Ariana POVThere was the news of a party everywhere, I had never been popular enough to attend one but I wanted to try and attend. I thought about not being able to attend and it wasn't a good feeling being left out even when you were a mate to one of the popular guys.I fought through the pain I had in my arms. The pain I felt was more than the tear in my skin.I tugged at the rope a little tighter as Diana ordered. I have been training a little hard on this day and the cold weather wasn't looking like it any further. I was sweating as I entered the last round of my training for the day. "You hit hard. If I don't know any better I would tell you you've done it before." Diana told me but I rolled my eyes."I have. I have been training a little recently but I think now things have gotten a little bit serious.""Yeah, it has. You have a lot of drive, and a lot of anger to process. I'm glad you are channelling that into the best way you know how." She had little idea that most of the a
Damien POVI wanted her to have a good time. There was nothing I wouldn't do for her. seeing her smile as she ate was the best thing. Sometimes, I hated myself and told myself why I sometimes pushed her away. I didn't like the way she complained. The project we were to handle was taking most of my time. I dreamt of her when the day was almost over. I loved her so much, I knew it was a bit too early but I was so sure about her. Although I felt like there were a lot of layers to her still I was happy that she was in my life.The park was a bit scanty, so I made the staff prepare for a smooth picnic. I just wanted a quiet day with just her, not with Diana hovering around me. A few times, I have wanted everyone to stay clear of me. The way I tried to move away from everyone, someone would think I had something going on. I just wanted to be by myself and when she came everything became easier. She was always in my mind every hour of the day."Ever since I have been here, studying, I have
Ariana POV"I'm so doomed." I quietly told myself as I recalled everything that had happened at the mini-date with Damien. I knew the time was drawing closer. was becoming unbearable to see him through the lens of love without having to be scared. I was shaking in my boots. I didn't know how to react or how to curb the issue to remain a secret. If he hated lies how would he react if he realised that I had been lying to him from the beginning? I asked myself. I knew all was going to break loose if he found out that I had no wolf. He asked so many questions, I kept wondering why we couldn't just be like other couples that didn't rush things. I tried to avoid most of his questions but I was no fool. I knew that he was getting suspicious and even when I tried to soften the atmosphere, it felt like I didn't want him or our future together. It hurt me that we kept having the same conversation and everything else kept falling apart even more."Ariana?" He nudged me. "I snapped out of my t
Damien POV"What do you mean she collapsed?" I rushed out of my bed. It was too early to be listening to this kind of news. I wanted to hear her voice again. Suddenly, I wanted to fill myself with her scent of jasmine. Hide my face in her hair. All that went to shit with just one phone call."I was still asleep when she went to the gym and on getting there, they were trying to revive him," Diana explained to me as I put on some clothing."Fuck. I'm coming right away." I ended the call before she could say another word. As I stepped out of the car, the driver was ready to drive but I grabbed the keys from him."Where are you rushing to this early?" Darius interrupted."I'm going to take care of something, I will be back soon." There was no point in giving him the details because it was going to raise more panic and I didn't want that. Since she collapsed in an open area, the whole school might have beens aware. The gossip blogs may even intervene with their gracious self trying to plug
Damien POVI have never seen Ariana so weak before. Her eyes were threatening to sleep after every word. Each sentence was slurred. I continued to feel pain just watching how much she was struggling to hide the pain. She could deceive Diana just she couldn't deceive me. I could feel her emotions. "I'm a little too tired." She managed to say. I kissed her forehead as Diana came forward with open arms and gently pulled her to herself. I gave them some time as questions continued tugging my sleeves.What was wrong with her exactly that she needed blood? I knew I had to save her life the moment they asked for it. It was sad that the entirety of what was wrong was still a mystery. Several. The question continued to divert my thoughts into a spiral of doubt."Please stay." I heard her whisper as Diana turned to stare at me. "I will be back, baby. I am just leaving you two to catch up. We have plenty of time." I assured her. With her losing consciousness, I had so much fear that I was losi
Ariana POVI was very scared.Scared of dying abruptly because the pain I felt was unimaginable. I wanted to rest in a place called mine, someplace where I would not be scared of someone invading my thoughts. A place where I can be free to think, to fear and still come up with my head held high. As safe as it was with Damien, it was stressful because of how much I had to be watchful of what I said or thought. I shouldn't be walking around eggshells with him. It was too exhausting to keep a secret. It was difficult to maintain a secret. To express yourself when you have everything to hide. I knew the moment my secret was revealed, it was going to take a lot to get out of that mess. I didn't want to experience what that was like. Now, he was waiting to see my wolf. A part of me that has refused to flesh out it was because of that my health decided to take a huge spiral and almost end me. If I wasn't at the gym or somewhere public, I would have been dead. It was a fact that gave me goos
