AMAYA'S POV Each step I took backwards had him edging closer to me. His gaze was narrowed and aimed at me in a domineering manner. I glanced back and realised if I walked back anymore, I was bound to step into the brightness of the shining pole light and would be drawing the attention of the servants and guards which was not something I wanted. “I–can walk on my own.” I blurted. He chuckled. Standing in my front now, he leaned forward so he was at the same eye level with me. “Are you afraid of me now?” His breath warmed my face. He was more than an inch close and impulsively I held my breath. My dress had become suddenly tighter around my stomach and chest than it was when I wore it. I could barely look at his face but I could feel his eyes intensely on me. “Is there a reason for me to be?” I mumbled quietly. “Don't you think it's finally time we have the discussion. Are you not curious…why I bought you from your Alpha mate?”Something chilly washed over me and my breath caught i
AMAYA'S POV By now everyone was on their feet, gasping and mumbling different theories of what they thought was going on. The man staggered forward aiming his sword at Damian, gnashing his teeth. But just before he mounted the stairs of the podium, two guards subdued him. “Let me go! Let me kill this bastard of an Alpha. Let me kill the murderer of my poor sister!”Poor sister? A prickling fear crept over me. It must be his sister's bones behind the brown door. Damian rose in his seat. “Allow him.” “I said let him go!” he roared when the guards hesitated. Everyone thought he was crazy including me. This man was here for his head and he wanted them to let him through? The guards freed the man. He snarled. Clenching, he surged up the podium. He struck his sword at Damian who swiftly dodged and with his bare hands grabbed the edges of the sword. Blood gushed. My mind left me. Shocking gasps echoed in the room.“You are a monster! You murdered your own mate. You deserve to die! Die!
“Fucking bastards! Old bastards! What do they know about being an Alpha! Can any of them wear my shoes! None!” Lucius slammed angrily. Ever since he encountered his so-called mate, everything has gone from bad to worse. He shouldn't have listened to the seer. He should have paid deaf ears about finding his mate or not. Here he was still trying to figure out how to get back his darn mate that supposedly held the lock to the perfect life he wanted and these foolish elders of his were being bitches biting his ass. “All they do is sit on their high horses and make demands!” He added thumping at the empty seat beside him. Facing Jaxon, he questioned, “Why isn't Tommy here?”“I just spoke to him and he is already on his way,” Jaxon replied. “And, the chief elder is demanding you fix a meeting with him as soon as possible?”Lucius' face thickened with irritation. “What is it this time? Another of his complaints? Or does he want yet another plot of land?!”“He is complaining of disrespect fr
AMAYA'S POV “You…” he started, his voice hoarse and anguished. His fingers trailed down my face as he gazed fixedly at me. “Why did you stop me?”Funny that I myself couldn't answer this question. While everyone saw the murderous part of him, deep within him lurked pain and hurt. When I saw him grabbing onto the edges of the sword while it cut through him, I couldn't say, but something inside me felt differently drawn to his hidden pain. “Are you alright?” I asked, swiftly ignoring his question. His eyes squinted at me. I stepped back glancing around. “Your hand needs to be treated. Is there a first aid kit somewhere?”As I turned to search for one, he grabbed my hand unexpectedly, swirling me, causing my body to slam into his own. His arms reached and circled around me and his intense gaze on me deepened, piercing right through me. He leaned in. “I am Alpha Damian. I don't need first aid treatments.” His breath sent shudders down my spine. For a split second, a razz idea came upo
“What is the seer of Balus Pack doing in Westwood Pack?” Tommy questioned, scornfully. He revelled in the sharpness of his memory. What would he have done if the Seer had gone straight to Lucius? His whole plan would have been if not completely ruined but jeopardised. He cannot allow Lucius to be even an inch step ahead of him. “What do you want from me?” the seer gritted. She was sprawled on the ground and her arms tied to a chair. After Tommy's threat, she had to obediently follow his orders. “I do the questioning here, woman.” Tommy sneered. “The goddess shall not forgive you for this!” “Where was your goddess when I brought you here?” He mocked. This really infuriated the seer as she clenched and squirmed with the ropes she was tied with. Tommy laughed hastily. “That should be the least of your problems right now. I can kill you here without traces.”The seer laughed. “You cannot harm the mouthpiece of the goddess.”“Oh, But the mouthpiece is allowed to deceive his Alpha? I’
CRAVEN PACK EMPEROR MANSION Tommy strapped himself to the pillar and waited until the two guards walked past before he proceeded forward. “Behind the flower bed,” he reminded himself of his destination as he stopped briefly to locate the building adjacent to the third building after the main building just as the letter had said. Confirming that he was in the right direction, he continued walking. A few more walks and he arrived at the flower bed. Behind the flower, he sighted a white rock which happened to be what happened to be what exactly he wanted. Glancing around for any danger, he ducked beside the flowers and lifted the rock up. Beneath it lay a white paper which he took and snuck into safety again. He read the paper and chewed it up. Then he approached a servant. “You there, excuse me. I am one of the guests of your Alpha. How do I locate the training center building?”The maid pointed him to the direction. He thanked her politely and walked on. Nelo stood up when she sa
Damian chuckled softly. Why was her lips red and tiny? Why did she shut her eyes? He had been busy staring at her beautiful features and missed a chance to taste those sumptuous lips. He sighed briefly, shutting his eyes as if trying to relive the moment. The memories still lingered in his head. He almost did it. He almost kissed her. How would she have tasted? All through the night he had wondered. “Pretty," he mumbled, grinning. “What is cute?” Raze asked as he and Oliver walked in. “What is it?” Damian questioned squinting his eyes open but not moving in his position. “We are supposed to be on our way already. Remember? The visit to Balus Pack.”“You both should take care of it,” Damian waved dismissively. “Tell the guards I do not want to be disturbed.”He reclined the seat and relaxed in it. His eyes drifted towards the huge picture frame mounted on the wall. The picture of his father. A sense of awareness fell upon him and he wondered if his father was proud of him or if he
