HAZEL’S POVI held on to my neck that burned with pain as tears slipped down my cheeks. I tried my best to swallow down my sobs, but they seemed to come out more, as I tried to suppress them.This was the first time, I actually felt a sense of dread in front of Killian. His demeanour was different, everything about him scared me. The look in his eyes, the scowl on his face was like nothing I had ever seen before.For the first time, I was actually scared he would take my life. My hands slipped down from my neck and I hugged my quivering body. No matter how much I tried to stop my body from shaking, I could not.This whole encounter made a realisation dawn on me. If Killian wanted to kill me, he would’ve killed me without batting an eyelid. I was so close to dead and I could feel my whole body going limp.This made me realise that I was all on my own, and I had no one to save me. I was at the mercy of Killian and that made me feel so hopeless. What was I going to do? Was I going to die
KILLIAN’S POVI walked down the stairs, Orion by my side, as well as a timid looking doctor. Darkness had enveloped us, as we ventured further down into the underground cave. As we good deeper, we began to hear wails and cries of wolves, that almost seemed inhumane.Those were the cries of prisoners begging to be released.We went further down, and a long row came into view. My each side of the thin corridor, were cell doors, and each of them had prisoners in them. I walked down from the stairs and began to venture down the corridor.Prisoners from each end of the corridor threw their hands out from the tiny spaces in the cell and began to claw at the air, desperate to grab either of us. The doctor flinched as one of them managed to reach him.They grabbed on to his clothes and he began to flail around in an attempt to get them off him, but these prisoners were relentless. I grabbed the hand of the prisoner and crushed it in a matter of seconds. The skinny prisoner fell back to the co
LUCAS POVThe slam of the metal door rang through the cold cell room, and the silence that followed afterwards indicated that I was now the only one, in the cell. I could feel how loosely tied the blindfold was on my eyes and I shook my head a few times, allowing the cloth to fall to my neck.I blinked to clear my blurry vision, and for the first times I got a glimpse of the cell I was in. It was small, like a small square box and it has nothing but a wooden chair at the centre.The wooden chair had mites and ants, eaten off of it and it was decaying so much, it looked like it would fall to the ground. I groaned and pushed myself against the wall. Each muscles in my body ached from the beatings and tortures I had endured.The pain was becoming unbearable and I needed some kind of painkiller, or I would lose my mind. But that was not the only pain etched in me.Killian’s voice.I heard it loud and clear and the words he said to me were glued to my mind, and kept playing like a broken r
HAZEL’S POVI placed the bowl, that was once filled with food, down on the tray that was set on the table beside the bed. I looked at the empty bowl, a crushing feeling in my chest. Killian had brought me food again, just like he always did, but he did not look at me, nor talk to me.The way he treated me the previous day was still etched in my mind, and I was honestly expecting an apology from him. But what did I expect? For that cold man to apologise? To me? I couldn’t believe myself.I exhaled deeply and swung my legs down from the bed. I was feeling restless again, and the only thing that could ease it, was a walk. I needed to feel the wind ok my skin and gaze at pretty flowers that were in bloom.That was the only way I could keep myself sane.I pushed myself up from the bed and marched to the door. Once I swung it open, the three guards that were in front of the door turned to me, a look of irritation and disdain in their eyes.“What are you doing girl? You are not supposed to l
KILLIAN’S POVI was fuming, enraged by the sight I had just seen. I swirled my office chair back and forth, unable to sit still, as the image of Orion and Hazel walking side by side was etched in my mind. For some reason I couldn’t get the unsettling feeling out of my chest.I rose up from my chair and began to pace around, to try and calm my anger. My mind was swarmed with thoughts, thoughts on why Orion would take Hazel on a walk. I needed answers, or my mind was never going to be at ease.I exhaled harshly, and a knock came on the door. I snapped my head to the door, my anger rising.“Get in Orion, now,” I boomed.The door swung open slowly and Orion slipped in with a sheepish look on his face.“You called me Alpha?”“You know why I called you here. What the hell where you doing with Hazel?”Orion tilted his head to the side and had this innocent look on his face. He was like a child, clueless on what I was talking about. It infuriated me.“What are you talking about Alpha?”“Are y
HAZEL’S POVI wake up suddenly, my whole body jerking back. My thoughts are in high definition as my eyes scan my surroundings. The first thing my eyes saw was the sun, with it’s warm rays shining on me.I snapped my head to the side and saw that I was seated on a chair, in the balcony and then I remembered sitting out here last night, watching the beautiful moon. I must’ve falling asleep without realising it.I rose up from the chair and stretched my sore arms and legs. I walked back into the new room Killian had put me and sighed. I was much more better than before, which made Killian finally agree for me to leave the hospital.I had expected him to take me back to the cold room in the basement, but to my surprise, he took me to a room that was rather decent. It had a big soft bed, a large wardrobe and a desk with some books on it.I was feeling better and more refreshed than I ever did.I walked over to the wardrobe and swung it open. It had a few plain gowns in it and I decided to