Ariana POVAt my words, both brothers turned to look at me with concern in their eyes. I couldn’t blame them, any wolf would be worried when they heard a fellow wolf was not particularly fond of the one day that bonded their kind.At the attention, I felt my blood pressure rise and nervousness settled in the pit of my stomach.A nervous giggle escaped my lips as I picked up the small cup containing a drink I didn’t remember pouring myself.One sip told me what I needed to know, it was Damien’s drink and he was staring and me having his eyes occasionally skirt over to the drink in my hand and then back to my face.The room was silent with a pregnant pause.“You don’t like it?” Darius reiterated disbelief crowning his features.I swallowed spit and took another sip of Damien’s drink.“Yes, I don’t,” I replied lowering the cup to the table.Another moment of silence passed through us and I just wished that everyone would turn their attention back to their meals and let my comment slide,
Ariana POVI had gone to bed quite late because I had stayed up bingeing my favourite series that I hadn’t watched in a while and so I had woken up super late.I had not woken up on my own accord, my bladder threatening to burst if I didn’t relieve it made me wake up.So after freeing it, I decided to kill as many birds as I could with that singular stone, brushing, bathing and changing into fresh clothes before going downstairs.The scent of food assaulted my nose before I could even get halfway down the stairs.My stomach grumbled in appreciation of the scent and I knew that I had to hurry to the source of the scent immediately.As I walked downstairs I could pick apart another scent that wasn’t Damien or Darius or even anyone I knew for that matter.I made my way into the kitchen to find a servant there with another female talking.I could tell when they felt my presence because both of their backs stiffened and they slowly turned around to face me.The new person stared at me like
Chapter 152DamienThere were a lot of things that went through my mind as we were about to take the bold steps. I was going to take over my pack from that bitch. It was the best decision I had to make. It has been a week since Ariana had killed her step mom, it was a wonder how, it still wasn't obvious. Deep down I wished the baby was mine but as nature would have it I screwed up and I would be damned if she even considered me at all. We finally raided the pack and Diana was waiting for us. It felt like she knew we were coming. She had a smirk on her face.“I was wondering when you were coming back to me my love.” She tried to come closer but I already took two steps back, disgusted. “Take another step towards me and that would be the last you will ever take.” She laughed. “You have always acted tough. I guess that's why I was so attracted to you for so long. My heart feels pain knowing that you left in such an abrupt manner. I would take it like you are here to give me what I wa
Chapter 151ArianaDarius was curious about this new found power. At the same time he was worried sick about how it might affect my baby. Damien was the one soliciting for my breakthrough with this. I didn't know if he was excited but I couldn't quite catch his expression. I was more concerned about the bitter pain that came from the little sharp pain from my Belly.“If you are not up for this, you can stop.” “No.”“If she wants to continue, let her. Your overprotectiveness might not lead us anywhere.” Damien snapped at his brother but he ignored him. They placed an edible plant in front of me. “You just have to focus on this plant and let's see what can come off it.”I focused my energy on it but nothing happened the first time. “What do you want?” Arya asked me.“I just want comfort and good food. I just want a good meal and a warm Bed to sleep in.” I told her. “Then focus on that. Forget the plant. Breathe in and out. Then watch your power unfold.” I was already locked in my m
Chapter 150ArianaBefore I could get back from bring Darius, the whole land and vegetation was on fire. It was no brainer to not know who was behind the whole thing. It was clear just how much we were being hated. They just wanted us out of existence. I had no doubt that Diana was in too for the last of the raid. We just haven't seen her. I would normally go through the wild and fighting them with my last breath but there was no time to be reckless,I had to think of my babies. “Where is Damien and the kids?” He asked me, holding me close. “He is with kids.in the bunker. Has everyone else reached safety?” “Yes. The women and children are safe. The army is ready to make sure that we are safe. We have to stay away from the pack. It is what's best.” I shook my head. This was not how it was supposed to be but it was what's right. “We just have to look for a way to fend for ourselves “It's been two weeks since the attacks have been worse. There was nothing I could do but to protect m
