Celeste's POV.Everything was happening way too fast. I was driven by anger and other emotions, and I didn't bother to notice that the floor was weak in some areas.I felt myself sinking and falling. I tried to grab on to anything that to could keep me upright, but I only ended up grappling air.At some point, I gave up and brace myself for the worst fall of my life, yelling as I trying to protect my fragile head.I didn't know how at first, but the pain from the impact of crashing into the ground never came. I knew I fell into something, but I just couldn't feel the hurt that was supposed to come with it.I stopped screaming and opened my eyes to slowly to realize - I fell, but not onto the ground.I fell into Lucian's arms.I was supposed to push him away and straighten myself immediately like nothing even happened, but I was baffled at how someone's ams were so firm to hold me from falling, but yet soft enough for me to be in all night.My eyes disobeyed my instruction and began s
Celeste's POV."This is not the vacation we planned for her. How do we resolve this?"The low but firm murmurs I heard from a corner of the room forced me awake, but I still shut my eyes and stayed in my sleeping position while I heard Lucian yell at the person he was on the call.I opened my eyes halfway to watch Lucian in his usual shirtless aura and my eyes refused to shut close.I couldn't imagine the panic attacks I would've had if Lucian didn't stay by my side last night. I was acting all tough on the outside, but the only thing my shameless wolf wanted was to feel him drag us from behind into a cuddle. Now this cup of vanilla was standing by the window, and my wolf kept yearning for him.She didn't care that I just woke up from sleep and that I was too tired fot these war.She didn't care that I was doing everything possible to protect my heart from shattering twice.She just kept on at her greediness, despite the number of warnings I'd given her.I sighed at how his back musc
Celeste's POVI reclined in my seat as a wave of frustration took over me. This wasn't what I needed right now."It's already hard that this vacation is ruined. Why can't we go back to the apartment?""I made booking for cleaners and handymen to come fix the place up.""Fix the place up?", I repeated in confusion. "Why? The plan was to stay there for just a night and go into the apartment that stepdad meant for us to be in for the vacation?"He grew silent all of a sudden and when I turned to face him, I saw an apologetic look on his face."Lucian, please don't tell me it's what I think it is..." I felt weakened with frustration at the thought of what I dreaded the most."I can explain.""I honestly don't think that the explanation is something I'd be excited to hear.""It turns out the mistake is not something that we can rectify easily. It's the holiday period, and Greece at this time of the year is packed up with tourists and holiday people. This vacation was a last minute decisio
Celeste's POVWe swerved to the direction of that distress call and we could see people gathering at the scene.I could hear my wolf hiss countless times at the interruption, and rightly so, cause I doubted that there would be another another series of events that would lead to me letting him make such a move.We got closer to the situation, confused by the fuss that was going on. "Someone please help!! Call the police!! Call the ambulance!!. Call someone or something!! This young lady is dying!!", She begged. My eyes met a gruesome sight of a lady foaming profusely and shaking vigorously. She had the black in her eyes turned to the back with white foamy substance oozing from her mouth. She looked in a very bad condition, and she was in need of critical help."I just called the ambulance. they're fifteen minutes out!", One of the onlookers informed and other people began calling around to source for help.The foam was turning yellowish, and the intensity of the convulsion doubled.
Celeste's POV.I stayed at a corner in the room while Lucian approached the woman. I honestly would prefer to be home with him, but I guess someone else needed him more.She turned when she saw Lucian by her side with a weak smile that was too bright for someone who was close to death."I don't know whether to say thank you for saving my life or get ashamed that I get to meet someone as handsome as you under this kind of circumstance."Really?She was barely out of the woods, and the first thing she could comment on was on Lucian's facial structure.I saw Lucian smile a little. "There's no need to get ashamed. I think you'd be dissatisfied if an ugly person saved your life."His comment made her crack up on her bed until she began to cough a little, forcing Lucian to calm her down. "That's the funniest thing I've heard in my life, but you're right", she sighed with a tired smile."How did you get poisoned?"Lucian's question made that smile fade away into a pale, dreamy saddened face
Celeste's POVI found myself in the living room of the palace. I couldn't remember what happened to me, or how I got here in the first place.I was in the palace but something was different about it. It had high, haunted walls with an atmosphere that gave me chills.I noticed the living room was empty. There were no guards or maids, talk less of my mum or any other family member.The lights were dim, which made it harder for me to see. The cold, midnight wind blew against my body, sending spooky shivers down my spine. This place made me uncomfortable all of a sudden. I'd never seen this place in this manner before. The house looked abandoned for some reason."Hello?", I called, but I got no response, save for the echoes of my own voice."Hello? Is anyone there?!", I asked, squinting to see if I made anything of the void with the dim lights high above my head.All I got was another round of echoes and a cold breeze that pulled me back a little bit.I was getting scared of this place.