HAZEL’S POVMy eyes bulged out of sockets, as I watched a woman, throw another maid to the ground. All the other maids stopped throwing food at me and I could sense fear in their demeanour. They all began to move away, in an attempt to get away from her.But the maid was determined to get all of them. She swiftly ran to the maids, throwing all of them to the ground in one move. I was in awe at how strong she was. She began to hit them on their faces, and threw her fists into their guts.They all lay on the floor, weak and helpless. One of them tried to run away, but the maid grabbed her by the neck and slammed her down to the ground.“Where the hell do you think you’re going? If you can bully someone, you should be able to handle it,” She boomed.The maid picked up the food plates and poured food all over them. All the maids that laid on the floor began to sob and I could see their body was throbbing with pain. They all picked themselves up from the ground and scampered away like scar
KILLIAN’S POVI swirled around in my arm chair, my mind in a daze. I couldn’t get Hazel out of my mind, specifically, the way she had been acting recently. Her behaviour had caught my attention and I couldn’t get it out of my head.I could still remember the scene very vividly, when I said those words to her. The way her face went pale and the horrified look on her face was a sight to see. The way her face changed to anger quickly was also quite shocking.It was rather funny that she believed my words, and actually thought I would kill Celeste, when in reality, I only did that to scare her. I swirled my chair back to the table, a chuckle escaping my lips.One behaviour that also stuck to me was the way her face flushed when I reminded her of the prize she was supposed to give me. The way her cheeks turned a rosy red and the way she couldn’t meet my gaze was amusing and I couldn’t help but laugh at that.I could see the paranoia in her eyes when we walked past each other in the hallway
KILLIAN’S POV“So what exactly is the problem that you had to drag me away from my dinner?”Orion, who was walking beside me kept his head bent low and his eyes fixed on the floor. There was a hint of worry and terror in his eyes and that made me even more curious to know what had happened. I kept my eyes fixed on Orion, in order to read his body language and noticed how his body quivered slightly. My curiosity was at its peak now.And from what I could tell, it was an urgent matter.“Your alpha is asking you a question, so answer, now,” I boomed.Orion refused to meet my gaze, but he opened up his mouth to speak. No words came out of it and I saw how his lips quivered. That was when a chill ran up my spine. This was more serious than I thought. O grabbed Orion by the collar and forced him to look my way.“You better open up your mouth to speak, now!”Orion with wide eyes nodded, before I let him go.“We will need to go to your office first. There is something you must see.”Orion too
HAZEL’S POVThe moment those words slipped out of my mouth, I regretted it instantly. I could feel eyes on me, and that made me feel like a cornered mouse. My eyes flickered to Celeste and the horrified look on her face made my heart drop.Nausea poked at my stomach, as I tried to think of a way to salvage the situation, but as I heard the chair scraping the floor, I lost all hope. Killian had stood up from the chair and he had a stern, yet curious look in his eyes.“Why did you tell me to stop?”My eyes switched to him and they remained wide. I opened up my mouth to speak, but no words slipped out of them. How could they? What was I going to tell him? I tried my hardest to cook up a believable lie in my head, but nothing was coming to me.“I asked you a question Hazel, and I demand an answer,” He boomed.My anxiety was on the rise, and the tension in the air was so high, it was suffocating. There was a long streak of silence that had settled down between Killian and I, which made the
HAZELS POV“I want to go to the store and buy some items, and I request that you take me there,” I said, my head raised high.The guards, who stood in front of me, shared a look, before they all burst into loud fits of laughter. One of them wiped a bit of tears from the corner of his eyes before looking at me, like I was nothing more than a rat.“And who do you think you are, that you can come and order us around huh? Get lost slave,” He barked.I clenched my fists by my side, as I tried my hardest not to get angry. As I exhaled, I looked at each of them, dead in the eyes with a stern look on my face.“I have every right to ask you to take me out to the shops.”One of the guards raised his eyebrows and smirked. “Who died and made up Luna?”They all chuckled and I scoffed.“Why don’t you go ask Alpha Killian? He will most definitely tell you all to take me out to the shops.”They all shared a look and it was glaring that my words were not that convincing. One of them however, clapped h
