“Are you okay?" Helena asked, hurrying to my side, her arms around me as she tried to help me up."They want me dead," I said quietly."You must not mind them, please. They are in pain over the loss but I know you didn't kill him." She said, her hand gripping my side as she led me to the bed.The chants were still going on strong and I had no idea what Damon was up to. My mind was reeling with different thoughts, if the vampires hadn't done this, then who had? Who knew I was searching for the commander and had used that to lure me out? It had to be the vampires, maybe Adrianne had just been lying, but deep down my instincts told me she hadn't been.I shut my eyes and forced myself to think of a solution, there was no way to prove my innocence but there certainly was a way to make this go away. The only way the members of the Dark Moon pack would forget about what I was being accused of was if something bigger were to happen.In the same breath that the thought occurred to me, I shook
Damon's eyes were on his and when he spoke, his tone was even colder than before."Pray, Alex, what the hell is so funny?"Dad placed his hands on my shoulder. "Are you certain of your words, Alena? You can't just make this sort of allegation."Alex rose and stared at Damon with disbelief in his eyes."Don't tell me you believe this bullshit." His voice held a strong tone of anger.I took a fearless step toward him. The bastard really couldn't tell when it was game up."What? Are you going to deny that you're housing Adrianne? A vampire who used to run the gambling house?" I asked.“Adrianne is not…”"So that was what it was," Damon said in a low tone, we all turned to him."I knew you had been hiding something the day we'd gone to the gambling house, or in this case someone, someone you didn't want me to see," Damon said.Alex shook his head. "You can't be serious Damon! You can't be fucking serious!""Remember who you are talking to, Alex," Dad said."You shut the hell up!" He yelle
Chatters filled the air and it grew thick with a new buzz. I could see the heads in the crowd turning to what had captured their attention. My eyes went to Damon's and he remained still... What in the world was happening?It was only when the crowd had parted making way for the stream of warriors that filed through that I saw what it was. A gasp escaped me as soon as I saw her - Adrianne.She was bounded, her hands tied behind her, her legs tied together as she was pulled along, the difficulty in her steps obvious. I felt a sickening feeling of dread settling itself in the pit of my stomach - the scene was all too familiar.I shook my head, that wasn't me.That wasn't me!But my brain refused to catch up with that information and my mind kept conjuring up flashbacks of the previous scenes and I hated it, hated every single second of it and I hated him.A sudden feeling of hate slammed into me, I felt the strong urge to pull out my claws and slash at Damon's neck even though I knew tha
"I can't believe this, Luna," Helena said, her shock still lingering on her face and that of the other servant girls that crowded me."It is the truth," I said, choosing to savor every moment of Alex's defeat.He made a wrong decision with this last move, he should have known better than to set me of all people up... Now he was gone, he and his lady love. It was still a shock to me that Adrianne and Alex were in a relationship.That bastard Theo! He had lied to me, hadn't he said it wasn't Alex? I felt like smacking my head for even listening to him in the first place, subtly I wiped my hand on my lips at his reminder.Hell! Theodore disgusted me to no end.And it seemed I'd somehow adopted the stupid behavior of believing everything others had to say to me because why had I believed Adrianne too? Of course, she wasn't going to tell me that she and Alex had set me up... What had I been thinking?"Did you know beforehand?" Another servant asked, eagerness in her tone.I nodded, "I figu
Damon marched down the street, barging into shops, tearing the doors open as he stepped in, frightening the owners. His legs stomped the floor as he made his way through, checking in every nook of a building."I do not have to tell you what will happen to any of you when you are caught!" His angry voice reverberated."Search everywhere!" He yelled out orders to the warriors who were running up and down the building before walking out.The streets were chaotic, every single warrior in the pack except the ones stationed at the border and dungeons were out today searching for the vampires.He turned to Silas. "Remember they do not have a scent to them, anyone caught with no identification should be brought to me immediately!""Yes, sir," Silas said, nodding before hurrying off.Damon felt his blood pump faster, his heart rate accelerating, and his pulse quickening. He was seeing red like he hadn't in a long while, he was mad as hell!"You should let me kill him." Blaze said. His wolf had
"A pack merger?" Damon asked, the surprise and displeasure evident in his voice. "this is the worst time for that."It was late evening, almost midnight, and dad had called for a meeting with the council and following my involvement in getting Alex caught, Damon had asked me to come along.The meeting held was to inform us about the pack merger and I agreed wholly, why in the world were we going to conduct a pack merger at this time? Alex's trial was still a week and a few days away and no other vampire had been found, it was as though they'd simply vanished into thin air and we were all upset about that. It certainly is the worst time for it."I know we were waiting until the next full moon to do this, but it is obvious we are in quite a certain level of danger now, we have no idea where the vampires are hiding. I have a strong feeling they are planning something big and it will happen during the trial. It will be a good idea to recruit more people in our land, and that way we will h
