DEMONTES' POVIt had been a week since Freya's attempt to help me recover fully turned out badly. Since that day, I had refused to eat. The blood of my guard I had seen on the wall that day haunted me and I could not bring myself to do anything. I was downcast for the whole week. All Freya's further attempts to get me to eat or even stand up from my bed were futile. She had even gone as far as inviting a few Alpha's that I was in league with to talk to me and raise my hopes but it still didn't work.I didn't want to hear anything. I knew that someone was watching me. Someone wanted me dead, and I didn't know who it was. I woke up with a start that morning, a week after the first incident and from the way my stomach rumbled, I realized I could not continue to live like that. I had to try and eat something.Freya was in bed with me and when she noticed that I was up, she turned to face me."My King," she smiled at me. "You look better this morning."I didn't say a word in reply. I sta
DEMONTES' POVFreya had never been the loud type. Until today.She screamed so loud when I was inside her fully and I knew that all my guards would have heard her.In a matter of minutes, I had climaxed inside her and we lay exhausted on the floor, with our faces to the ceiling."What do you say we have that bath now?" Freya smiled at me."Good idea," I nodded, rising up.I took her hand and together, we rose up from the floor and headed for the bathroom. There, we took turns bathing each other and I struggled to keep my eyes away from her body all through. Freya chuckled, noticing the look on my face and when we were done, we dressed up quickly and headed for the dining.The table was set already when we got there and the scent of the food was entering my nostrils and making me hungrier. I wanted to start eating immediately but Freya was on a call, and we always ate together."Oh my goodness!" She exclaimed all of a sudden.She dropped the phone and when our eyes met again, I noticed
ANTONELLA'S POVI woke up with a start and when I turned to my side, I saw Alpha Xavier sitting on the chair beside me. His eyes were fixed on me and I wondered how I had gotten to his bed.Slowly, I started remembering everything - how he had sent me to the mountains to get him some ginger and how we had quarrelled thereafter. That was the only thing I could remember.As he stared at me, his door opened and a maid walked in with a tray. She dropped it in his front and bowed before turning to leave. Once she had left, Alpha Xavier rose to his feet and I felt a knot tighten in my stomach. We were alone and I was at his mercy.He opened the tray of food and the scent of fresh loaf and cinnamon tea permeated the room. My hungry stomach rumbled at the scent of the food and Xavier drew closer to me with the tray in his hands.He sat down beside me and dropped the tray on the bed."I had one of the maids make you fresh tea," He started. "You need to eat."As hungry as I was, I shook my head
DEMONTES' POVAs soon as everyone had left, Freya moved closer to me. She led me away from the mess on the floor and closer to the dinner table. Once we had gotten there, she wrapped her arms around me in a bear hug. It was a gesture I had not expected from her but I hugged her all the same. I needed it at that point to calm down my nerves because I was tired and confused. Someone had been messing with my head for some time now and I needed to find out who it was."What's happening with you, my King?" Freya started. "You've not been yourself since we got back from our journey. What is going on? You know you can always confide in me."I stared down at her for a few seconds before I disconnected from the hug. Of course I could trust Freya. She had been a source of strength for me for a very long time now. The only problem was that I couldn't keep telling her these things. She would definitely think I was running mad. As I thought about how best I was going to present it to her, she smil
DEMONTES’ POV The anticipation in my eyes was enough to make me go crazy. Freya stared at me as I waited for her to speak. She had been the only one by my side to even help me out.“Speak woman, you’re killing me here!” I snapped once I got tired of waiting.She leaned in closer like she was about to tell me a secret and my stomach churned. What was she going to say?“I think you really are crazy.” She said scrunching her nose in the way that fucking made me blow up.That wasn’t what I needed to hear at the moment.“Have you gone mad?!” I bellowed at her frustration taking over me. “Do you realize that this isn’t easy for me to deal with?”Freya didn’t look a tad bit worried at my anger; it was more like she had expected my outburst. Her expression remained calm for a while before she burst into a fit of laughter.“Oh darling, you should have seen your face.” she giggled.I was glad she was having the time of her life at my expense but that wasn’t the solution to my problems at all.
There was something about life that I had come to hate, and that’s uncertainty. The way Xavier was acting was messing with my mind and I hated it. Why did he have to go from hating my guts and everything in between to acting like I meant to world to him.I was still frozen in shock from when he kissed my forehead. Wasn’t he the one, the same person who sent me to up high the mountain for some minor ingredients? Was he losing his mind or what?That had to be it. If not what audacity did he have to act like he care for someone he had shown how much he hated them from the moment they met?I continued to stare at him, and I watched him stare back at me. Where my eye held shock and confusion, his held worry and regret? He was not a man possible of regretting anything. He had never been and I doubt he would ever be.“You keep looking like there’s something wrong with you. Do I need to call back the doctor?” he asked worry laced in his voice which pulled me out of the shocked state I was in.