AMAYA’S POV My mate. The one that rejected me. The one that made my wolf ache for days. He was standing before me and my heart still ripped apart from those hurtful words of rejection he said to me. I never expected to run into him ever again.Nelo had told me he came to visit Damian with his Beta and I really thought he already left. It was so hard to believe I was standing face to face with him again. My wolf made a whine sound. “Amaya,” he called softly. My fist tightened. How dare he call my name with his filthy mouth. “Don't say my name…” I was going to slam back at him but on a second thought, paused. Maybe meeting him again was for the best. I could get to ask him the one question I have always wanted to ask. “Amaya…” he called again. “Why did you do it? Why did you never give me a chance? Why did you never hesitate before selling me to the highest bidder? Well, it’s useless trying to know now.”“I'm sorry, Amaya. I am still ashamed of myself. Ever since that day, I have r
AMAYA'S POV Lucius got Westwood back as Damian promised him. A few days after that, he came to see me. “I know I'm a coward for saying this now…but actually I had used your friend to fool you.”“I know.”He was surprised at first but smiled a sad smile. “It would be weird if you didn't know, right?”“I'm sorry, Amaya. I was foolish and a coward. I should never have treated you the way I did. What sort of a bastard sold his mate to save his head?” He sighed painfully. “Do you know? I hated you way before I found out you were my mate…but I was willing to make things work for that simple fact.”He sighed and bent his head. “But you don't have to feel bad about anything now. I'm in a much better place now and it's all thanks to you.”Before he left, we broke our mate bond and rejected each other. A wave of freedom rushed through me at that point. I wondered if this was what it meant for two mates to reject themselves and not the rejection being one sided. I wished him well. He was a m
Tommy fled. Behind the market. To the place he'd told the men he borrowed from Alpha Kael and Alpha Blackridge to wait for him. “Warriors! Position, now!” He roared. No man showed. He roared again. And again. Still no man showed. He looked around to be met with silence and desolation. The weapons were lying around with no man to claim them. He ran to the shed. Their belongings were gone. To his shocking discovery, he realized the men had disappeared. He cussed and his body clenched. “You must be looking for the men you borrowed, huh?” Damian spoke. They were behind Tommy. Some meters away. Tommy looked behind him, the people that wanted him dead had caught up with him. Then to his right, towards the uncompleted building where Lyra, Alpha Kael and Alpha Blackridge were tied. To flee or to take his revenge? If he lost Lyra, he would never get Damian again and he needed to kill Kael and Blackridge for deceiving him. But he was not sure of making it out alive. Fleeing would cost his
Tommy laughed. “I knew it. A bitch like you can't be trusted.”“Neither a monster like you.” Nelo retorted as she aimed the shining dagger at him. She'd specially sharpened the edges. She wanted every pierce of it to be nothing but torture to him. “Do you think you will survive? Look around. There are hundreds of people here but no one is watching.” Tommy gestured as he took a glance around. “I don't need their help. You are dying by my hands today.” Nelo clenched. Tommy stopped, his face hardening. He would not be blamed. He gave her a lot of chances but she blew it. He did not have any intention of harming her. He admitted she was helpful not just as a spy but in giving him pleasure. She was the best he had. And for that, he would not let her die by his hands. But she was getting on his last nerves now and he didn't have that time to be patient. Damian would be arriving soon and his trap was only halfway done. “Drop the dagger and we will talk,” he warned. “I am done talking to
>>>“Nelo.” Nelo heard her name and froze. It was not Tommy's voice and she knew. Before she could turn, a thick black bag covered her face with a part of it shoved into her mouth. Two hands dragged her away. For seconds she struggled to free herself.“Damn you Tommy!” She muffled.After a while, she quit struggling and rode with the stride. Whatever happened, she was determined to end everything today. She felt her cloth and seeing that what she kept there was intact, she tightened her resolve. She heard a door creak open. Her blindfold was taken off and she saw herself inside a shop. A pretty much empty shop with a few fabrics hanging around. Her eyes danced as her mind swirled with thoughts. Why would Tommy bring her into a shop? All the memories of when he'd made her go to a secluded place just so he'd have his way with her flashed her head. For a moment images blurred and her head dizzied. Until she heard the voice of her captor. “Bitch.”He
D-DAYNelo waited to get eyes off her. She'd noticed Nelly was shooting fierce looks like her. But that was normal. She was just an obsessed psycho who hadn't gotten a touch of her real self yet. But that was not it. Amaya had been acting strange too. Which was worrisome. She decided she'd trash it out with her, whatever it was, as soon as returned from seeing Tommy. Tommy asked to meet up. Of course no one in her shoes would have agreed to meet a man that was in the hunting book of Damian. A man that was a horror to her But as he'd always done, Tommy had threatened her. He'd sworn to never let her be free. How much longer would he use her?Reporting Damian’s movement wasn't enough and now he wanted to meet her. Her body stiffened as the memories flooded in. His hands on her, the feel of him inside her. She hated that he used her as much as he pleased and hated herself for offering herself to him. She was disgusted every time he touched her, every single time he spun her and rammed
“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