I laughed. The sound came out genuinely because I really was humored.The intruder watched me with curious eyes but he said nothing.“And if I don't?” I asked folding my hands across my chest. “What are you going to do?”He seemed taken aback by my question and it gladdened me. I was not going to put Damon's authority at risk because of this, not when I could simply kill him.“No, Elena, you can't simply kill him.” My wolf argued. “You could try negotiating with him, you don't want to get us in harm’s way, do you?”I ignored her.“Your secret…”I cut him off, “what secret?” And then I erupted into another fit of laughter. “You think anyone would believe you over me? With it being common knowledge that numerous times I've been set up? Don't be foolish.” I said, my confidence soaring.If there was anything Alex and his lover had done to help my case was make everything about me believable. It just occurred to me that I could get away with anything now, and even with a witness like this
True to my father's words, the members of the Winterborn pack were small in number. They weren't half in size compared to the Dark moon’s, not only was the Dark moon pack the most powerful, but they also were the highest in population amongst the other werewolves pack.The members of the Winterborn pack were distinguishable from their very pale skin and light hair color which told me that wherever they had been previously inhibited received less sunlight than here.Their leader, the Beta, was a sick-looking man and he walked with difficulty.The members of the Dark Moon pack had gathered around to watch the merger and they did with a mix of eager and anxious eyes.The Beta stood in front of me and Damon and he gave us a grateful smile.“It is my greatest pleasure and I hold nothing but profound appreciation to you, Alpha Damon, for agreeing to this pack merger despite Winterborn having little to offer. I speak for the whole of Winterborn when I swear complete loyalty and devotion to y
You're not dead." I said harshly This was my fault. Why did it take me so long before making a move? Why had I allowed David and Valinne to use me for so long before I got half the mind to escape? I was so disgusted by myself.If anything happened to him, it was because of me."Alena," He muttered."Yes, yes," I nodded. "I'm here and you're fine now. I promise I'm sorry. I'm so so sorry, I was stupid."His eyes opened a little and he stared at me.A small smile curled up his lips. "I've missed you." He said and I felt my heart still.I loved him.I loved him more than I could ever love anyone else.He was the ultimate love of my life and I couldn't believe I'd spent so much time hating him instead of truly loving him. I wasted a lot of time being angry at him but I was going to compensate for that.I was going to love him for the rest of my life I let go of him and climbed the slab on the floor to help me reach where his hands were chained. I inserted the key in the lock and unlocked
My eyes moved from the cell Alex was held in to the one opposite and I was shocked to see Adrianne. I had completely forgotten about the existence of these two people."What are you doing here?" Alex asked."Where is Damon?" I asked him in a frantic tone.He stared back at me with surprise. "Damon? Is he here?"I felt my eyes roll all the way back to my head and I wanted to leave him and continue with my search because I didn't have half the time to be standing around and chatting but I thought if there was anything, Alex would probably help find Damon.Especially now that it was proven that not he but David was the traitor. I wanted to feel sorry for accusing him wrongly and jumping to conclusions but I really was too exhausted to be bothered with such feelings so instead, I brought out the key I had stolen from the dungeon earlier during our squabble. It seemed like only one key unlocked all the locks of the cell rooms. I inserted the key into the lock and twisted it open."Hey!" Ad
I was taking a risk and it was one that might cause both I and Damon's life but it was all I could do. It was my last resort.My eyes shut, I tried my best to remember all I could about the convenience store, the shelves, the paint, the smell of it.My brain fought against the strain but I kept on with it, harder with each passing second until finally, I felt the air change, and when my eyes came open I was in the convenience store, I hoped.It was dark, so dark and cold I shivered from it despite the sweater I was wearing.I hoped with everything in me that I wasn't going to regret this, if my plans didn't work then it was over for Damon and me.I had guessed and I prayed it was correct that Damon was being held in the underground dungeons. It was the only place I could think of that he was being held in and it was like why David had refused to take me to see him.Although during my time there, I hadn't heard anything to indicate we were in the same building but something still convi