SALVADOR’S POVWhat game was I playing?I’d asked myself that a few number of times already and I couldn’t come up with an answer.I knew I messed up big time. It was evident from the glare she had been throwing my way since she woke up.I had not only acted like a jealous boyfriend but I punished her just because I saw something I didn’t like. I didn’t blame her for being mad at me though, I couldn’t. Not when the one hurt was her.She had every right to be mad.I should have handled things better. But instead like the asshole I was, I just had to make things worse. I used to pride myself in being able to control my emotions for when I had to use them but with her around, every ounce of control left my body.Especially when I had to see Hermes kiss her. That fucker knew she was off limits but he went after her anyways and like the idiot I was, I pushed her right into his arms.I wanted to smack my head so hard. Maybe that would put some sense back into it.I didn’t know why I was bei
HERMES POVI stood at a corner, waiting patiently for an opening before making my move into the Council man’s manor. Once I noticed one of his guards approaching just like I knew he would. I got ready with the chloroform in my hand that I had soaked a towel with and waited until he was close enough for me to grab him.I knew this man, and not just because I had followed him for some time but because we were friends. I hated that I had to do this to him but it was the only way for me to get my hands any information that had to do with Alpha Eric.The old man wasn’t just a pervert who obviously needed help, but he also had his eyes pried on young girls.“I’m sorry I had to do this to you buddy but this had to be done.” I murmured as I hauled his body with me into the corner I was hiding in. He flared his hands in an attempt to escape but I held a strong grip so that he couldn’t.From the way that he panicked and reacted upon hearing my voice, I knew he hadn’t recognised me. Maybe I shou
ANTONELLA’S POVI thought it was all over when he appeared. Suddenly my life didn’t seem like a mess anymore. The mere glimpse of him had my heart filled with hope again and I felt home in his arms. He was it for me.We were hand in hand when he suddenly stopped and I was made to turn my head around. A supposed dead witch was behind him with a sword she had driven into him.When I rushed to him, I felt like my world was crumbling down. The walls of hope that sprouted in my heart suddenly crashed grinding itself into a fine grain. With the snap of a finger she took it away again.My mind was ringing with pain, I could feel his pain. My heart raced and I could feel an anger I was sure was not mine but his that he was projecting.I waited a while for his wounds to start to heal but nothing happened. I was so focused on him that I had zoned out from everything else going on around me. Like I didn’t have a witch who was hell bent on making a sacrifice out of me.“Don’t bother. He’s not goi
SALVADOR’S POVI spent the whole day searching for the items I needed. It became frustrating by the minute when I couldn’t find the herbs but when I was eventually able too, I pulled it out from its root without thinking too much about it.Danny was dead so I was left to do everything without him. There was no doubt that from the way I was feeling, a hole had been left deep in my heart. I should have been able to take his body with me, to give him a proper burial. I also wanted more than anything to grieve him but time was running out.I was lucky enough to have found the herbs the time that I did. Then I found my way to a safe house the guys and I used to hide in whenever we needed to take a break from a mission. The house didn’t feel like it used to. This time it was unusually colder than normal like the house too knew that Danny was gone.I set the herb and mountain ash aside and searched for my gun. This time I didn’t want to give her any room to escape or even survive. I didn’t a
ANTONELLA’S POVMy hands and feet were bound and so was my father’s. We have had to take a long walk and were brought to the Eastern Province. The land looked dead, like it had been cursed or something.The moment we crossed over into the border, I felt disconnected to my wolf which made me look at my father with questionable eyes.Freya didn’t seem to need her guards anymore since she had us both right where she wanted up – to be weak and have no means of escape whatsoever.The grass that should have been green like the ones close to it were dried to their roots and they were covered in ash. Thankfully my feet weren’t bare.Freya had my father tied a wooden pole where he would have no means to run off or even try to help me.She then walked towards with and pulled on my arm. She walked up to a place on the field that had this massive hole in it.I didn’t know why there was a hole there but I didn’t really care, I just wanted her to let us go. When we got to the edge, I stared at her
