In less than a week, I had gone unconscious twice already but this time, I wished my eyes didn’t open, I would be better off dead.
It was unfortunate that we never get what we wished for because my eyes opened slowly to meet a pair of icy blue ones staring back at me… I wanted to claw them out.Instead, I stared back at Alpha Damon, my eyes taking him in, all of him. He hadn't changed much from the last time I’d seen him which was when he had put a torch to my Mother’s body, I could see through him, all of the cruelty that could exist within a man but it was unfortunate, that he had met someone who had a thousand fold more of it than him… I was going to be the death of him, it was just time now.With my eyes still fixed on him, I made a silent promise to my mother’s ashes.“Who are you?” He asked taking a step back, folding his hands across his chest.I stared at him and said nothing. I could feel the pull between us, stronger than anything I’d ever felt and I could feel my wolf’s restlessness, she wanted to be close to him and it disgusted me. How could I be betrayed so much? This was the height of cruelty!My eyes met his once again, I hated him, with every single fiber of my being… He was the most loathsome person ever and he was my mate.Harsh laughter escaped me before I could stop it sending one of his brows to lift questioningly.“You are not crazy now, are you?” He asked.“Crazy?” Oh, I certainly was going crazy, I have been the minute my eyes set upon him and I was going to show him how much I was.“You!” I spat attempting to stand up from the large bed I’d been placed in, it was his. I scrambled up from it as soon as I figured that out and even though my head was hurting terribly from the sudden movement and it made me extremely dizzy, I’d rather be anywhere than on his bed, no! I’d rather be anywhere than in the same room as him.“Be careful there,” He said.I sent him a sharp glare before attempting to make my way past him, if I didn’t get out of here now, I was going to kill someone and despite how strong the hunger in me to strike him dead was, how much I wanted to place my hand on him and watch him suffer in pain, the life strangling as it passed through, the urge to slowly but painfully pull out all of the life from him, but it wasn’t time yet and he didn’t deserve to die… Not until I said so.His hand shot forward grabbing a hold of my arm as I walked passed him, the touch sending a cold shiver down my spine and sending my whole thoughts into a frenzy, I felt myself go weak in the knees. Fucking hell!!I pulled back immediately. “Do not touch me!” I said enunciating every single word.“I would damn well do as I please.” He replied mirroring my tone.We stood there staring at each other wordlessly, oh but I had so much to say, and so much to do.“You don’t think I’m going to allow you to walk into my home and walk out just like that huh?”He asked taking an intimidating step towards me, he was tall, much taller than me, his well-built body towering over the small frame I occupied, and his eyes set on me in a way that threatened to strip me of all my worth.If I had been Alena, the werewolf I would have been scared, taken a step back, and cowered but I was Eliana, the sorceress and no werewolf born of another werewolf had the ability to elicit anything from me other than hate, profound soul-imbedded hatred.I stared back at him fiercely. “I have the right to do as I choose, and not even you...” I spat the last word with all the disgust I could mutter. “... Of all people can stop me.”The corner of his lips lifted up in a half attempt at smile that brought my attention to them, full and curved in a way that promised capabilities that would kill any other woman, but not me… Oh for the love of hell, certainly not me!“We’ll see about that,” My wolf’s voice rang in my head more as a threat than anything else. I wanted to tear apart my own hair and fling myself out the window, the moon Goddess’s humor was just epic, to say the least. I hope to get my hands on the Werewolf’s god, she had a lot of talking to do and I was going to make her.“Really?” Alpha Damon asked, taking a step closer to me that had me taking mine backward until my back hit the wall. Was this bastard trying to penetrate through me?One of his hands gripped mine pining it by my side and the other trailed from my collarbone up my neck, my chest tightened and my stomach sank.His face came close to mine causing my breath to hitch in my throat until he rested it on the crook of my neck taking a sniff.When he spoke, I felt his warm breath on my ear causing goosebumps on my arm. Was it really true all they said about the mate effect? Because I was feeling things that were foreign to me and I hated it, I detested all of it.“You belong to the Dark Moon pack, and I am your Alpha, pretty sure that gives me the right to tell you what to do.”His hand grabbed at my chin forcing me to look at him, our eyes on the same level - his against mine.“And all praises be to the Moon Goddess .” He said chuckling, a humorless laughter. “You are my mate, mine to be bounded by forever!”And without warning, his lips captured mine in a wickedly sensual kiss that sent heat burning through every single inch of my skin.Damon knew every emotion there was to know, but when it came to grief, he knew it better than anyone else... It had after all been his companion for so long.Losing one's mate was as painful as ripping a person's chest out of their heart, and for the past decades, that had been the only thing he'd felt - heart-wrenching grief, that was until moments ago when he'd set his eyes on her, whoever she was.His wolf had perked up at the sight of her, and so had everything in him when he had come in her presence, it was as though every part of him that had been dead for so long had only just woken up. Damon could still remember the first time he'd realized Aria was his mate, and that was the same emotions that had overpowered him in this strange woman's presence, even more, because he hadn't felt anything in so long, this one had come crashing into him, giving him a reason to be when he hadn't had any, and it terrified him.He moved his lips against hers, crushing his mouth against hers in a
