Chapter 34Her Wish.Daemon.“How were you able to enter the house?” My eyes darkened as I stared at the smirk she had on her little face.“Oh, that's simple.” She laughed, a voice that scratched my ears, like the claws of a cat on a chalkboard. “It was easy to manipulate your housekeeper, Estelle. I learned that from your lovely mate.”“Hello, Ayana.” My mate's voice was soft as she slowly transformed back to human, her entire jade-like skin in plain view of everyone present, and another tight growl ripped through my voice as I felt like ripping the eyes of everyone who stared at her.“I thought you mentioned something about rejecting your mate and mating with someone else, what made you change your mind?” Ayana asked me in a mocking tone as she glided slowly towards the floor. Then, she turned to my mate who had not yet registered that she was standing stark naked in front of everyone around. “Hello, Laila. It's been a while, you know.”“What happened?” My mate asked her. “After I l
Chapter 35The Promise.Lilian.I was gaining a little more control of my wolf now, but I was still making conversations through her mind and seeing things through her eyes. It was like being stuck in limbo without being able to do anything for yourself.“How would that even happen?” My wolf, Laila asked. “How would we tear each other apart when we have no desire to do so?”Ayana gave Laila a knowing before her lips curled into a small smirk. “You'll know when the time comes, Laila. I wonder how that's going to happen too, you know.” She shrugged. “But your creator has offered a compelling show for us to watch. She has promised that you would deliver his head to us on a gold platter while you surrender yourself to us for our use.”“Us?” Daemon's hard voice filtered in confusion. His left eye twitched as he heard that, and his jaw clenched in anger.Ayana rolled her eyes and flipped her hair away from her face. “You think I'm the only one who wants to watch your destruction? You'll be
Chapter 36Marking Him.Lilian.Silence was all that ensued when Ayana dissolved into nothingness. There were still sparks and tension in the air as all five of us stared everywhere but each other.Hailey found the paintings on the wall interesting, Wilder was fiddling with his vintage shirt, Daemon's hardened gaze was looking out of the window, and Oliver? Oliver's eyes met mine and a crooked smile formed on her face.“How's life treating you, sweetheart?” She tilted her head to the side while giving me a mocking smile. “Not a bed of roses, huh?”I ignored him and my eyes flittered to meet with Daemon's. My pulse raced as his gray orbs lingered on my figure. Were we about to do this?I mean, I wanted it all. I wanted him. Every single piece of him!But I wanted him to want me too, I wanted him to want me not because we had to keep each other from killing ourselves but because he also felt something about the mate bond.“So…" Wilder said in an absentminded voice. “Are you going to get
Chapter 37Raw Emotions.Lilian. “I can't…" He said slowly, looking away from me. “I can't do this with you right now.”My heart sank as he turned around and left.“What do you mean, Daemon?” I tried so hard to hide the pain in my voice. “You're going to choose Oliver? Is she even supposed to be a choice in the first place?”But Daemon did not turn around to answer, instead, I watched as his figure disappeared through the doorway. Now, it was just Hailey and I left in the room, and a tense silence seemed to engulf us both.“What did she mean?” I turned to face her fully and her face scrunched up in confusion. “Ayana, I mean. Who are you spying on?”“That's none of your business.” She spat out almost immediately, her eyes glowering at me from the distance.“Oh…" I raised my brows in surprise at her reaction. “I think it should begin to matter to you at this point.” There was a glint in my eyes and I could feel my pent-up anger and frustration rising within me.“And why is that?” She g
Chapter 38The Next Predator.Lilian.The switch.One moment he was hot, and the other moment he was cold… I didn't know when the soft laughter escaped my lips and a tear streamed down my face.“Okay.” I said simply, while they gave me a look of shock at my reaction. “Okay. Let's find out what Kieran Masters is really planning for us.”“Is she okay?” I heard Wilder whisper to Daemon, who still had an expressionless face.I marked him, and I knew he could feel the exact emotions I was feeling.“Where is he going to meet you?” Daemon asked, looking straight towards me and ignoring Wilder's question.“In her room, obviously. Where do you think they've been meeting for the past few days she's been here.” Wilder rolled his eyes as he replied to Daemon.There was a sudden shift in the temperature of the room and something dangerous glinting in Daemon's eyes.His eyes hardened and his jaw clenched. “What did you say?” His voice was strained as spoke. “You were in the same room with another m
Chapter 39Not Letting Go.Lilian.Loneliness… That was all I felt at this point. Hailey would not even look at me, Wilder hated me, and I wouldn't even talk to Oliver. And Daemon? His mind was already made up at this point and nothing could change it.I curled into the big bed and threw on the thick covers over my body. What would I do if I got my memories back? Wouldn't that make me feel just worse than I already felt? I shuddered at the thoughts of being a monster that ended the lives of people…“You sold me out…" A heavy voice behind me said, and I was a little startled.I threw open the covers and my eyes met with the expressionless eyes of Kieran Masters.I shrugged. “I didn't have a choice, plus it turns out I was being foolish after all…" I gave him a smile that did not reach my eyes.“I don't care…" He said and I just smiled.Of course, he didn't care. Nobody did. They were all right, and I was the wrong one who made the stupid decisions and did the terrible things without th
