AMAYA'S POV I ran out of my room, down the stairs and towards Damian's room.“And where do you think you are going after causing trouble?” Nelly gritted, blocking me. “I'm sorry and I will apologize again if you want me to but right now I'm in a hurry–”“Damian isn't in his room,” she said, unmoving. “Where's he?” I asked, panting. “Why do you want to know so bad? And besides, you don’t have the time to ask for him when you need to serve your punishment–”“I’m sorry and I will accept my punishment whatever it is but I'm in a bit of a hurry right now.” I turned and dashed out. First, I checked the meeting hall building but Damian wasn't there. I didn't know where he was but I would find him. I would find him and I would ask him why… why he bought me despite having to lose in the deal…why he always saved me…why his closeness made my heart flutter… why he was there last night…how he found me in the club…I could hear the racing of my heart. There were so many things I wanted to ask
EARLIER ON…“You will be addressing the guards in five minutes, Oliver, Are you ready?” Raze asked Oliver who it was and it had always been his duty to speak to the guards. “I will do it,” Damian interjected, sauntering into the training room. “You will do it?” Raze and Oliver asked, surprised. “You sure you don't want us doing it?”“He wants to impress his lady guest,” Raze whispered. Oliver frowned. “Impress her? But she won't be there.”Damian heard them and shot them a silencing look. “This is a serious issue. I must speak to them myself,” he added, swiping off a strand of hair that tried to come into his eyes. “Have you thought about Balus' offer?” Raze asked. As a matter of fact it was because of that that he was going to address the guards. Lucius was a cunny man. By now Damian was hundred percent certain he'd received news of Balus coming to him for help. He was expecting Lucius to send a spy to his house but he will make sure to not give him a chance to do that. With
As the days grew, Amaya felt her wolf gradually slipping into extinction. Before, she at least communicated with her even if she didn't shift but now she rarely spoke back. And with every passing day, she feared that one day her secret would be out in the open for the world to laugh at her and mock her. The stigma that someone wolfless was associated with was painful. Especially for someone like her. She had heard how much Damian detested wolfless people. He said they were weak and did not deserve to live. The realisation that he would look at her with hate and disgust made her stomach twist.She sighed and plopped her head deeper on the pillow. Her mind drifted to earlier in the day. Her conversation with Damian had quickly tensed up. She had crossed a line she knew she wasn't supposed to cross and Damian hadn't taken it lightly. And again he had brandished the killer instinct in him. Damian was cussed and it didn't matter who it was, once he was in that fury, he could kill anyone.
Amaya couldn't tell how long she had run as she only stopped when she felt her whole body exhausted. Panting, she sat down on a nearby pavement. It was then she looked and saw she was at the park. She inhaled slowly, the words of the girls jabbing her all over again. Tears welled up in her eyes and she blinked, forcing them back. She could not cry now. At least not yet. She imagined the news travelling round the Pack, the uncomfortable and judgemental stares that would be coming her way. She wondered if Damian had heard it by now. He would hate her. “Amaya…”She noticed a figure standing before her and looked up through her hazy eyes. Her mouth parted. “Alpha Lucius…How did you find–”“Shhhh. I only need you to say the words and I take you home”“And why will you take her home?” a voice thundered behind them. “Alpha Damian?” Amaya gasped, scrambling to her legs. She had imagined her life getting worse but never did she imagine this scenario. Damian glared at Lucius. “You sent you
AMAYA'S POV “Wait here,” Amaya said, helping Lucius to the pavement of an abandoned house. She started to leave and he tried to stop her, eyes clouded with uncertainty. “I won't be long,” she assured him. Some minutes later, she returned with some herbs. Squeezing them in between her palms, she made a mixture with it and began to apply it on his injuries. She could feel him watching her keenly as she silently tended to his wounds. He softly grasped her hand. “Don't stress yourself. They'll heal.”“Still you should at least apply something.”“Amaya…” he ventured gently. “I'm sorry…I shouldn't have acted that way in your presence.”She sighed, the last glimpse of Damian's face she saw before walking off with Lucius flashing her head. She wondered what he was thinking at that moment, if he hated her more than he already did, if he would… She shook her head pushing the thoughts away. “Why did you provoke him? You know he can't hold back.”“Come with me, let's go home,” Lucius said sof
Suddenly the glass left Damian's grasp and shattered on the floor. Damian tumbled sideways and before Amaya would react, he collapsed to the floor with a dull thud. Amaya pulled him to lie on the sofa in the room. His body was burning up. She got a wet rag and pressed on his forehead sighing as she did. For a split second it crossed her mind she had been sighing the entire day. How much could she endure before the day ended? Damian moaned in his sleep. A painful moan and he incoherently mumbled names of his dead mate and father. “Father…father…father…” He grunted in his sleep, gripping onto Amaya's hand. At a point, his moans turned into low grunt and then screams. Amaya called his name and shook him awake.“Are you alright?” She asked, gently. Not seeking answers, just wanting to ensure he was alright. Damian glanced around, panting. On the realisation, a cold emptiness settled in his chest. It had only been in his nightmare. The warmth of his father he had felt was only in his
