After everyone left, I was standing where Darius left, staring at the ground devoid of emotions but a sting traveling to my core.I didn’t want to feel the pain of distance, I didn’t want to feel this attraction of mates.I didn’t want any of that but to no avail.‘Why was this happening to me? Too much hatred? And what about what he did to me? Wasn’t that cruel?’ I thought sorrowfully.As I was lost in my miserable thoughts, My Lord came and grabbed my arm forcefully, sending a glare in my direction, fuming with rage.“What the fuck was that, Athena?!” I flinched when he yelled at me but I didn’t dare to lift my eyes from the ground. I was utterly exhausted and depressed from acting cold.“I didn’t save you so that you sob and become pathetic before him!”I couldn’t keep up my facade. Shivering slightly when his one hand grabbed my arm painfully and pointed his finger at me.“Do you think you could be vulnerable and act however you want just because I have granted you exceptions tha
DARIUS ALFONSO.After returning from there, I could feel I still stood where I did before. Near her. But it was only a delusion to find myself there.I didn’t want to feel the pain of distance, I didn’t want to feel this attraction of mates.I didn’t want any of that but to no avail.‘And I bet she must be thinking the same.’ I thought sadly, looking into nothingness until Julius came and sat beside me. “So that was why you ordered us to let her escape…” He sighed after a brief silence.I leaned back on the couch, resting my one leg over the other, closing my eyes to feel the darkness surrounding me.I was trying my best to ignore his needless talks that would only enhance my anguish. I had already seen and heard enough.“Why, Brother? If that was the case then you should have captured her here and not let her escape. She would pay for what she did-”“We were not mates when I ordered you. It happened in the spur of emotions and moment.” I ordered him in a hurried tone.Curling my han
ATHENA BECKER. ‘Would you return for me?’ An unwanted thought rose in my heart and traveled a clench to my core. My frown deepened, groaning in pain as he truly broke a rib. And it was hurting like hell. “Hmph. Why would you?” I muttered under my breath after wrapping the bandage and applying ointment on my throbbing body. “Argh…” I groaned in pain, not believing how powerful his one attack was. He could kill me one snap. “Can I come in?” Jax asked, standing outside. “Wait a minute, let me wear my shirt.” I wore my shirt quickly and hummed so he could come inside. He frowned and leaned on the doorframe, folding his arms at his chest. “What did you do to infuriate His Highness this much?” He asked sternly. “I yelled at him.” I sighed, picking my tray of food and eating it quietly. “Then you deserved it. Besides, be grateful. If it was someone else, they wouldn’t be alive.” He chuckled, coming closer and sitting on the other side of the bed. “Hmm.” I motioned the nurse
That was why I didn’t want to greet his compelling eyes- I lost myself. "Who did this?" He growled again when I didn’t reply. I shivered, my lips quivered. My power slipped under his influence. "Why do you care if anyone has hurt me or not? Didn’t you want me to be hurt too?" I dared to ask, hoping to yank my hand back. "I wanted to. Not someone else." He growled, pulling me lethally closer to his massively well built body. "So who was it? Because I swear I would make that person pay for hurting ‘my’ mate." He demanded and I didn’t want anyone but me to break his soul and heart so I lied- "Just broke a bone during work. Seems like my mind has begun to affect my capabilities too. Nothing deep." I whispered hurriedly, shaking slightly. Why are you hurt? “Really?” “Mhm.” Narrowing his eyes in compassion, he brought his hand to touch my bandage but I abruptly pushed us away. "Don't." I paused, holding my hanging shirt and covering my chest. "Don't touch me." I complete
After meeting Darius there were countless emotions roaming wildly in my mind and carrying them, my lips were curled upwards unintentionally and I returned back. Jax was awake, doing some work with other wolves. They all stopped when they saw me. "Where were you?” A wolf asked. “By the waterfall, I needed to relax my body and mind.” I sighed, turning to leave but the tenderness on my face was clear. And Jax noticed it. “You look like you are in an awfully good mood." "I do? Must be your imagination." Mumbled, I shrugged it off, becoming serious abruptly and went back to my room. ‘Don’t think about it, Athena. Don’t let him become your weakness.’ Mentally scolding myself, I laid down, closing my eyes to fall into darkness. Hoping it would take me far away from him and his undesirable thoughts. Later, weeks passed and I was finally healed, my body could move and I was back to work. "Ah, finally freed. Now I can shift my bind." I beamed, delighted to go back to work. Or else t
DARIUS ALFONSO. A week passed but my mind refused to shift elsewhere. I was extremely worried for her. How could he hurt her? He was not supposed to hurt her. Her wound healed but it didn’t heal my anger. I wanted to do something to King Hadrian but for her sake I didn’t do anything or else. With my mind lost in wrath, I entered the main hall where I saw Julius. He was sitting, not bothering to lift up at me anymore, reading a book calmly. "Fuck!" Cursing, I paced around the hall, growling constantly. "And you got furious because of her." Julius released a sigh, flipping the page. Stopping in my tracks, I glanced over my shoulder, "Is it that obvious?” “Only her matter can make you furious. So, did someone hurt her, did she tell you to kill her, reject her, cried before you or what happened?” Julius started with the list of things she could have possibly done. "Why are you so calm about it?" I arched an eyebrow, turning to him. My heart was worried about Athena, I shoul
