The air in the garden was chilly and it was strange because we were nowhere near winter. The flowers looked dull, trees were stiff and the songbirds weren't even chirping. Not one was in sight and I sat there, holding my journal to my chest and barely rocking myself on the swing.I thought back to two days ago. Two days ago when I'd gotten my revenge on Noah. Two days ago when I embarrassed him in front of his so-called important people. But how dare he? How dare he not invite me to his lunch? If it were to be an opportunity to embarrass me or probably kill me, he'd jump right at the opportunity. That served him right. The disgrace and everything else that came with it, he deserved it all and more even. I didn't pity any of the invitees either, the all looked weird, especially that sleazeball Emirates."My Queen." The door to the garden opened slightly, Laura's head peeking through. She had a sheepish smile and something about her demeanor didn't seem all right. " Good day my Queen."
After everything that went down between Noah and I, the last thing I expected was him inviting me to his study. Not even his bedroom or the throne room, but his study. The same study he'd literally assaulted me and the same crime scene where I was caught. Some nerve he had, honestly. I always knew he was problematic but I guess after today, I'd be adding shameless to the list too. Just wait till I was back to my journal.Don't worry, I hid it where no one could find it. Not even the maids, except they had help from the moon goddess.Two guards flunked my side, literally preventing any other locomotive movement aside from walking. I couldn't even stretch my cramped fingers because I'd be sure to blind at least one of them or both even. To be honest, I'd gotten used to guards being at my every beck and call. I was no longer trying to fight it and I'd had my peace since then.Do you know what else I'd come to terms with? That I was stuck with gowns for the rest of my life.After my littl
I stared blankly as my reflection in my vanity looked me in the eye. Eyeliners and eyeshadows rested around my eyes, with the proper colour of foundation and concealer applied in the right places. My usually pale pink lips were now a bright shade of red like a vampire that had just finished feasting on his victim for the night.I sighed as I picked out the jewelry already laid out in front of me. It was all Laura's doing. She was supposed to be here to help me dress up but I'd insisted on doing it myself. I wanted to be alone. Why? I wasn't quite sure yet. With my eyes still fixated on the mirror, I picked up the diamond encrusted necklace. It was a gift from Noah no doubt and the jewel seemed to go perfectly with my dress for the evening, and yes it was purple too. After clipping in my earrings, I subconsciously grazed the side of my ear. I shivered as the memories of last night came running back."Tomorrow, Bailey Gayle, I'll be marking you as my mate and Luna in front of everybody.
"It's time for me to mark you, My Queen."To say I was hearing bells ringing loudly in my head was an understatement. Cymbals were clashing up there, making my head hurt badly. The fact that Noah just stretched to catch me confirmed my doubts if I wasn't imagining anything. It was real, everything was real. I looked around to the crowd and the pairs of eyes still patiently staring at me weren't unmoving. They fixed their gazes on me, trying to figure out what I'd do next."My Queen." Noah called and I turned back to him. He looked concerned but I knew better than to fall for him. As if confirming my thoughts, he gave a small smirk and winked too. That, set my insides on fire. "Are you alright?""Let me go." I swung my arm below, like I was going for his groins. He bounced back, but not without adding a little grace and flair to it. " Stay away from me.""But I can't ." He cooed, the smirk still on his lips. "The auspicious time is upon us and we should do well so it doesn't pass us by
Jolts of pain spread through my skin, temporarily numbing the area. My eyes were closed so I couldn't see, but I didn't need a shaman to tell me that area was pink, or red even. It was throbbing and with each throb, it felt like I was pumping out a huge gallon of blood. I could feel Noah's breath fan my cheek, causing goosebumps to crawl on my skin. It wasn't your regular kind of goosebumps, these ones were different.I felt disgust crawl over my skin and if I could, I would shed like a snake here and now. But alas, fate wasn't on my side. Instead of feeling hot and unbothered, Noah's breaths were doing the complete opposite."It is done." Diana announced and the crowd erupted in cheers, applauses and whistles flying about. " It is done!""Now, you're mine." I felt Noah smile against my cheek before standing upright. His eyes seemed to rake over me, stopping at the Mark he'd given me before resting on my face again. " You're all mine.""I'm not!" It had sounded fierce in my head, but
A groan slid past my lips as I turned over on my bed, lazily dragging the duvet with me. I landed on my right side and let out a help immediately."Ow,ow,ow " I jerked up immediately. My hand found its way to my neck and I hissed, the memories of last night rushing to me. My skin was still pink with two really obvious spots that stung like crazy. I couldn't sleep a wink last night because it kept throbbing.Was this normal? I had asked myself all night. I hadn't been marked before and I had no knowledge prior about the topic despite the fact that I was a werewolf. Strange right? Well, not for me at least.I didn't know a lot but I didn't think it was normal, it couldn't. Maybe Noah had done something? Maybe he altered the whole thing somehow?Maybe he'd gotten Madame Alexis to give him some sort of concoction to make it hurt so much as punishment. Or probably he'd intentionally beaten me the wrong way to hurt me. Whichever one it was, I could swear on my life, and his life too that he
I blinked a couple of times as my eyes started to water, causing my focus to break for a few seconds. Using the back of my hand, I wiped the tears that were already cascading down my cheeks. I shook my head and hissed, this was becoming harder than I'd thought.The white backdrop stared at me, like it didn't try to blind me in the past one hour. It just stood there and I wondered why we didn't have the same effect on them as they had on us when we stared too much. Do you get? But to be honest, I didn't blame it. The blame was on me for trying to keep my eyes glued to it like my life depended on it .It actually did.Deciding I'd take a break, I headed over to my vanity. I took a seat and stared at myself in the mirror. I looked mad, ragged to be precise. My hair was sticking up in places it shouldn't and beads of sweat built a heavy fort on my forehead. My eyes were tired, they looked droopy and if they fell off any minute now, I wouldn't be surprised.I blamed Ethan for this, after o
I sat down in my room, the colored walls giving me some kind of safety I didn't know I needed. The windows were closed shut, obstructing every ray of sunlight known to mankind, and wolf kind from coming into my room. My legs were tangled up in my dark blue duvet as I took deep breaths, my mind reeling at what had just happened a while back.My subconscious jumped from my arrival at the kitchen, to me discovering I had a reality show going on. But that wasn't important, none of them were. What was important was the fact that I'd heard something,or someone rather stopping me from taking Avia's head and slicing it open with one of the bread knives in the kitchen.I heard voices all the time, my voice to be precise and it was okay. Sometimes, scratch that, everytime, I was talking to myself because that was the only company I had. I was used to my voice in my head and the one that had stopped me from going in definitely didn't belong to me. It didn't even feel like it was mine. There was