grow stronger," exclaimed Sage as he completely surprised Arianna."Wait, what?!" she inquired while yanking her hands out of his.She faced around and stood, her back towa
"No, it's fine. You can just ask a maid to do it. You've already done a lot for me today. You should probably get some rest," he urged, and she nodded."And all of you as well," Sage said to the guards and maids, and they bowed and left."Alright, if you insist. I'll send a maid to take care of your wounds," Arianna said, taking one last good look at him before leaving.Arianna stopped one of the maids and asked her about Mabel. She told Arianna that Mabel was doing much better, especially after hearing about the Alpha's recovery.Arianna went straight to the dining area where Mabel was resting."How do you feel?" Arianna questioned, and Mabel shot up but calmed down when she saw that it was just Arianna."I'm doing better, thanks. How's the Alpha? Is he doing OK? Is he really alive now?" Mabel questioned earnestly."Calm down, he's fine except for his wounds, which still cause him pain. I want you to dress his wounds if you're still up for it, that is," Arianna said, and a smile lit
She brought her hands to his chest and performed chest compressions on him, all the while silently praying that it would work. If he had suffered clinical death as she suspected, then CPR might help revive him."What are you doing? The Alpha's dead, his body needs to be rested. What are you doing, do you think?" One of the guards chided, but she just ignored them."Come on, Sage, you can fight this. You can win this, I'm sure of it.".Come on." She cheered on almost silently but never gave up her attempts.Her faith was restored a bit when she felt slight changes to his otherwise comatose state. She could feel his heart kick in again, beating very slowly against his chest. She smiled with tears in her eyes and continued with the chest compressions and paused when she realized what she needed to do.Now that his heart was beating again, she just had to do everything to get him to start breathing, or such precious progress would be lost, and they'd lose again—maybe permanently this time
Sage felt his eyes closing on their own but shot them open when he heard the door swing open.He had to blink twice before he recognized the person that had just come in through the door. He saw Arianna and a weak smile formed on his lips.Arianna gasped when her eyes saw the sight before her. The floor of the room was painted in blood, there was a dead naked man on the floor and Sage, Sage was on the floor and was as naked as the day he was born.Her cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she tried to look anywhere else but below his waist. The excitement was gone as quickly as it came as she saw the terrible condition in which he wasqHe was bleeding profusely and seemed to be in a deplorable condition. It was an abhorrent sight but it was not something that she could not handle. She was a doctor after all.She ran to him and sat by his side, grabbing a hold of his hand. "Sage, what happened here? What happened to you? What's going on?" Arianna questioned, her fears increasing by the min
Sage groaned as he got into bed, his mind spinning all day long. For whatever reason, he could not even try to comprehend, the kiss with Arianna persisted in his mind regardless of how hard he attempted to set it aside.The memory warmed his stomach and he couldn't quite place what he was feeling due to how long he'd gone without feeling anything.He rested on his bed for a moment, not resting for some obscure reason. It was already becoming rather warm so he removed his shirt.He lay back and shut his eyes, so hard trying to sleep but for some reason, he could not shake the sense of restlessness.He was experiencing a rather indispensable eerie feeling, of which he couldn't explain.After trying hard in vain to get some sleep, he decided that a mild sedative would do the trick. He got up from bed and walked to his wardrobe. He pulled out the first aid box and didn't have to search for long before he found what he was looking for.He swallowed a pill and a sip of water and then return
After finding out that she was perfectly fine and in fact still pregnant, Arianna had no reason to stay in the Black Solstice pack.Having reached a consensus with Sage, she was very excited to finally return to Loki and the rest of the pack. She particularly missed Freya's cooking and all her jokes; the older woman had always had a very lively sense of humor.As Arianna thought of everyone in the pack, a certain someone crossed her mind and the thought alone left a bitter taste in her mouth. Lilith.As far as Arianna was concerned, uttering that name almost felt like an abomination and she certainly would not spare that little liar and schemer when she returned.She would tell Loki everything and would make sure to either have Lilith locked up for life, or thrown out of the pack for good. The latter seemed too dangerous as Arianna knew that that conniving little bitch might as well ally herself with someone else and plan an attack on them, as a way of revenge.Thus, Arianna decided i
Loki paced back and forth, attempting to catch his breath. This was not amusing at all. He awoke with the horror of Lilith beside him, and now this? She was holding her chest and appeared to be injured and fainted into his arms. It was not what he had anticipated and was quite disturbing.He hated to notice how frequent the doctor's presence was becoming. It was usually one problem or another, and he was honestly sick of it. He just wished that Arianna would return to him, and they'd live a normal life and be happy.After spending over an hour in the room, which Loki estimated to be an eternity, the doctor finally came out.He accosted her immediately. "Doctor, what's the problem? Please tell me she's fine and just fainted from shock." Loki practically pleaded. He was in no mood for any more bad news."If it were that simple, I would. Sorry, Alpha, but it's more than that," Doctor Rose revealed, and Loki felt himself tensing up."I don't understand, What do you mean by that?" he said