I crept my way through, both hands and knees on the floor. I crawled until I was directly underneath the window and I could hear voices from inside - the elders in the werewolf council.Standing on my tiptoe, I peered into the large meeting hall. There was a long rectangular table in the middle of the room and Damon was seated at one end of it, my dad at the other end. I glared at him, I hadn't seen him since my aunt Aurora had told me about his involvement in what had happened, and now that I had, hatred coursed through me."We can't put the lives of our members at risk any more than it is. It is disappointing that this is what we've come to." Damon said, running a hand through his hair."I promise Alpha," Alex started. "We've tried our best and we're continuing to do so but at this point, I think it's safe to assume the sorceress is no longer on our lands."A nod of agreement went around the table."If she was, we would have found her by now." An older man said."She must have left o
My head was spinning, I could almost hear the whirring sound. This was a blessing or a curse, it simply depends on how I choose to use it, and right now, I couldn't think properly, not when Damon was so close to me and his eyes were fixed on me so like he could see through me.I needed to do something and I needed to do something fast, but I had no idea what.His jaw tightened. "I'm going to take your silence to mean..."I grabbed the bracelet from him. "What are you talking about Damon?" I asked, my tone higher than I intended. I made a mental note to tone it down a notch.He seemed taken aback by my outburst before he got control of himself but not before I'd seen the flicker in his eyes... He was waiting for me to provide an explanation."Because it seems you're accusing me of something and I'd like to know what it is so I can know how to defend myself. Go on then, say it!" I said with genuine anger. I was angry at myself, how could I have lost my bracelet?"Accusing you?" He asked
"Are you sure you're fine?" Marina asked, her eyes worried.I nodded and gave her a small smile in return. Her eyes glanced at Damon who was at the other end of the room, or wherever he was."You guys had a fight, right?" She asked. "Because I can see you actively working to avoid him.""No, we didn't," I said, trying my best not to look in his direction. I was still shaken by what I'd figured out, the necklace was in the small inner lining of the dress I was wearing now.There seemed to be so much more than anyone knew that was Aria and Damon's relationship, and I had a ton of questions for them both. It was obvious she had been cursed but I needed to know why and most importantly, by who. It was only then will I be able to prove Mother's innocence, of course, I wasn't going to simply avenge I and Mother without letting Damon realize the injustice done, and I was going to do so with strong evidence.I took a deep breath, the first step was finding out what was going on with Aria and
I heard Damon call out to Alex sending a signal to him before he turned to me."Alena, say something, love. Are you okay?" He asked in a frantic tone.My hands went to his side and I saw the blood had soaked his clothes."Stop worrying about me! You're injured." I said in an angry tone. I needed to find whoever had done this and I wished I could, I wanted to go down there and find them, and make them pay simply for having the guts."It's just a graze, go into the room and don't open the door for anyone other than me. Okay?" He asked grimacing. I knew he wasn't fine, I could feel his pain.I shook my head. "No, no, Damon. You need to treat your wounds." And I'll be damned if I was caught cowering and hiding while the bastard who dared to assault me got away with it.I heard heavy, hurried footsteps from down below and shouts. Soon the night was lit with burning torches.Damon stood and opened the door, pushing me inside."If you care even a fraction for me, you'll do as I say, Alena, s
“You’ll be fine soon, you just need rest.” The physician said covering up the gash on Damon's side that was already healing with a bandage after cleaning it. The man bowed to us before exiting the room. I saw Damon give me a worried look but other than that, silence remained between us. I stared at my hands that were folded on my legs as if they were the most interesting thing in the world.The man's words from last night kept ringing in my head and I couldn't fathom what to make of it. How could anyone have seen that?For a moment, I felt a pang of something akin to regret. Before now, I hadn't killed anyone. I couldn't even muster the mind to but now I could and had without second thoughts, it almost unnerved me but I knew I wasn't to be blamed.My eyes went to the man who was solely responsible for it all, the man who lay next to me was the cause of everything. He had turned me into this monster I was becoming, into this unrecognizable person and I could feel my rage swallowing me
Damon stood up and stepped away from Theo, if he didn't he might just do something drastic.“Get out!” He said in a bitter voice.Theo gaped at him. “How did you… How could?”“I’m not going to repeat myself,” Damon said.Theo stood up, swaying. He ran a hand through his hair, ruffling it and blond strands fell onto his face.“You knew,” He said again, still not over the shock yet and Damon doubted even he would ever be.The betrayal had been horrible, soul-wrenching. Aria had not only cheated on him with his friend, but she had also gotten pregnant with him.She had told him as soon as it had happened, crying, confessing, and begging to be forgiven.And Damon hadn't forgiven her. There were just some things beyond forgiveness and she had done one of them.But he had loved her, that was not untrue, and it was why he'd kept her secret and agreed to take the child as his, and everything had been going well.That was until she had visited the sorceress.**** **** **** ****I loved the nig
Stunned silence followed Theo’s words and even I was shocked, I could only stare with my mouth hung open. I turned to Damon to see he was looking at Theo, his lips twitching - he wasn't angry, not even in the slightest, in fact, Damon was utterly amused.“Theodore, for goodness sake!” Alex barked.My dad approached him and angrily grabbed him by the collar.“Have you gone mad?” He yelled. “I understand your grief and anger but challenging the Alpha, do you realize what you're saying?”Theo struggled to get away from dad's grip, shoving him off.“I know what I am saying and I stand by it. The Alpha has gone weak and whatever is happening and will continue to happen to our pack is because of him!” Dad swung his arm and punched Theo squarely on the face, he crouched holding his nose and when he rose with his eyes blazing with anger, blood trailed from his nose.“Who knew we had no freedom of speech in this pack?” He asked in a sarcasm-laced tone.“Oh of course you do, Theo. I'm sorry yo
Alex gaped at me after my utterance, I simply smiled at him, waiting. The warriors that had gathered around us were also watching me in surprise.“You want to join us in the house-to-house search?” He asked, repeating my earlier words.I folded my hands across my chest. “Yes, that is exactly what I’d just said.”“Why?” He blurted.I raised my brows at him. “What do you mean why?” He cleared his throat. “I mean, I understand why you'd requested for us to conduct a house-to-house search today and we shall do that, but why do you want to join? And I don't mean that in any manner disrespectful.”I smiled at him. “None taken.”He watched me, waiting for my response.“I made a promise to the members of this pack to ensure their safety and I shall do that. The alpha is busy with ledgers and office paperwork, I am not good at any of that but I consider myself quite perceptive and I am going to put that to good use.I am aware that a house-to-house search has been conducted before and I am no