Chapter 40I held my breath.Lilian.“It's a two-way thing…” I heard the hushed whisper of her voice. “I can stop your bloodline, while the blood from our mating can save my people…”“Oliver…” His voice was deep and low as well. “What happened to your people?”There was a three-second pause before I heard shuffling on the other end of the door. “You see this mark?” Her voice quivered, “It's a reminder that the days of the sirens are numbered. My people messed with the wrong goddess and this is what we got in return…"“Isn't there any other way…” Daemon's voice was getting irritated and frustrated, I could tell that much, but I hated the fact that I liked the way he sounded towards her.“There is no other way, Daemon…” She tried to explain. “I have checked, read, explored, and I've come to with blanks and the only thing that can save us is our mating blood mixed together.”“Fine…” He said finally. “I'll do it. But before that, do you know how to break a mating bond?”A sharp pain pierc
Chapter 41The First AttackLilian.The moment his lips touched my nape, Daemon was yanked away from me, and my eyes snapped open.“What are you doing, Daemon?” A furious scowl covered Oliver's heart-shaped face as she held him away from me and scowled at him. “Is it so easy to be seduced by her?”A look of confusion was etched on Daemon's face as he staggered backwards, weakly trying to remove himself from Oliver's grasp. His eyes never left mine throughout the process.When had she even entered the room? Were her footsteps that light, or were we so immersed in ourselves that we didn't hear anything else?“What do you think you're doing, Lilian? Can't you get a grip of yourself?” This time, Oliver's cold eyes turned to my figure and she looked furious. “Hasn't he explained the situation to you? Both of you can't be mated! Why do you still want to consciously destroy his life? You claim you're his mate, but you don't care if his suffering continues just so you can mate with him?!”Pu
Chapter 76Missing Her.“Do you think this plan worked out?” He asked her, his face filled with worry. “There hasn't been any change between them since that night, it's almost like nothing happened.”Oliver twirled the contents of her wine glass slowly in her hands, and she pursed her lips and took a sip of the wine. Leaning into the half wall, she said. “Don't worry about that. Have you found out what I asked you to?”The man gave her a long stare before he sighed in resignation and pulled out an envelope from the pocket of his finely sewed black suit.“Yes…" He paused, opening the envelope and taking out its contents. “True to your suspicions, the Predator has been making secret moves. Presently, he is away in the Borderland Packs.”Oliver raised her brows at that. “That far? What is he doing there?”Oliver wondered to herself as she tried to understand why Daemon and Wilder had gone off the radar these past few weeks. She barely heard from any of them, and somehow, she felt abandon
Chapter 75Show Me.“You smell so gooood...” Her eyes were half closed as she gazed at him with a soft smile on her face, her eyes slowly tracing his sexy face.Her arms were wrapped around his neck, and she was leaning into him, feeling the heat seeping from his body to hers. Her arm around his neck tightened, and she drew his face even closer, burrowing her nose into the crook of his neck, taking a deep sniff of his natural scent.“Lilian.” Daemon growled as his eyes darkened.What was this woman doing? This wasn't the right time for this! Hell, they were about to get separated from each other anytime from now. When her fingers brushed the back of his head, he felt his body stiffening.Just a few minutes, he thought, then he would place her on her bed and leave. He could feel his demons stirring from the abyss as he locked eyes with hers, his gaze tracing her soft skin, and her small and supple lips that were always too inviting when she opened her mouth to speak. He looked straight
Chapter 74The Party.The hall was full to the brim with teenagers and adults, though the adults outnumbered the latter.Lilian peeked from the corner of a room upstairs, with a satisfied look on her face. Her plan for this party was to smoke out the patrons using her powers— hearing hushed whispers or distant noises if she tried so hard to concentrate on them.“Are you not joining the party?” She heard a deep voice behind her, startled, she turned to find Daemon staring at her from the corner of the room.“When?” Her brows rose confused, “How did you get in? How did you know I was here?”Daemon just shook his head, his eyes still not leaving her figure. “It's okay to feel like backing out, I told you this party was useless in the first place.”Lilian gave him a mirthless smile and shook her head, tilting her head to the side, she said calmly. “I think you need to, you know, clear your head with this party. You've been stressed and tensed up lately about getting the patrons, I think y