AMAYA'S POV The surface of the stream glistened as sunlight filtered above it. Its gentle flow seemed to whisper unspoken words. By the edge, Amaya sat. She could barely see the flow but she knew it was flowing. At least that's what her science teacher told her. Whoever thought to include the stream or to let it be while the house was built did a great deed. It was like a storm inside her and she had taken a sudden yet much needed walk and stumbled upon the stream. If she knew there was such a place in the mansion she would have taken this walk a long time. She reached towards a small pebble beside her and threw into the stream. The stream protested with delicate splashes eliciting ripples that extended outward. She stared at the ripples with somber stillness, her expression pensive as though the ripples mirrored the turmoil within her. A strand of her hair fell and she tucked it back behind her ear and inhaled. She had never felt so many contrasting feelings in one day. What was
As Damian trotted down the road, he could not stop the ache that coursed through him. Amaya making the sudden request worsened the whole thing. Why couldn't she ask for something simpler…How could she ask him to find out the truth that was bound to ruin him? He let out a weary breath. He had wanted to stay away until he gathered his thoughts. “I can't…” He groaned softly, his forehead deepening with lines, the dried fallen leaves crunching under his feet. He had only wanted to take a walk as the Seer’s words were tearing his reasoning apart. But then he saw her. Her slumped back and the stillness of her back only broken by the faint rise and fall of her breath had caught his attention. They condemned him and he couldn't bring himself to avoid her even though that was what he wanted. Something he should do. Now she was asking him of a favour he could never fulfill.Maybe If he had known she was there he would have stayed back. “Is something wrong?” Raze asked as they came out of t
“You won't be going.”Damian was startled by a voice as he dropped the call. Without turning, his senses provided him the answer. “I have to save her and stop that bastard from hurting more people,” he said as he finally turned around. Nelly flared up. “No. You won't. Why would you save someone like her? She betrayed you!”“You don't know for sure. Those words came from Nello. She is not the most innocent person. She could be lying.”“What would she gain from that?”“What did she gain by betraying her friend?” He made to walk past but Nelly blocked him. “Still, you shouldn't go…” her voice was pleading. “I–I can't bear to see you get hurt. I would go crazy. It would kill me.”Damian observed her. Then he sighed. He was thinking Nelly had gotten over her crush on him but it seemed she hadn't. He held her shoulders. “Look Nelly, I cannot allow Tommy to be roaming around my Pack before people get hurt. I must catch him.”“I never said he should be allowed to live. I want him dead more t
Tommy tied up Alpha Kael and Blackridge after making them surrender. To save their lives, they'd agreed to let him use some of their men as he demanded. “You have lost, Tommy. You will never win,” Kael gritted as he sat with his back tied together with Blackridge:s back. Tommy laughed at him. “No Kael. I have not lost and I will not lose. I will make sure of that.”Blackridge suddenly burst into laughter eliciting a deep frown from Tommy. After some time, he stopped. “You are still delusional. You will never win Damian. You are a fuvking loser!”“Is that what you hope?” Tommy asked with a chuckle. Well, he could understand. They were helpless at the moment and their only hope would be hoping that Damian saved their arse. “What did you do to Balus?” Kael asked. Tommy's lips looped as he briefly recalled how it happened. “He was a senseless fool with a lot of pride. Friendly advice. Try not to end up like him.”“You are a bastard! You are a fucking monster!”Tommy ignored their rant
AMAYA’S POV “Make sure to take her back safely,” Damain ordered the guard and darted off. “Wait! What's going on?” I yelled. How could he just leave me here and dash off without saying anything? I was going after him when I stumbled on a stone I hadn't seen and plummeted to the ground. My eyes became heavy and hazy. Things grew blurry and all of a sudden, several voices echoed in my head at once. I shut my eyes and a serious headache attacked me. Different kinds of memories bombarded me, it made my head ached. I could see the guard before me. His head had grown double and his mouth was moving. He was saying things but I only heard muffles. I passed out. I woke up an hour later and found myself in my room. Surrounded by faces I recognized. I panicked. “You are awake,” the doctor said. She was the same doctor that treated me before. “Are you okay?” she asked. “Yes…yes.” I tried to get up but realized the spot I knocked my foot against the rock was wounded. I groaned receiving hel