The metallic smell of blood filled my nose, pleasing me as I pushed the blade further. This wasn't the plan, this hadn't been the plan but I hadn't been able to stop myself, not after what I’d come across.When Damon spoke, I heard the smile on his lips. “And I had hoped you'll make good on your promise.”Hours before..."Alena, are you okay?” Marina asked the door slamming loudly behind her as she hurried into my house, worry in her eyes.She had been away for days now so my mother had said, my eyes went up to her... This was my best friend? Marina had untamed red hair that seemed to be all over the place, she was pretty in a wild way.She grabbed me by the hand. “I was so worried about you, I'm sorry I hadn't come earlier.” She said, I roughly pulled my hand away from her and when I saw the hurt expression cross her features, I realized what I had done - this was going to be harder than I thought. It would be difficult to manage Eliana and Alena, we were two different people and onl
Alena..." Marina said, taking a step back.The clearing had grown healthily over the decades, filled with lush greenland but I could still point it out, where exactly the logs had been arranged, piled one on top of the other."Leave here!" I said to the werewolf girl and I'm guessing from the tone of my voice, she didn't need to hear anything more, she took to her heels.My fingers shook frantically and I felt the energy in me surge."Alena, calm down." My wolf's voice resounded in my head calmly."Shut the hell up!" I yelled back at her and she promptly did.The buzz in my fingers increased and I could feel the sizzling electricity from the ground beneath me connecting with them, and without thinking twice, I released it, both energy clashing to elicit a large explosion that resonated throughout the forest as the massive land of vegetation caught fire, immediately spreading through.The impact of the blast snatched me from the ground and I was flung in the opposite direction landing
My body began to shake furiously, the sword dropped from my hand as I landed on my knees hitting the floor. My vision blurred and I felt the air in my lungs restrict.“Hell no!”I managed out when I heard the sound of my bones snapping as my body reshaped to take another form. My body stretched, its muscles lengthening and my skin immediately became covered with golden-colored furs, sharp claws erupted from my fingers and dug themselves into the ground.I let out a scream of anger that instead came out as a growl… I was fully transformed into my wolf form.I struggled back for control but my wolf was equally as stubborn, holding on firmly to her reign of control.Damon stood watching me with intense eyes, and I snapped my teeth at him as I took a threatening step toward him. Just a few more seconds, a little more and he'd have been dead.The inner turmoil within myself continued.“I won't let you make this mistake Alena, get a hold of yourself now!” She said to me, her anger resonating
Where could she be?” She asked, crying as she ran her hands through her hair, tears running down her face.“This is unlike her, Alena would never spend the night elsewhere. David, do something!” She yelled at her husband.“I’m doing all I can Hannah!” He yelled back. “We spent all of last night with our warriors searching through the forest. What more can I do?”She fell to the floor crying. “My darling girl,”The door opened and a man stepped into the house holding up a pair of dainty sandals, Alena’s mother immediately jumped up at the sight of it. She dragged it from his hands and stared at it, her mouth quivering.“David,” She called, “these are Alena’s.” And she looked up at her husband with frightened eyes.Beta David moved closer to his wife and held one from the pair in his shaky hands, the strap was cut and it was dirty, stained with brown from sand, and his chest tightened.“What if she has been kidnapped?” His wife asked. “What if those damn vampires have gotten her?”And s
“So this person, when did you first meet her?” Alex asked looking straight at me with interest, they all were but my eyes were solely focused on the Delta, his scarred, horrendous face remained as I had remembered it.“Go on hag, kill me!” He had said placing my hands on his chest. I wanted him to say that again, and this time I was going to give him what he asked but for now, I stuck to my tale. As soon as I had placed my hand on my mom’s, I could hear all her thoughts of me being cursed by a witch and how that was the reason I acted strangely.“It was on the night of the full moon ritual, the day I turned eighteen,” I said, staring down at my finger, I twisted them nervously.“She had met up with me at the little shop by the corner, right before the waterfalls and had asked for my help with something and seeing how old and frail she was, I went with her to help. It was then she grabbed me and began whispering things into my ears, I don't know what exactly she said but she released
The town was lit up tonight, people moved freely around and no one glanced at him as he made his way through the crowd covered heavily in his black cloak. “Going for a cent.” A merchant yelled continuously hitting iron, the noise ringing out in the busy street.The man kept his head bowed, sifting through the bodies of people.“Brown bread over here.” Another merchant cried and pulled the man by his coat. His face shriveled in disgust before he roughly pulled away shoving the baker off, he hurriedly continued on his way.Finally, he came across a dark alley where he pulled off the cloak from his head, the dim lamp on the other street reflected on it showing off the full, brown-colored hair on his head.Minutes later, he was joined by another man.“You are late,” The first man said, digging his hand into his cloak.“What is so urgent?” The other man asked impatiently.“My time is of utmost importance to me, Tobias.” The man in black said.“Will you stop talking about the fucking time
I was dressed in a pretty pink blouse on a black, flowy skirt, paired with my mom's silver earrings. My hair was put up in a ponytail.“You always look so pretty with little effort Alena, I'm so jealous,” Marina whined from on top of my bed where she was flipping through some old novels I stocked.“I totally agree, it's those eyes of hers, and the hair, and the face, and everything.” Sophie, another friend of ours, said exaggerating from the open toilet where she was applying gloss on her lips in front of my newly replaced mirror.I flipped my hair for effect chuckling as I dodged the pillow Marina threw at me.“C’mon,” Marina said, jumping down from the bed. “We’re going to be late.”We were dressed for dinner at the most popular inn in town, Hailey, another friend of ours was having her birthday dinner and our parents had permitted us to go. It had unfortunately taken a lot more pleading and convincing for my dad to budge after all that I’d gone through these past days but eventuall
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