Chapter Fifty-NineAtlas povThat dress. Why was she in that dress? My mouth turned dried when she entered and her eyes skimmed over the table, my hands clutched under the table as she walked towards me. My eyes were on her face but i itched to see the rest of her, when she settled down next to me my hands found way to her bare thighs, her skin was a bit cold under my hot touch, even though she shifted she made no move to take my hands away.When i found out that i wasn’t the only one who was moved by what she saw my blood raged within and so i set out the warning right after Zick made the bold statement.“Great, anyone that dares to look at her like she’s some form of entertainment will have no eyes to see for the rest of their lives.” I had walked past the doors and waited for her, the sound of her heels echoed and when the doors closed behind her, i turned to face her.“At-” the rest of her words died down when i grabbed her hands and pushed her against the wall.“What were you t
Chapter SixtyLaila POV“Atlas-” I pleaded and surprisingly he relaxed against my touch. He was mad that Alpha Zick had crossed the line but the way he looked showed that he wouldn’t hold back on making him regret doing something so travail.“Fine. I won’t do anything rash, i will not-” it sounded like he was chanting a mantra to himself. He sighed and turned to me, he eyed me carefully before they met with my eyes. He still had that hooded look, the same as the one he had in his eyes when he teased me.I was still recovering from the high and it was difficult with him looking at me like that. In that moment i inspected his room, it was different from mine, the same size but it had not much of the homely feel to it, there was no scented candles or bed with red covering- bed- there was just a single bed. I swallowed, if i was going to stay here with him that means we were going to share the bed.It shouldn’t be that hard Laila, it’s just a small bed. I told myself. Hands wrapped itsel
Chapter Sixty-OneAtlas PovI was already irritated with everything that was happening before me and this wasn’t added to what Laila said to me the day before, if it was left to me i wanted to rip his eyes out and made sure Alpha zick had no form of staring at Laila again. I tapped my palms on my thighs, counting, trying to keep myself at bay. He had made a move on Laila, our Laila, and i wasn’t going to let it slide even when she pleaded with me. Her doe eyes were enchanting to make anyone forget there name but it wasn’t enough to get me to forget the atrocity he tried commiting. “Beta Atlas, we would like to hear your take on the proposition.” I turned my head to the guy who had brought me back to the present. He had short black hair and dark eyes, with a mustache on the top of his lips. I didn’t have anything more to say about there proposition, nothing else but to make sure that Zick didn’t have the idea of coming closer to Laila.I found everyone at the table with their attenti
Chapter Sixty-TwoLaila Pov“What the hell were you thinking?” It was the least person I expected, it was Ayesha. She wasn’t happy that i had agreed to the duel without checking the consequences. The consequences which was too much to bare, i was going to stay back if i lost the duel.“Ayeesha Relax, you fussing isn’t going to stop the duel from happening.” Derek said while trying to hold down a moving Ayesha, it wasn’t enough to keep her down, in fact it only rilled her up the more.“Well, i can’t keep calm after she goes ahead to accept a duel that i could’ve clearly avoided if she was thinking.” He said calmly but it was obvious that he was trying not to yell at me.“I’m sorry, okay, i just a bit over myself.” I muttered and Ayesha glared at me.“You think.”“You know this is equally your fault since you didn’t stop her from being brash in the first place.” It was Dered who spoke this time and Ayesha paused and turned to him, temporarily shifting sides from me to him.“What now? Yo
Chapter Sixty-ThreeLaila POVI have done some very foolish things in all my eighteen years of living and trusting a random stranger-again- was one of them. I had always had the sense of defending people even when i had little to no idea about who they are, and now i was falling into that trap again.“Aurora-” I stared at the lady who had come into arena with the loud cheering which had blurred in the background of my mind. My heart drummed in my ears and my vision fuzzied as i watched Aurora in a fresh skin top and a skirt which stopped over her thighs. I swallowed as my eyes moved upwards to her face, the person i was staring at was nothing like who i had seen earlier. It was nothing like the woman i had tried protecting from the whips day back, this wasn’t the Aurora that looked at me with tearful eyes and a concerned look. She was nothing like the innocent woman i had seen, this was somebody else.“Look like you’ve seen a ghost.” she said with a small smile on her face, “What? you
k.Chapter Sixty-FourLaila PovI opened my eyes to find myself in the darkness, every where and everything was surrounded in it that i couldn’t tell the beginning from the end and i couldn’t find any boundaries. I turned and i found myself in the same spot. “Hello!!” I called out but my voice only echoed into the darkness. “Hello!!” I repeated again but it only bounced back to me.I felt warm liquid dribbling down my arms and when i glanced down my eyes widened at the sight of my own blood. It was coming out from the open wounds but there was no pain and my eyes remained fixated as the blood poured out like an never ending stream down to the ground where my feet laid and flowed foward, my eyes followed the trail and when i noticed the new pair of feet clad in combat i looked up to find the remain of the person standing in front of me.Her blue eyes pierced at mine-“Hello sister,” she said and i staggered backwards, “May- what are you doing here?” I asked with a strangled breath as
Chapter Sixty-FiveLaila POVTwo Nights ago“What do you mean?” I asked with furrowed brows as I stared at Derek and then Atlas who didn’t look surprised.“It’s all a set up, Alpha Zick set it all up from the start.” Derek said and i danced on my heels.“How do you know that?” he asked and there was nothing to miss in the frustration in his expression. “What i jus-”“He overheard them talking,” Atlas said and pushed off the wall, he grabbed a paper on his desk and skimmed through the material. “And i had my suspicion, i mean i just think it’s way to convenient that the girl assigned to you snitches on her Alpha knowing fully well that she is punishable by death- I might not know what happens in the inner circle of this community but i know that Alpha Zick isn’t gracious to let a woman go after her lips slipped to a stranger, it has so many cracked heads.”“So Aurora has been playing me from the start? Why me? Why didn’t she bother with Ayeesha or Derek or even you?” I asked quite conf
Chapter Sixty-SixAtlas PovAll of me watched as the girl from Zick sliced her with those treacherous blades, they had more poison in them and they were more deadly than the one in the stupid bottle, i clenched my fists as her eyes met with mine. It was all a matter of time before i stormed in there and ripped that girl away from Laila. When she turned away from me, i turned to find Ayeesha in the same fit that i was. She may not like Laila as much but Ayeesha cared about Laila’s well being especially when she was very important to the pack and to us.“Relax Ayeesha- once he gives the signal then we move.” I said but it didn’t calm Ayeesha any bit instead she huffed and crossed her hands over her chest.I glanced around waiting for Derek, he should’ve found it by now, he wasn’t the one to cause a delay especially when it was this important. My eyes landed on the gallery where Alpha zick and the rest of his entorage seemed to be enjoying the match.“Tsk-” he was enjoying the humiliat