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