ATHENA BECKER. ‘Dear Moon Goddess, please write Athena Becker in my fate.’ No, no, he must be lying. This has to be a lie. I was utterly abashed after I returned, pressing my fingers over my lips, losing my breaths. “What happened? Why are you stunned? Thinking about your lover?” Jax chuckled, seeing the lost look on my face but I couldn’t stop it. If only he could hear how wildly my heart was beating. “Job’s done. I am exhausted. I am going to my room. I want to rest.” Speaking blankly, I didn’t want to interact with anyone and went to my room to contemplate what happened. “...Okay.” ‘Do you mean your prayers, Darius?’ And before I knew it, a month passed painfully slowly, I was thinking about him constantly after piercing an arrow through my chest, he faded. I didn’t expect him to truly vanish and not return but sadly it occurred. He was testing my patience and me. He didn’t come to my streets again. My mind was clouded with fury for what I ended up doing due to rage b
A few days passed, I was hopelessly waiting for Jax to return from his work and when he did, at night, I took him with him. Baffled, he was staring innocently at me as I was pacing around with a scowl lingering over my face. “Write it down, Jax, My Lord did this deliberately.” I growled, making a fist. “Did what?” He blinked, having no idea how horribly my chest hurt when he was not there. “He sent Darius away to war and he was hurt so badly!” I whisper-yelled. “It’s natural. Everyone gets hurt in a war. I don’t get your point.” He shrugged his shoulders in confusion, deepening my frown. “He could have sent Arkin or Samuel but he ordered him to know and you know why?” Narrowing his eyes, he finally started to get the picture. “Why?” “So he would stay away from me and not return to me.” I snarled, hitting the nearby pillar furiously. He made an ‘o’ face of understanding, pondered about my statements for the next few moments and returned a smile. “I see. Good. You guys shoul
After separating our paths with King Hadrian and doing the exchange, giving him his mate. We returned to the land of rogues.The place where no rules apply and you live happily.“There is your new home, guys, a place where a human and werewolf relationship is not forbidden. Where you can live happily.”Janine happily introduced to the enormous land, almost a community living in harmony.The proud work of Janine Becker. Blood Hunters.“You made it?” Athena asked in disbelief, glancing at her, not expecting she was capable of creating such a masterpiece.“Yes. The second I had to stain my hands with our parent’s blood, I swore to myself to create a world where such laws won’t exist. I have created this place for you guys, for us.” She nodded sorrowfully, curling her hands in a fist from powerlessness.“Janine.”Returning a sweet smile, Athena held her shoulder, giving it a stern squeeze. Sighing, she removed her hand and returned a beautiful toothy smile.“But, no more tears. This is yo
PAST.DARIUS ALFONSO.A tear rolled down my cheek, I was with Janine, curling my hands in a fist, gritting my teeth."Why did this happen to me?" I growled after finding Blue as my mate. She was on the ground with a graceful smirk over her lips, pushing her short hair behind."You are the first person I have seen who was depressed after meeting his mate." She teased me but I was not in the mood for it."What should I do? Why didn't you do anything?" I argued, holding my sides, pacing around with frustration.She scoffed, "I am not your babysitter. They are going to keep an eye on you. If they find out you are with a human- they will kill both of you.""I know. But, I don’t want to break Athena's heart. She is too fragile, Janine." I whispered desperately.I was afraid of her reaction, afraid to hurt her and I knew this bond would drown me in the end- which it did.Rising from the ground, she stared dead into my eyes."Do whatever you want but if my sister's heart breaks- so will your
I was in utter disbelief when I saw her, looking more elegant than before. Her hairs grow long but the dominance surrounding her never faded.“You… are alive?” I asked vaguely.Clinging onto Darius’s arms, blinking in confusion at her while she merely smirked at my reaction.“Yes. Alive and well.” Nodding her heels clicked against the floor, approaching us gradually while turning her glance to King Hadrian.“I don't understand… how..?” I asked, swallowing hard, turning to Darius and back to her.“I couldn’t understand, they told me you had died, I was accused of it then how..?” I asked, narrowing my eyes with bewilderment.But displeased with my reaction, King Hadrian turned to me, frowning at me.“Are you deaf, Athena? I just told you she helped me in assassination.” He mocked, reminding me.But I was too lost in Darius’s words and my realizations that I failed to grasp the depth of his words. Janine was alive all along.“She was there all along.” King Hadrian scoffed but I was too