Chapter 47Celeste's POV"So you're just going to let her keep doing this?""You're not going to tear her up? You're not going to choke her from behind and make sure she doesn't live to tell the story? You're going to let this stranger take who belongs to you?"My wolf kept giving me fantasies of killing Evelyn, but I managed to play cool throughout the whole ride. I watched as she giggled and latched on to him like she wanted him to save her again. She kept finding ways to flirt with him and touch, but there was nothing I could do, because Lucian allowed it.He laughed to all her jokes.He didn't push her out the car when she touched him.He kept returning the same energy that she gave him, and it was starting to irritate me.The car finally stopped, and I was the first to get out of the choking atmosphere that they'd created.It looked like we were at the outskirts of the city. There weren't many modern buildings and cars anymore. The people here looked subtle - daresay timid. I did
Lucian's POVI couldn't tell where I got the strength from, but the more the image of a helpless, bleeding and unconscious Celeste flashed through my head, the more rage coursed through my veins.I could see his eyes widen in shock when he saw my face, and I could tell he wanted to start begging for mercy and for breath, but my grip allowed no words to pass through his throat. He tried all he could to take my hands away from his neck, but with my claws hooking his flesh, he only managed to end up hurting himself."What are you still doing there?! Let's get the fuck out of here while we still can!! We can get to the border and get out of this city if we move now!!", One of his colleagues yelled from where he stood.He tried to signal desperately for help, but I immediately dragged him towards me, slamming him to the door with full force over and over until I saw his head break and bleed from his eyes.I left his lifeless body to crumble to the ground and I bursted the door open."Who
Lucian's POVI heaved a long sigh and kissed my teeth in rage.I called Evelyn's uncle's threat a bluff, but it turned out he was serious. Now I knew the danger that I'd gotten into, saving Evelyn. Now I knew how vicious her old man was, and I knew that there was no coming out of this without someone dying.“How much did he pay you?”“I… I can't release that information-”The amount of pressure I made on his wound made him scream in unimaginable pain until he couldn't take it anymore.“Okay!! Okay!! I'll tell you!! He paid us half a million, but he didn't pay us personally. We were paid through one of his gang members.“So he has a gang?”“Yes… he's the head of the Blackops cartel. The whole family works in dirty blood.”I tried to digest the information, along with the realization that this wasn't going to get easy.“I've told you what you want, just please… let me go! Please!!”“In your next life, be careful of the kind of profession you choose.”“Please!! Spare my life!! Pl-”I ba
Lucian's POVI couldn't tell where I got the strength from, but the more the image of a helpless, bleeding and unconscious Celeste flashed through my head, the more rage coursed through my veins.I could see his eyes widen in shock when he saw my face, and I could tell he wanted to start begging for mercy and for breath, but my grip allowed no words to pass through his throat. He tried all he could to take my hands away from his neck, but with my claws hooking his flesh, he only managed to end up hurting himself."What are you still doing there?! Let's get the fuck out of here while we still can!! We can get to the border and get out of this city if we move now!!", One of his colleagues yelled from where he stood.He tried to signal desperately for help, but I immediately dragged him towards me, slamming him to the door with full force over and over until I saw his head break and bleed from his eyes.I left his lifeless body to crumble to the ground and I bursted the door open."Who
Chapter 47Celeste's POV"So you're just going to let her keep doing this?""You're not going to tear her up? You're not going to choke her from behind and make sure she doesn't live to tell the story? You're going to let this stranger take who belongs to you?"My wolf kept giving me fantasies of killing Evelyn, but I managed to play cool throughout the whole ride. I watched as she giggled and latched on to him like she wanted him to save her again. She kept finding ways to flirt with him and touch, but there was nothing I could do, because Lucian allowed it.He laughed to all her jokes.He didn't push her out the car when she touched him.He kept returning the same energy that she gave him, and it was starting to irritate me.The car finally stopped, and I was the first to get out of the choking atmosphere that they'd created.It looked like we were at the outskirts of the city. There weren't many modern buildings and cars anymore. The people here looked subtle - daresay timid. I did
Celeste's POVI found myself in the living room of the palace. I couldn't remember what happened to me, or how I got here in the first place.I was in the palace but something was different about it. It had high, haunted walls with an atmosphere that gave me chills.I noticed the living room was empty. There were no guards or maids, talk less of my mum or any other family member.The lights were dim, which made it harder for me to see. The cold, midnight wind blew against my body, sending spooky shivers down my spine. This place made me uncomfortable all of a sudden. I'd never seen this place in this manner before. The house looked abandoned for some reason."Hello?", I called, but I got no response, save for the echoes of my own voice."Hello? Is anyone there?!", I asked, squinting to see if I made anything of the void with the dim lights high above my head.All I got was another round of echoes and a cold breeze that pulled me back a little bit.I was getting scared of this place.