“No… Uncle…don't say anything please…”“Damian, I killed your father.”Damian felt his throat dry up immediately. For a moment, his ribs neither took in any air nor expelled any. Silent turmoil over took him.He'd already suspected this was what his uncle was going to confess. He'd dreaded it and tried to avoid hearing it. But in the end he couldn’t stop the truth from being the truth. He looked away as a stray tear slipped down his face. “I won't ask for your forgiveness… I don't deserve it…”“Why? Why did you do it?” his voice was raw and his amber eyes had darkened. A surge of anger made him shake inside. “I wanted him to approve a new law. I killed someone but it was all by mistake, I swear it. It was never intentional. Before that night, the news was already set to break out in the Pack. All I wanted was for your father to protect me as his brother.”“You wanted him to hide you!” His emotions went loose. Uncle Griffin closed his eyes and silently cried. “Yes, you are right. I w
“You are here.” A voice startled Amaya. Frightened, she turned. Her heart skipped. She bit her lip. Why did her heart skip at the sight of him? Nelo's voice saying she'd confessed her feelings to him and he liked her echoed in her head. She swallowed hard and looked away. “Are you here to find out what my friend already told me?”“Do you remember here?” Damian asked, stepping forward. “Am I supposed to?”He smiled and said nothing. Then he went to the same spot he'd sat with her before and sat down. He patted beside it, “have a seat.”Amaya hissed. “Why will I sit close to you?”“You'd be glad you did,” he said without shifting his gaze from the stream. She glared at his head. What did Nelo see in him by the way? All he did was carry his shoulders high and wag his invincible tail when people hailed him ‘Alpha’.She later decided to sit beside him but not without some reluctancy. And when she finally did, she made sure to sit slightly far away from him. She peeked at him discreetl
AMAYA’S POV Damian liked Nelo? He not only liked her but actually confessed his feelings? I had expected all things but that was never in the list. What then was all the heart racing my heart did and what was with the love vibes and soft gazes he was giving me when he already liked someone else? Most of all, why did he want Nelo gone if he liked her? Why did my wolf lept before? So many questions rang in my head. I was going to ask Nelo if she was Damian’s mate but she reminded me Nelly was waiting and I shouldn't keep her waiting lest she bitch me more. “I still have things to ask you. Now I'm really curious,” I said weakly getting to my feet. Nelo's answers left me more confused than I was. Or perhaps it was just my heart refusing to accept the truth. I sighed as I walked up the mini stairs towards the balcony. “You took your sweet time.” As soon as I arrived, Nelly uttered. I looked at her ready to unleash bile but instead chose to be the bigger person and exhaled instead. “Why
AMAYA'S POV Nelo was allowed to stay. On a stupid condition, which I wasn't intending to keep. She was very happy when I told her and thankfully she didn't suspect there was a condition attached to it. She surprised me when she hugged me really hard and I couldn't breathe properly. When I finally managed to pull away, she was giggling. Another surprise. Nelo and I have been friends for a long time, alright. But I never really remembered seeing her this excited. Was she that excited to stay with me?Unlike her, our friend, Selene, was more social and if Selene was the one hugging me this tight and giggling hard, it wouldn't be so hard to believe because that was who she was. I missed Selene. Funny how I remembered everything about her but not what happened the last months. I sighed and shook my head. This wasn't the time for sentimental feelings. “So tell me everything. How I came to be in this Pack and about…those two men earlier.”“Those two men?” Nelo’s head tilted at me. “What
“Will you really keep her here?” Nelly demanded from Damian when Amaya was gone. “You can't possibly be serious. Not after her confession!”“Calm down, Nelly.” Damian told her, his mind replaying the conversation he just had with Amaya. Or simply put, the way his heart was beating rapidly during the time she was really close to him. He used to think he was tough and would never be under the effect of a woman. But Amaya kept proving him wrong. Right from the moment he saw her at Westwood. She'd looked young and without fear yet vulnerable. If she hadn't jumped back when she did, he would have likely taken her in his arms and kissed her. Yes. That was how badly he'd missed her. “Calm down? Am I the only one that sees the absurdity of it?” Nelly continued to ramble. At a point, she saw that Damian was not paying attention. “Alpha Damian!”“Fuck, Nelly!” Damian groaned. He really did not want to show his ugly side to Nelly again. But she was making it difficult for him. “Are you the Alp
AMAYA'S POV When I recovered, I decided to unravel everything. And there was only one way to do that. “She is not leaving,” I blurted. All eyes turned on me. It wasn't just because Nelo was my best friend and practically the only face I remembered vividly, I needed to know more. These contrasting feelings and these two men…what exactly they meant to me and which of them I had chosen as my mate and why. There was so much I needed to know and it was only Nelo that would tell me.The Alpha stepped back. He must have noticed his closeness was choking. “Amaya,” he called me. His voice was soft and husky. So much it made my heart ache. “She can't stay,” he said glancing towards Nelo. “Why can't she stay? She is my best friend and I heard we have been staying here together,” I protested. “Yes, that is true but she can't stay anymore.”“Why?”Again he glanced at Nelo and back at me. He sighed. “I have my reasons.”I tried to not be upset. But it was frustrating. He wanted her gone yet re