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
I shared a look of worry with Damon, my fears had come true. My eyes darted about in search of them but I saw nothing. The cries from the pack members increased and right before my eyes, I saw an arrow fly and lodged itself in the chest of the Beta of the former Winterborn pack.The man’s eyes widened just as another one flew and landed in his throat, blood oozed from him and he collapse to the floor, his eyes wide open in horror.The warriors were at alert now, yelling orders to each other as they moved swiftly into action. Their new leader of the warriors, Silas, hurried over to us. “Alpha, I’ll escort you back to your homes. It’s unsafe now.”Damon pulled out the blade that was tucked underneath his shirt, its sharp end glinted dangerously. His eyes had darkened and his voice came out rough when he spoke.“Escort the Luna.” He said.I shook my head immediately. “No, no.” There was no way in hell and back that I'll be caught cowering inside the house while he fought against the vam