Celeste's POV.I stayed at a corner in the room while Lucian approached the woman. I honestly would prefer to be home with him, but I guess someone else needed him more.She turned when she saw Lucian by her side with a weak smile that was too bright for someone who was close to death."I don't know whether to say thank you for saving my life or get ashamed that I get to meet someone as handsome as you under this kind of circumstance."Really?She was barely out of the woods, and the first thing she could comment on was on Lucian's facial structure.I saw Lucian smile a little. "There's no need to get ashamed. I think you'd be dissatisfied if an ugly person saved your life."His comment made her crack up on her bed until she began to cough a little, forcing Lucian to calm her down. "That's the funniest thing I've heard in my life, but you're right", she sighed with a tired smile."How did you get poisoned?"Lucian's question made that smile fade away into a pale, dreamy saddened face
Celeste's POVWe swerved to the direction of that distress call and we could see people gathering at the scene.I could hear my wolf hiss countless times at the interruption, and rightly so, cause I doubted that there would be another another series of events that would lead to me letting him make such a move.We got closer to the situation, confused by the fuss that was going on. "Someone please help!! Call the police!! Call the ambulance!!. Call someone or something!! This young lady is dying!!", She begged. My eyes met a gruesome sight of a lady foaming profusely and shaking vigorously. She had the black in her eyes turned to the back with white foamy substance oozing from her mouth. She looked in a very bad condition, and she was in need of critical help."I just called the ambulance. they're fifteen minutes out!", One of the onlookers informed and other people began calling around to source for help.The foam was turning yellowish, and the intensity of the convulsion doubled.
Celeste's POVI reclined in my seat as a wave of frustration took over me. This wasn't what I needed right now."It's already hard that this vacation is ruined. Why can't we go back to the apartment?""I made booking for cleaners and handymen to come fix the place up.""Fix the place up?", I repeated in confusion. "Why? The plan was to stay there for just a night and go into the apartment that stepdad meant for us to be in for the vacation?"He grew silent all of a sudden and when I turned to face him, I saw an apologetic look on his face."Lucian, please don't tell me it's what I think it is..." I felt weakened with frustration at the thought of what I dreaded the most."I can explain.""I honestly don't think that the explanation is something I'd be excited to hear.""It turns out the mistake is not something that we can rectify easily. It's the holiday period, and Greece at this time of the year is packed up with tourists and holiday people. This vacation was a last minute decisio
Celeste's POV."This is not the vacation we planned for her. How do we resolve this?"The low but firm murmurs I heard from a corner of the room forced me awake, but I still shut my eyes and stayed in my sleeping position while I heard Lucian yell at the person he was on the call.I opened my eyes halfway to watch Lucian in his usual shirtless aura and my eyes refused to shut close.I couldn't imagine the panic attacks I would've had if Lucian didn't stay by my side last night. I was acting all tough on the outside, but the only thing my shameless wolf wanted was to feel him drag us from behind into a cuddle. Now this cup of vanilla was standing by the window, and my wolf kept yearning for him.She didn't care that I just woke up from sleep and that I was too tired fot these war.She didn't care that I was doing everything possible to protect my heart from shattering twice.She just kept on at her greediness, despite the number of warnings I'd given her.I sighed at how his back musc
Celeste's POV.Everything was happening way too fast. I was driven by anger and other emotions, and I didn't bother to notice that the floor was weak in some areas.I felt myself sinking and falling. I tried to grab on to anything that to could keep me upright, but I only ended up grappling air.At some point, I gave up and brace myself for the worst fall of my life, yelling as I trying to protect my fragile head.I didn't know how at first, but the pain from the impact of crashing into the ground never came. I knew I fell into something, but I just couldn't feel the hurt that was supposed to come with it.I stopped screaming and opened my eyes to slowly to realize - I fell, but not onto the ground.I fell into Lucian's arms.I was supposed to push him away and straighten myself immediately like nothing even happened, but I was baffled at how someone's ams were so firm to hold me from falling, but yet soft enough for me to be in all night.My eyes disobeyed my instruction and began s