Chapter 73Tomorrow.“You wanted to see me?” The man with an obviously fake mustache leaned closely towards her, “I don't have that much time before someone notices me.”“I need your help.” Her voice was low. Her back was straight, and her eyes were staring intently at the clipboard in her hand, she was barely looking at the man.“Of course, you need my help!” He inwardly rolled his eyes as said, unable to hide the growing irritation. “Just what do you need? And at what price are you willing to give?”“I need their identities before this evening is over.” She said calmly, and it took a few moments before he could understand what she was talking about.A small frown formed on his face. “You saw them during the exchange,” He said in a serious voice, standing from his crouched position, his face straight. “Why don't you reveal their identity yourself?”She pursed her lips for a few seconds. “I can't. It was sealed in me.”Her mind flashed back to the night during the first exchange, that
Chapter 72Changing Her Mind.“You've been moving up and down since the beginning of today.” Daemon spat out in an irritated tone as he glanced slightly towards Oliver. “Can't you do this somewhere where I don't have to see you?”Daemon was leaning against the stone wall of the pack house in deep thought, waiting for Wilder's message when he periodically got distracted by Oliver's movements.“All thanks to your mate!” Oliver pursed her lips when she replied, turning away from him to leave.At the mention of Lilian's name, Daemon's head snapped up in concentration.“What about her? Is she okay?” He began to pull himself away from the wall, his voice filled with worry.Oliver felt the hollow pain in her chest as she watched Daemon's concern for Lilian. When was he going to see her the way she saw him? Was he ever going to look her way even for a second? She bit her lips, trying to force away the tears that came with the pain in her heart.“Nothing.” She shook her head, before realizing
Chapter 71.An Opportunity.Oliver was carefully tapping her perfectly manicured nails on the table, in deep thought about Lilian's proposition.“Friends?” She scoffed at herself and rolled her eyes. “Sure, when hell freezes over!”Suddenly, the door opened, and a mysteriously cloaked man walked into the room. Oliver casually glanced at him before going back to her thoughts. She had been expecting him for over an hour, and she had given up on waiting for him.“I'm sorry for the delay.” The man said in a gruff voice and slipped on quietly into the room, closing the door behind him with a soft click. “I had to weave through many guards before I could come up.”“Just stop with the lies.” Oliver looked uninterested. “There are barely any guards or warriors around this time of the night.”The man began peeling off the coat from his body, hanging it on the nearest chair he could find.“Maybe things have suddenly changed, or,” He shrugged, “You're not as observant as you think you are.”“And
Chapter 70.A Party.The pack hall was dimly lit when she entered, the once rowdy hall quietened as soon as she took her first steps. It was as if they could sense her as all heads turned towards her direction.Lilian let out a shaky breath as she made her way into the pack hall, making sure her gaze on people was steady, showing no form of fear or coldness. It was difficult to keep up with the neutral position of her face as some people either stared daggers at her or cowered when her eyes landed on them.This wasn't going to be easy, she thought to herself.She was finally able to make her way to the podium, and she suddenly remembered the last time she stood on the wooden platform. Her fate was being decided by the elders of the pack, and it was then she learned about the death of her parents– her aunt's family, rather– who had died in the hands of Alpha Blackthorn.“Hello, everyone.” Lilian cleared her throat and spoke, softly and calmly, yet clear enough for everyone to hear.All
Chapter 69A New Proposition.“What do you think of her plan?” Wilder asked with a straight face, his hands in his pocket as he strode in step with Daemon. “Will it work out?”Daemon did not reply for a few seconds as he checked his watch, and when he replied, he completely ignored Wilder's question.“Has anyone other Alpha reached out to you?”Wilder sighed at his response and shook his head. “Only three Alphas have shown interest so far.”“Apart from Alpha Callow, who else?”“I know that Alpha Nolan and Alpha Ryker are planning to join hands with Lilian. Alpha Nowel will undoubtedly be on our side even though he hasn't revealed the patron for this pack yet.”“And the other four Alphas?”“I guess they are still contemplating their answers.”They reached the large garage beside the pack house and it was filled with different kinds of expensive cars– mostly acquired by the late Alpha Blackthorn and was now given to Daemon to be used at his disposal. They walked confidently into the gar
Chapter 68Can We Be Friends?“What do you think you're doing?”Lilian sat casually on the black sofa of the living room when Daemon burst into the room angrily with Oliver and Wilder following behind.“Helping you.” Lilian replied without looking his way, a small book sat on her lap as her eyes ran through the page she was reading.“How is what you're doing being helpful?” Oliver burst in, her face twisted in anger and her hands shaking. “You offered them so much…"“Well…" Lilian cut her off sharply, closing the book with a soft thud before giving Oliver a cold look. “Isn't it better that they think we are divided?”Wilder gave the woman on the sofa a calculating look. Something had changed in her, and he didn't know when the change started. She was calmer this time, and there was also an edge to her. Lilian had an aloof expression on her face as she spoke to Oliver.“Why should they think we are divided? They wouldn't trust us, or want to join forces with us.”“I'm not speaking of t