Chapter 149DamienWhen she said that there was a level of hurt that I dissociated myself from. I had no choice than to move away from her when I needed to. It felt like my breath was clogged and it took really hard work to make sure that I did nothing to think about her again. It was difficult but I would be a fool to disrupt all that she had. My wolf was restless and he was in as much pain as I was. The children ran towards Darius. Hugging him. It was the relationship that they had in between and I hated him for it. There was resentment inside my mind. I keep wondering where the anger was taking me to because I didn't want anything to disrupt what they had here but still I wanted her. I craved her more than anything.“No, I am not going to take this!” I yelled. Their gazes were on me. “You took everything from me. Taking my children as yours.” Ariana covered their ears, not wanting them to know about it. It broke my heart even more because it seemed that she didn't want them to
DamienIf I had known about them being mates with Diana then maybe things wouldn't be so messed up. Diana was just a figure that stood beside me just because of the pack. I never knew she was a ticking time bomb. When she risked everything to me, it all made sense. While she was always near, especially when I needed to talk to someone. There was nothing else that would have fit in if she wasn't in the pictures Her aunt being Ariana's step mom, it felt like the final piece to a puzzle. It was clear why she was always disappearing even when I knew that she was cheating. I didn't know someone higher than her was also influencing her decisions. Darius had no reason to hide that information from me. “Yes, I would have cared. Maybe it would have been a way to stay with Ariana all along.” He scoffed. “Can you even hear yourself? Do you need me as a reason to be with your mate? Someone that has been with you since the very beginning of your relationship. You wanted a figure for your reputa
ArianaI didn't know why he bothered to show up here. There was no remorse left in me for him. He didn't deserve it. For all I knew he could have stayed there with Diana. I didn't know the agreement he had with her,he might be here on an assignment for her. It was so absurd to think that way after seeing the way he was bruised and tattered. It may be nothing and I was racking my brain worrying about what his motives were. There was so much pain knowing what I had to endure because of him. The humiliation he had pulled me through. There was nothing more frightening than the fact that he was near and close to me. All I kept thinking about was Adrian and Adrianna. He might want to take them from me. My wolf became so restless just by thinking about it. I tried to gain control but it was difficult. It was like trying to see through the walls and trying to pacify my own self. The discomfort, I couldn't bear but I had to. He was my mate's brother and despite the connection we might have ha
DamienI saw her again. It felt like everything was right with the world again. She was doing way better than the last time I saw her. It was clear that she was now a Luna. Luna has the protection of the pack and everything just keep radiating on you after that. She was a grown woman compared to when she had first escaped from her father's pack. When she escaped me and built a life with Darius. I wanted the rumours to be false. I didn't know why I came here after escaping from the hands of Diana. I didn't know why I was so foolish to abandon my back and leave it in the hands of a cruel witch. As the alpha, everything in me was dying to go back but it would be worse. I needed to get reinforcement. The only person that had come to my mind wasn't even Ariana, it was Darius. I knew I was stupid to have treated him that way. In ways that one wouldn't treat family. I kept staring at her and my wolf cried anytime I was not near her. I was willing to drop my shame and worship the ground she
ArianaI was still holding Jessica down when every one of her men wanted to fight me off of her, I growled, they stood back. There was a signal for my soldiers to escape and that was just a mere distraction."You think you are that tough huh?!" Jessica tried to fight me off. But I stayed clear from her insults and held her down. There was fear dancing in her eyes and with this position that she was in, she knew that I could easily kill her if I wanted to. As angry as I was there was no o be way I have thought if killing her except that she hurt someone I love. That would be pathetic even for her and no matter how hard I tried to make sense of it, I just couldn't find all her reasons for being so hateful towards me. "I am tough. Next time, when you cross through my borders to threaten my children. I will not spare you then." I laced her with another dose of wolfbabe before leaving. The little army she had left was tending to her when I ran for the hills. All our soldiers were gone and
ArianaShe had changed. She had become more sophisticated, that was because she had taken everything that my father had owned. She was in charge and it bothers me how she had turned everyone here into a slave for no reason. She was desperate for power and she got it.I growled again but Darius came close to me, holding my hand so I didn't lose my cool. "What have I ever done to you that you had to send your group of witches to kill me." Jessica laughed. There was this sparkle in her eyes that made her feel she was on top of the world. "Everything. First of all, you had collected Damien from my niece and honestly, that hurt like hell.""Your niece?" I was still confused. I had no idea what she was saying. The only relation she had was Marcus. Except …"C'mon. I know that you are smarter than this Ariana. We sent you to that school for a reason, I wanted to watch you through and through. So I sent my niece to be your roommate. Just because she is my niece, she would do just about anyth