Layla’s POV Back in the bedroom, as I got ready for the surprise Ethan to cheer me up, a cheeky smile played on my lips. I stared at the mirror with satisfaction, I could pass for the best actress of the year, that was spot on! It couldn’t have gone any better than that, but there was something that bothered me and that was the constant look that had been on Lowell’s face. It was the exact look someone gave you when they suspected something was off or they already knew what it was. Why was he making such a huge fuss over Sally’s death? She was just a bloody maid after all, what difference did it make if she was dead or not? Another maid could just replace her here, there were hundreds available after all. I stepped out of the bathroom to meet an empty bedroom, Ethan wasn’t in anymore. I wondered where he went, but I just shrugged and decided to get dressed. I looked stunning in the lovely sky-blue evening dress I wore. It clung to my body like a second skin and outlined my perf
Ariah’s POVComplete darkness.That's what I woke up to see, it was as though my eyes were cemented together. I couldn’t open them for a while, my eyelids were too heavy to be lifted. I felt a sharp pain at the back of my head and I was about to groan when I heard two voices chattering away. “What do you mean? She’ll be fine, right?” I heard a masculine voice ask with a tinge of worry and a lot of arrogance.Alpha James! It had to be him, I would recognize that menacing, hoarse, arrogant voice of his even in the most boisterous of atmospheres. A cold chill of fear crawled on my skin and I didn’t even have to open my eyes to realize where I was. I was back in the Blue Moon pack…my pack. It felt so awkward thinking about this place as my home when I had run away from it without looking back. I was petrified just knowing James was so close to me, it felt so unreal. “She’ll be fine, it caused no damage, she’ll just feel some pain for a while.” Another voice replied it was a more
Ariah’s POV I stared at him in confusion, I was so stunned by his words that I couldn’t even process them.Me? Complete him? How was that even possible? He was making no sense and he got the picture of my thoughts by the dazed look on my face. “What? Me…? Com...complete you?” I stammered. “What do you mean by that? We have nothing in common, I’m not like you, we’re not of the same class or the same anything for that matter, so how? How could I possibly complete a man like you?” I asked, wishing he could just disappear from my sight.He chuckled, “You already know what I fucking mean, a year ago, you felt something when you first met me.” He replied. “That’s what completes me and you’ve been missing for a while, I’ve been incomplete quite long enough, don’t you think so?” I stared in utter confusion, wondering what gibberish he was ranting on about. “Please, just let me go, I swear…I promise, I…I assure you, Alpha James, you would never see me again, I promise I would never step f
Ariah’s POV I saw the anger slowly rising to his face, he stared at me madly and then he asked in an infuriated tone, “Ariah, what did you do?” I frowned up at him and stared at him as if he was stupid, “What the hell do you mean?” I asked.His face became livid and he grunted and let go of me, “I’ll ask one more fucking time, what did you do? You…” He sighed and stared at me, visibly frustrated. He closed his eyes for a while, his hands on his waist as he exhaled hard. “The maids will help you freshen up.” He said, his voice suddenly calm and that made me alert. What the fuck was he brewing in that sinister and sick mind of his? “Freshen up for what?” I asked in a shaky voice.He turned and walked away, but I stopped him with my hysterical voice. “Why am I here? Why don’t you have me locked up in a fucking cell?” I yelled, panting heavily as I stared at his broad, hunched back.He turned around slowly and squinted at me, “Because you can still be of use to me and I’ll make su
Ariah’s POV The next two days were awkward for me, I lived them in anticipation and fear.Fear of what James was planning for me in his usual brutal and inhumane manner. For this period, no one else was allowed to come into the room, where I was locked up unless it was time for the maids to deliver my food and set up my bath. Once I got so fed up with it that I completely snapped at them, "Listen, you don't have to set my bath at all. I can do it myself, I'm not a fucking child." I said as the same maid, who I had recognized on the first day James captured me, came out of the bathroom with a smile on her face. That smile disappeared and the other maids exchanged awkward glances, "The Alpha insists that we do it for you instead," She replied timidly. "We have to follow the Alpha's orders." "Fuck the Alpha's orders!" I snapped and their horrified faces clouded with shock. "I don't want you in the fucking bathroom before I have fucking bath!" They didn't know what to say as they
James’s POV Nothing!I felt nothing even after I had raped Ariah again. Her screams and cries as I thrust into her filled my ears and there was an awkward satisfaction in me when I was done, but then, I didn’t feel the mate bond. There was no sizzling feeling or current running through me as I sat next to her weak body on the bed. I sat silently, just thinking and wondering what it was I had to do to stir up the mate bond again. That was when I heard something, it was coming from behind me, softly and filled with so much agony and sorrow. It was Ariah, crying silently, sniffling, and shaking slightly as she lay on the bed. Even though I don't feel the mate bond now, Ariah brought so much sexual pleasure to me that it didn’t matter if she did it willingly or not. I was the fucking Alpha and any lady would give any fucking thing to be on my bed. I got up, completely naked, and turned to look at her. She crouched away, curled up like a ball in the softness of my blanket, crying her
Ariah’s POV “Ugh!” I exclaimed as I rushed to the water cistern again and dropped to my knees. “I’m going to be sick!”It was the third time I was retching my guts out in two minutes and I felt so sick, like I was going to die any moment from now. I felt so much pain in my body, my legs were shaking and so was my scalp, that animal had my hair in his vicious grip the whole fucking time! I sat on the tiled floor of the bathroom for a while, next to the bathtub, my bath had already been set before I had lashed out at the maids. There was a disgusting taste in my mouth that made me grimace. I struggled to my feet and left the tap running as I washed my mouth and scrubbed my tongue furiously. “You might want to take it easy, Ariah, or else you’ll hurt yourself and start bleeding,” Leia warned softly.“Oh, I’m already bleeding, Leia! Bleeding on the fucking inside! I have to get this horrible taste out of my mouth! You seem to have forgotten that that motherfucker came in my mouth and
Ariah’s POV I didn't want to turn around, I remained frozen for what seemed like an eternity before I regained control of myself. The person behind me didn't move, it had to be a he for his body was as hard as a brick wall. He had to be tall because my head hit his chest. Slowly, I turned and my guess was right, the man behind me was so tall that he completely towered above me, but he wasn't dressed as a guard as I had expected. He squinted at me curiously, he was quite handsome, with Viking gold hair and a full beard, and his brown eyes assayed me carefully. "And who are you supposed to be?" He asked in a deep voice. "Uhm...Well..." I stuttered and looked around to see if I could make a quick getaway but the front door was blocked. The only way I could run was right back up the stairs and that would lead me right back to James's room, that was the last place I wanted to be! "You're a fucking spy, aren't you?" He asked, pointing an accusing finger at me. "I have never seen y