Alex watched the woman in the cell opposite him. It was what he had done for the past months they'd been locked together. He had only watched her with complete silence even though she tried to get him to talk, there was nothing for him to say to her.How stupid could he have been? Had he been so desperate for love, he had fallen madly for the first woman to give him attention and it didn't help that she looked like that. He had for so long been insecure about himself because of his scars and why wouldn't he be? Not after his true mate had rejected him.He still had the image of her in his mind - her long, thick blonde hair that cascaded down her back, almost reaching her waist, of her perfect skin and blue, bright eyes. She was an Alpha daughter and was his mate, his mate who had been horrified at the sight of him.It was why when Adrianne had given him attention, he had been taken by it, taken by her, and here they both were - he had just been a pawn in her game.It was his fault fo
He glared at me from where he was seated opposite me.“I won't do any more of your bidding if I don't see Damon and be convinced enough he is still alive.”Valinne chuckled. “Aren’t you just the cutest, Eliana?”“That is impossible, he is alive and that is all there is to that. You will not see him!”Was he truly dead? Fear gripped me.“Why won't you allow me to see him? If truly he is alive, it wouldn't be a problem for you, would it? The only reason I can think of…”David cut me off impatiently, “he is alive, I have no reason to kill him, not until you give me one, and right now, you really are.”“I want to see him!” I insisted. Why won't they allow me to see him if he was alive as they claimed and deep down, I knew he was but why were they being so insistent on me not seeing him? I hated the goosebumps the feeling of something being terribly wrong caused.“You shall not! Jeremiah!”“Shut up!” I growled and immediately everything around us rattled, the mugs on the table, the books b
“Get up!” Jeremiah said, opening the door and yelling at me from outside. I ignored him until he had to fill his big frame into the room and pull me, and himself out of it.He was panting slightly as he led me down the stairs and my lips widened into a smile at his discomfort.Today, I was led outdoors where a group of vampires was bound and lined up and the pack members were standing around and watching, the segregation between the werewolves and vampires remained. I let out a groan at the sight; how many prisoners does David need to punish?I stared at my feet this time as David spoke, willing for the time to move faster while still knowing that I was going to have a repeat of the days ago event.“These vampires bound today are those of us who have broken the important rule for the cohabitation of the two species. Blood feeding should only be done with wild animals, members of other packs, and rogues. My vision for this merger is to help the Dark Moon pack achieve what no other pack
“Ah,” He heard the self-satisfaction in David's voice. “I can see your senses are still sharp, Damon.”The fury in him had heightened with David’s presence but he wasn't going to let it show, it would only serve to give the idiot more pleasure about what he’d done. He wouldn't let him know that he was going crazy from being locked up, it was what he wanted.“I am a born Alpha, remember? There are just some things that can't be stolen, unfortunately.” He said in an arrogant tone that he wasn't feeling.The room was still engulfed in darkness and he found it slightly bothersome.“Refusing to show your face, David? Or you just can't stand looking at me? Strange since I expect you'd be reveling in my sight.” He said dryly.“Can’t stand looking at you, Damon?” And he chuckled. “There is nothing to look at.”The insult pierced him and he felt his jaw clench tight but he said nothing in response. The lights finally came on and like every single time, it momentarily left him blind so he had t
I would like to kill them all, every single person in existence around me.It would be an easy feat, I wanted to set them on fire, myself included. It would be easy, I said to myself again, all I had to do was to simply let my powers roll over me and connect it with nature’s energy, I could feel it buzzing beneath my feet.The anger and pain in me would be infused into it so much that no one would be spared when I unleashed but I couldn't.Nothing hurt more than the fact that I couldn't do it, so I cried, screamed, and kicked as I was bound back, the chains locked around my hands and I was led back to the attic where I currently sat, watching the wall opposite me with eyes blurred from tears.Marina.I repeated her names over and over again until it was the only thing ringing in my head. She was dead because of me, I had wanted to save her but instead, I had shown I cared much about her and made her prey to Valinne’s cruelty.A lesson for me.I wished I was dead.I wished Damon had le
The days seemed to roll into one for him and he could barely tell the difference between night and day. His eyes had gotten accustomed to the darkness of his holding cell and he could almost see the cracks on the wall, the peeling of the paint on it.The coldness from the damp walls was his constant partner, it seeped into his skin clinging to him, boring into him - his fingernails, toenails, chewing every inch of his body but he couldn't complain not when he was left at its mercy.He has been stripped off of almost all of his clothing, the only thing left on him was shorts that barely reached his knees. His both hands were chained to the wall and too many times to count, his knees had buckled but the chains locked onto his wrist held him up, digging into the skin.Relieving himself was an embarrassing feat, a pail was brought to him and he did his business while standing, one of his hands unchained, and after he was done, the pail was taken away and his hand was chained back.Damon w