KILLIAN’S POVThe monitors that hung on the wall were alive, displaying the cells, specifically the one that held Hazel’s parents. Hazel’s eyes were fixed intently on the screen and I watched, as her pupils flickered through each monitor.My eyes were fixed on her and I couldn’t take them off. Anxiety was coursing through my chest, as silence hung in the air. The silence came with a palpable tension, which was driving me to the edge.I was beginning to think that showing her how I had put our family behind bars would ruin the new friendship we had built up. The thought of that made my heart drop to the pit of my chest.My mind was swarmed with questions. What did she think? Was she happy, or was she sad? Will she be angry at me for keeping her parents in a cell?The more these questions swam around in my head, the more my guest tightened. My eyes flickered to her face and she has a stoic expression plastered on it. My anxiety it shot up the roof, at the fact that I could not tell what
HAZEL’S POV“Celeste please! Can you stop bugging me? It’s getting annoying!” I yelled.My hands paused, as I stopped kneading the dough in front of me. Celeste continued with her kneading while pouting her lips like a child that has just been scolded.“Why? I’m just asking you to tell me what happened with you and Killian last night. Did I ask you for too much?”I sighed and went back to kneading the dough. “You have been hounding me all day and I’m already annoyed that we’re on kitchen duty today. You pestering me is making it worse!”Celeste stopped kneading and turned to me. “Why are you being so secretive about it? If it’s not something you keep asking a secret, then tell me.”I shook my head. “I am not telling you! I’ve said this over and over again, so just leave me alone!”Silence fell on the whole kitchen and I began to feel bad for yelling at her just like that. I wish I could, but I knew how Celeste would react if I told her I shared an intimate moment with Killian. She wou
HAZEL’S POVI could not phantom the feeling arising in my heart the moment I witnessed Killian stand up to me. Was it happiness because he spoke up to Gray and defended me? Or was it the thrill that came with knowing I had finally won him over to my side?These thoughts clouded my head as I walked back to my room. As I placed my hand on the doorknob, a thought occurred to me. A part of me was happy that I was making progress with Killian, but another part felt terrible because I was basically lying to him.I was only getting him to trust me, so I could use that to my advantage. The thought left a bitter taste in my mouth and I couldn’t shake the thought of my mind, but then, I vividly recalled he asked to see Celeste.I walked into my room and I couldn’t stop anxiety from coursing through my entire being. Why had he called for Celeste? Was it the words I had told him yesterday? Did it offend him so much, that he was going to take it out on her.My face went ashen as all the blood drai
KILLIAN’S POVI blinked, as I tried to clear my blurred up vision, but that did not help. The words that were in front of me, on the document I held, were beginning to become incomprehensible to me. I wiped my eyes again, and tried to focus, but it was no use.I needed sleep.Last night was an agonizing journey of tossing, turning and overthinking. The cause of my turmoil? Hazel, specifically the whole situation that happened with her recently. The words she said to me, the way she ignored me was stuck on my mind and it made me a bit annoyed.How could she be angry because I was only thinking about my pack? She was just being unreasonable.I looked down at the document again, and the words were all jumbled up. I slammed the paper down on the desk and laid my head back on the air chair. Who was a fooling? I knew what I felt truly deep within me and I could not deny it any further.The truth was, I felt terrible for what I did to Hazel and she had every right to angry at me. I felt like
HAZEL’S POV“Get your hands off me,” Celeste protested as she looked at me sternly.Her eyes that were firm did not deter or scare me and her usual intimidation was not going to work on me this time. My anger has reached the top of the bottle and was spilling over. I could not contain it in any longer.“I am sick and tired of this behaviour of yours. What? Do you think I am some kind of pushover? A dumb puppet that you can just use as pawn for whatever plan you’re concocting?”Celeste scoffed. “What? What exactly is it you want to say? You want me to include you in my plans?”“Is that not a given? Do I need to say before you know that you are supposed to? You tell me to do this, and that, but go behind my back and do a plan I have never been told about? Why? Why do you do things behind me y back? Are we not in this together?”Celeste snatched her hand from my gripped and pointed a finger at me. “You want me to include you? When you are barely making any progress with the simple plan I
HAZEL’S POV“Tell me what happened with you and Killain today,” Celeste demanded as she folded her arms.I blinked at her in awe, unable to comprehend how that was the first thing she was telling me the moment I walked into her room. Celeste was sitting right on her bed, folding her arms and giving me a stern look.“Why do you want to know?” I said and rolled my eyes.I walked over to her wooden chair and plopped down on it. Celeste raised an eyebrow at me.“And why wouldn’t I want to know? You and Killian going on a date? That seems awfully suspicious.”I frowned. “What do you mean?”“Well, it seems suspicious that you don’t want to tell me what you both did in the park? Did you perhaps have a little date? Or maybe you’ve actually fallen for him.”I slammed my hand on the table beside me and glared at her. “Do not make stupid jokes like that. Why the hell would you assume I’ve fallen for that tyrant?”Celeste shrugged, seemingly unfazed by my outburst. “Then why the hell are hiding w