Ariana"What do you mean you don't know?" I sighed. He was very good at hiding his emotions like they didn't exist which made it difficult to reach him. I wanted to be able to be comfortable without any doubt.I exhaled as I placed my hands on his chest and paused. Where do I begin? I asked myself."You've been distant lately. Recently you were almost aggressive and so possessive with me. I don't know if you lost control, or work is the problem." I started. "I tried reaching out but there was only so much I could do. You just were locked up. Are you fine? Or you don't find me worthy to confide in? Did I do anything offensive that your behaviour changed? Sometimes, your silence is just disturbing, I feel you are tired of me.""What?" He grimaced before he replied. "No! I would never think such a thing about you. I would never get tired of you. Yes, I was tired and everything was just pissing me off. I'm sorry that you had to see me that way.""It is okay to be that way. It is normal
Ariana I couldn't understand what he was trying to tell me. I kept thinking of what Damien was going through, right now. I had no clue of what's going on. It was clear that he was in danger."How is this even possible. " I whispered to myself as I stared into blank space. It felt like I had been living a lie here, trying to convince myself that they were worse evil than what I had experienced. The multiple nightmares that I have had were the truth dancing before my very eyes. There was pain knowing that everything isn't going as soothing as you planned it in your head. Damien never gave me clues to what the hell was going on. I knew he asked about him once but I never knew that something was up that Nathan had to come get from the house. Was I in trouble? Was something going to happen to me next?"You have to say something Ariana. Your silence isn't going to make everything seem okay." "There is nothing to say.""I know you have questions, I suggest you ask them now." Darius was clo
Ariana's povI watched him take a deep breath, his face scrunched up, a telltale sign that whatever he was going to say, would shock my world."That's not all. There is every possibility that the rogues know where we live now, so please you have to be alert. Call me if anything happens. My heart skipped a bit, with my mouth a bit open. "What?!”“What do you mean they know where we live?!” I skipped a beat at the thought of vicious wolves knowing where I slept.Frowning he continued“Yeah We have to be safe until Damien comes or worse, my father gets involved in this." My mind shut down for a couple of seconds, ignoring the look of caution on Darius' face, I will myself to walk, I take two steps before my legs give out, and my hands shake. What scared me more, was not the rogues knowing where I lived but the fact that the possibility of the Alpha being involved.I could feel the onset of a wracking panic attack, it was too soon, and I wasn't ready for my secrets to be exposed. “Oh
Ari's POVDarius had lied. The so-called camomile wasn't helping, not at all, I'd managed to finish up the whole pot but I was still as antsy as the moment I'd started guzzling it down.I looked at the pot in disgust, I knew it wasn't the pot of tea's fault, I am sure if it had been at any other time I would have loved it. But not today, not when Damien was God knows where and I had just had a terrible fight with Darius.It wasn't his fault I shouldn't have blamed him, he didn't deserve me snapping at him and calling him names, I knew for a fact that he loved his brother, so why had I been so snappy?I flipped my hair away from my face, while I paced the room, I had to go apologize, I couldn't possibly get an inch of sleep if I didn't apologize. I give a sad sigh and head for the door toward Darius' room.I gave his door two quick knocks while I waited for his consent. I push open the door when I hear a faint “come in”.I stand awkwardly after closing the door, Darius was half sittin
DamienHe felt tired and weak from where he was sitting. He was just housed in a room, unbeaten and untouched. He was served food by a maid which he thought of knocking out and escaping but he reconsidered his decision. the maid exited and Nathan walked in.Nathan asked how he was feeling but he didn't reply one bit because he was feeling very annoyed. Nathan goes on to tease him telling him that it isn't good to frown or else he'll get old and he feels like punching Nathan.He ignores his total existence and Nathan pulls out a chair instead, tells him not to worry about anything, asks how he was coping with staying here and that he was the one delaying.Nathan sees that he's being ignored so he marches to the door. when he gets there, he turns and stares at Damien. "How well do you know your lover?" He asked but Damien ignored it as usual. He returned to the room and says that things didn't look the way they seemed and that it was a pity he who was an Alpha was refusing to see thro
Ariana It's been two weeks since Damien was abducted in front of me, two weeks since I last heard from him, and and two weeks since I heard his voice. I couldn't think straight, I had thought this thing with Nathan would be straightened out as soon as possible, but it seems they still hadn't come to an agreement.“That would be all class, have a great weekend”My eyes followed the lecturer as he walked out the door, sighing. I looked at the notes I had taken, and all I saw was a mess of scratches and blotted ink. Dropping my head on the table, I murmured to myself“You've got to get your shit together Aria”My mini pep talk didn't seem to help in any way, cause the next moment the thoughts of Damien clouded my mind.“Hey baby girl, how are you?” The familiar high pitched voice got me straightening my spine.“Hey Diana what's good?” I ask, forcing myself to look unaffected“How are you coping”“I'm good”“Well,,, that's good……” I zone Diana feigned care out, I couldn't deal with her r
Damien pov“Fuck Nathan, with his cryptic words and his creepy message s”What had he meant by ‘how do you know your lover’ nonsense? The sound of my knuckles cracking echoed throughout the room. He had waltzed in here, dropped his little silly message and waltzed back out. I wished I could have punched that silly smile off his face.Tired of pacing round the fourteen feet round prison, I headed for the door, looking through the little face hole, nobody was guarding me, giving it a hard pull, but the door remained the same. Sometimes Nathan could make great decisions like reinforced doors being one of them.Still, I had to find a way to get out of here, Nathan still wouldn't listen to reason, he seemed fine leaving me in here to rut, even if he hadn't quite done anything to me, I still could not let that rat make me stay here any longer.I squeezed my hands, trying to block Nathan's smile when he talked about Ariana, he looked so pleased with himself when he realised he knew somethin
Damien's pov"What the heck does that mean?.” I growled at him. Nathan shrugged at me, a creepy smile slowly crawling up his face.“For fuck sake Nathan just stop with the games, and give it to me straight,” I demanded, looking at him square in the face.“ I don't want to tell you, I want you to figure it out yourself.” his smile turned into a grin as if he enjoyed my discomfort.“Nathan?”“Yes, that's my name. I know my name but do you know your mate? You see a little birdie tells me, you are roaming around with deceivers.” With a clap of his palms, he looked at me, gauging my reaction.I closed my eyes to avoid the contact, taking a deep breath I calmed my raging emotions, I couldn't keep letting this man weave my emotions into dangerous modes.“Okay then bring in the contract I'm ready to sign”“What. What_ I mean is that all, no more questions_” Five minutes ago I would have felt good about his confusion but now, I just couldn't deal. I nod my head.He squirts his eyes at me as
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