Darius POVI hated arguing with Damien. He meant everything to me.My mind flashed back to when we were kids, how he always stood with and for me. It was always the best feeling knowing that he was there with me. There was peace in that even when it seemed that everyone hated me. Well, not everyone. Of all the girlfriends he has ever had. Ariana was the most mature and was very different. Her smile towards me was a kind gesture. Everything in between, for the first time in a long while, I felt seen.I was treated like a human being. Nothing else mattered. There was no snide comment against me that might make me feel worthless. Instantly, my heart went out to her. I knew I could keep her as a friend, but my brother's insecurity always got in the way of things, so I had to check my boundaries. Boundaries are important. I needed to respect his territories. I felt slightly hurt each time he brought the case up because I felt he wasn't supposed to run it in. I had dealt with that but I c
ArianaAfter Diana was in conversation Damien the previous day, they laughed so much. I was so happy that they had reconciled. I hated that i had to be in the middle of a squabble. Their contention was tiring me out and every time i thought about it it drained me. I was not a piece of hand me down clothes that you have to fight over.m or to get my attention. It became embarrassing. It was clear that he was in a good mood. It showed that he had a good moment with his brother. That was what I loved to believe.But after he had noticed that Darius had called me, I didn't know what to think any more. "What's bothering you?" Diana saw me lost in thought."Darius called.""Great, what does he want?" "He just wanted to check on me. He also offered to help me out with my assignments in school tomorrow.""Okay, go on…" Diana became impatient."I heard Damien in the background asking who he was talking to. You know how he gets and i fear they might actually be arguing over something senseles
Ariana POVWe sat down on my bed staring at one place for the past thirty minutes. My heart kept racing like I had done something wrong. I tried to think of anything to say but my words failed me. I didn't know why he was this silent, probably something else set him off. When I tried to think about it, I didn't exactly do anything wrong."You've been here and you haven't said a word." "I don't know, do I have to say something? Or maybe you have something to tell me." My mind flashed in different variations. Was he talking about Darius or something else? After emptying my stomach at the gym, I wasn't ready to be upset, I just wanted to relax my eyes and my sore bones. I wasn't ready for another fight or any secret leaking. That was what I was most worried about. There was no telling how he would react."I wish I knew what you were talking about. I wouldn't know if you don't tell me.""Good." Damien shuffled in his seat. "What were you and Darius talking about?" I let out a small sigh
Ariana POV"What are you doing?!" I yelled. "Put me down!" My struggles were futile."Ssh. It is late, you will wake the others living here." He said seriously. I was hanging upside down on his shoulders. The light that filled my eyes, suddenly dimmed into the blue darkness. "Put me down, please." "As you wish my lady." He said dropping me heavily on the bed. "Ouch!" I held my head. His bed was indeed a little bit strong. "That was not nice." My voice was muffled as the pain relieved himself a little bit more. "I was only obeying your wishes." He shrugged. "Just as I did before when you wanted to sleep in a separate room. That was not nice."Damien climbed the bed, his eyes were bare without his glasses. He had a predatory gaze, which made me scared at first. He started crawling from my feet to meet me at the crown of his bed. My heart started racing. "What are you doing?" Swallowing down my saliva. "You wanted to know If someone was sharing my bed tonight. Now, you've seen th
Ariana POV"Hey." There was awkwardness in the air. Darius continued to stare at me before blinking and wearing a smile on. "Gosh, don't tell me, you guys did it already." Damien chuckled."Did what?" I was confused. These two were speaking in a language I didn't understand."Sex.""Oh no! We still have a long way to go." I was already blushing hard."Relax, I was only messing with you." Darius said. "At least I know why you missed classes this morning.""I'm sorry I didn't show up. I slept, time went so fast."He nodded. "I would leave you two." He winked at his brother before exiting. I glared at Damien and ran out of his room and went to freshen up and dress in a sweatshirt and Jean. I wore light foot wear. I was sceptical to go at first because I didn't know where he was taking me and what he wanted to show me. No matter how hard I tried to picture what he might want me to see, there was nothing that came to mind. It was exactly twenty mins I used up in dressing up. I quickly d
Ariana POVI have never thought of being his Luna. I knew he was an alpha son and there was a lot of controversy surrounding his person. I was more focused on building a strong relationship with himI haven't really bothered about trying to tike by his side, not with what he still doesn't know yet. It was a lot of heaviness to be carrying all of that with me when he was busy planning our lives together."Ariana?""Yes, you were saying.""You seemed so lost in thought…" yeah i was, thinking of what it means for me to rule by your side when i do not even have a wolf."Yeah, I was thinking of what you said." I started. "Don't you think that it is too soon to be thinking about that?" He twitched his eyes a bit before he exhaled. Facing ahead, he notified me. "No, it is not too soon. You are my mate." I sighed internally, waiting for him to continue "An Alpha is not meant to rule a clan alone. He is supposed to do that with his mate or whoever he has chosen to get married to or live or c
Damien PovI shouldn't have allowed her to drink more wine. She has been saying gibberish for the past hour now. It was difficult for me to put her into the car without actually bursting into laughter. I understood how memory is a tricky thing, it comes in that full form and works coherently with your body when you are unaware of what's going on. There was a very huge chance that she might not remember what she had blurted out.I'm glad she has me. I would remember for the both of us. The drive to the house was a long one even when the distance was not long enough. This was the first time I have seen her so care free. She was always so uptight, around me as her mate before started letting her guard down little by little. I had a nagging feeling that there was more to her than just what she waa letting on.Mostly what I have for her was intrigue. Ariana gets scared but mostly because she overthinks everything. Now I know that alcohol lets her loosen up a bit. I should always introduc
Damien POV"That was all she said." I tried to convince Darius about what I heard. "That's a bit strange. Maybe she just said that in her sleep." He started. "You know how well people talk in their sleep." I shook my head, pouring more Irish wine into the glass. I was facing the window in my study. I have always loved the view from here, it was something I have admired over the years. Making this place my most favourite spot in the mansion. When we were picking rooms, after we first arrived here, i was the first to have chosen this room as my getaway place. Where I came to read, work and everything in between. I remembered that it was a long time since I had a run through the woods. I haven't taken any time off. Then I had a reason to, but now I do not. If I wanted to plan such a trip, I wanted to go with Ariana. Maybe the memories that were attached to my getaways have always been scary and too much for me. "I don't think so. I think she must be a gifted wolf." I continued. "Eit
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