A needle pierced through my soul when I heard it. I could feel my worlds coming to a crash when the truth hidden from me came to the surface.In a hidden corner, I prayed that he had a reason. And I kept hating him for five years.“No, this ill fortune land. How could it do this to me?” I whispered, covering my mouth.My steps stumbled but Darius held my shoulder, staring intensely at my teary eyes hoping to console me but nothing could help me.“As long as it was a juvenile love, they ignored us but after my mate… After finding Blue, I… remained loyal and committed to you.”How wrong I considered him?“Three months after meeting Blue, you were with me, you didn’t leave me. You… loved me all this time.” My lips began to shake, holding him with all my might, tears blurring my vision. He nodded, heartbroken, “Yes, I did and they came to know about it so I had to make a harsh choice and to save you, I chose Blue.”He explained and I continued from where he left off, completing the jus
“My revenge is completed today.” “W-What? All this… y-your revenge?” He couldn’t form a sentence properly anymore. His jaw dropped, losing his breaths to perceive what he heard but to no avail. The look of flabbergast on his face was extremely desirable. “T-This can’t be… We were mates.. Weren’t we?” “So what?” He shivered, having no words at this point while deep down he understood that it was all my plan but was not ready to accept it. “What? You thought I would be weak and pathetic again after seeing how weak ones are treated in this cursed land?” “What everything… a lie? A ruse?” He asked and I couldn’t answer. No. It wasn’t. “Weak dies. That is the rule and you are not the only person who is good with manipulation.” I told him seriously. Pointing my finger at him, pressing it over his heart, feeling how rapidly it was thumping. “Manipulation?” He was in complete shambles, not wanting to believe what he was hearing but I confirmed it. “Although you almost broke m
We were in the throne room, tears were glistening on my cheeks, clinging onto a female hunter who was hugging as I sobbed. “Monster.” I hissed at Darius, holding her while glaring at him. Darius was before everyone. He was on his knees, hands cuffed behind his back, looking down while everyone was staggered how he could do this. But he knew he fucked up because of being too emotional. “Continue.” King Hadrian came, frowning deeply at Darius, motioning to the person to start the court where his punishment shall be decided. “Name?” They asked Darius. His head was hanging low. Failing to look up, curling his hands in a fist as I kept glaring at him with my watery eyes. “Darius Alfonso.” His cold tone came out. “Status?” They asked him again strictly. “Alpha of the Scarlet Moon pack.” “Crime?” “Cold blood murder of Jax, head of the hunters.” I growled to find this look of emotionless on his face, having no regret of staining his hand in Jax’s blood. My Lord growled to he
ATHENA BECKER. Dressed as a bride, at my wedding night, I stood still with my heart thumping abnormally as Jax entered nonchalantly. “Hey.” He smiled, waved at me, and kicked the door close. “Hey.” I smiled back, looking down bashfully, not believing I actually got married to Jax. My wedding night. This thought was drying my throat. Vexing me in anticipation to imagine it would lead. “You.. look beautiful.” He whispered, taking my hand and kissing my knuckles, smiling sweetly at me. “Thanks. You are looking handsome too.” I whispered sheepishly. “You should change. The dress must be heavy.” He cleared his throat, moving back and taking off his coat and bowtie. “Yeah. I am going to do it. I wanted you to see here first.” I nodded, tugging my hair behind my ear, taking off the jewelry and unhooking the dress. We both changed into something comfortable. My face flushed when I looked at the bed, the thought of what was about to happen arose a tension in my body. Jax had change
After pushing her into a turmoil of distress and stealing her strength at my open threat, we returned and the disquiet expression on her face made me smirk devilishly. Everyone could feel the terror emitting from her while I was smirking with my hands in my pockets, walking with a high head.Leaving them pondering what we talked about which left her in an abyss.“Athena?” King Hadrian’s mouth gaped to find Athena being unable to lift her gaze.He could feel her fear and glared at me for taking advantage of her emotional state and worsening it.“What did you do, Darius?” He asked seriously, rising from the throne and coming closer.“My Lord, he.. He..” Athena opened her mouth to whimper but shrugging my shoulders, I kept my posture. “I threatened her. I gave her a warning.”I acted nonchalantly and put my one hand in the air as if it meant nothing. His mouth gaped, frowning at me, displeased.“And you know the consequences of threatening my huntress and going extreme, don’t you?” He
We walked, I could feel her breaths tightening around her throat, inviting me causing the impish smirk on my face to widen. I glanced at her from time to time to increase her tension and embarrassment. “What happened?” I asked, magnifying her stress, pushing her into a corner. “Nothing.” She whispered, not lifting her gaze from the ground. “Why are you here?” She asked faintly, disturbed about my strict posture but I spoke dominantly. “I believe I told you I want to talk to you alone.” And the second we were all alone, I grabbed her arms roughly and threw her against the wall. She gasped, afraid, shaking in apprehension. “Darius.” She swallowed hard the lump in her throat and was about to push me away but I put my hand over her lips to hush her. “Shh.” My one hand was above her head to trap her petite body under my, looking down at her nervous and stressed form with a sinful smirk. Moving my finger gradually over her lips, making her quiver, leaving her numb as I could feel