SALVADOR’S POVI was sure I looked lifeless. Two days had passed and I held on to my decision about not making Red my Luna. She could take it however she wanted but I didn’t want her in the least of ways. My love for Antonella has hit a point where it was impossible for me to want someone else even if it was just for business which I was sure this was going to be.Red didn’t bother showing up but her men did. For two days she had sent them over to ask of my decision and for two days I sent them back with the same answer refusing. I didn’t know how she planned on keeping us but I was sure I wanted to get out of the holding cell.Danny was in chains to which I was guilty for. It was her way of punishing me for refusing her by letting me watch my best friend in pain.On the third supposed day that Antonella was going to be killed, Red showed up with an angry expression. “I’m surprised that your defiance to make me your Luna doesn’t match one bit with your proclaimed love for Antonella. I
SALVADOR’S POVI hadn’t realised that I had passed out. My eyes fluttered open and I looked around where I was. Beside me was a chained Danny who seemed to be in pain. I looked at my own hands to find that I too was chained to the wall.In front of me with the most annoying smile was Red. She looked as calm as a child about to get a candy from his parent. I hated it.“Oh you’re awake” she chirped with that sickly smile of hers.I yanked at the chain and barred my teeth at her, a growl rumbling in my chest. She was startled for a second even placing a hand on her chest.“Ooh feisty, just the way I like it.” She purred almost making me gag. She pointed at me, and spoke to one of the guards standing with her. “Cut him loose.”He obeyed and did was he was told. I stayed calm as he did even though I was tempted to snap his neck and hers. I wanted to make sure that both Danny and I were lose first before doing anything but she didn’t ask for him to be cut loose.“I’m not going anywhere wit
ANTONELLA’S POVFreya was no longer in the room. She left right after my father agreed and gave her permission for the province. I didn’t know nor understand why she was hell bent on getting on that land but judging from the lengths she was going for it, her plans were no good.I had questions for my father, but my body felt too weak to move much less my mouth forming words. There were also a lot I wanted to say to him. I wanted to read him the, I told you so line just so he could remember that I had warned him about her.There were only three of us left. Myself, bleeding badly and my wounds pulsing, then my father and a guard. The other left with her to goddess knows where. Not that I cared or anything.I could feel my body healing but slower than they should. Maybe it was because I was too weak and so was my wolf.I raised my head with much difficulty and saw my father sharing a look with the guard that was in the same room as we were. It was as though they were communicating and my
SALVADOR’S POV“I’m sorry you want me to what now?” I asked unbelief etching my face. What the fuck kind of crazy was she blabbing about?“I want you to make me your Luna, Alpha King. Agree to that and I won’t just tell you about everything you want to know, I will also help you defeat the witch.” Red answered seductively.If I was any other man, I would have agreed to it since she was a very pretty woman. But the whole reason why I came to her was to save the woman I wanted to make my Luna.“Yeah, that’s not going to happen. I already have someone I want as my Luna, in fact, she’s the reason I need the information from you. You’ll have to think of something else because this isn’t going to work.”To say I was shocked was an understatement. What would make her say such a thing knowing I came here for the woman I loved?“That’s the only way I can help you though. Or don’t you want to kill the wicked witch anymore?”She had a sickly smile that I wanted to smack off her face. I glanced o
ANTONELLA’S POVI was curled on the ground with my head on my knees. My hands were still pressed against my ears trying so hard to shut the voices out. Freya was still humming, a song that she knew I hated.The room had gone back to being dark and I had nowhere to run to.“Poor little Antonella. Look at you, all pathetic now without the help of your father and friends.” Freya sang between hums. This time her voice went back to bouncing on the walls and not in my head.I felt like I could breathe a little bit even though for the most of it, I still needed more air in my lungs. I was still on the floor when I felt things, with tiny legs start to crawl on my skin. I jerked up from that position to a standing one and started to swat around my body. I didn’t know what it was, I couldn’t touch anything, couldn’t feel anything either.“Please make it stop. Please.” I begged with fresh tears streaming down my face. I was certain my face looked swollen from how much I had been crying because m
SALVADOR’S POVBefore Danny and I stood a woman dressed and accessorised in the brightest red I had ever seen. It was everywhere that it was hurtful to the eyes to see. But I couldn’t deny that she had a pretty face and a sexy body. Except for the red she had everywhere, in normal clothes she would be regarded as gorgeous. Red lips, Red Hair, Red everything.“Your King is a woman?” I asked and the man didn’t answer. The whole area became pin drop silent and every one of them bowed.“You said there were two men here to see me.” I heard her say like she didn’t notice the men on her floor.The rogue pointed at us, “These are the Alpha King and his Beta. They requested an audience with you.”He sounded nonchalant and her eyes snapped at him. “You made the fucking Alpha King knee on the ground? Are you dense?” she shrieked. He grabbed onto his neck, her claws prodding out and she looked ready to kill.I winced at how loud she was. How did she even go from being calm to crazy in a second?S