lA frightening look of confusion crept across his face as he looked at my face, his eyes focusing more on the bruises on my face as well as the swelling and black eye I had now.Suddenly, he growled intensely, as he turned his eyes away from my face and returned the trail of his gaze at mine again.Suddenly, he cupped my cheeks in the most gentle and harmless manner, yet I still did hurt when he touched it. I managed to wince, moving away from his hold, as we still maintained eye contact.Suddenly, I watched on as his eyes softened for a moment, and then heralded the booming of a huge storm in it."Who did this to you?". He asked in a feat of fury.I turned my gaze immediately from him as I had my mind slip into a moment of flashback to what had happened yesterday and today ofcourse.Oh.. it was Lady Eva.. I thought about mentioning her name, but what would be the repercussions on me should I rat her out now?The King was now enraged. Suddenly, I heard a loud sound. It was the soun
LUCIANO'S POVI sat on my Kingly throne anticipating the report of the investigation on the Blood moon pack. It's been long overdue anyway, and since these lousy council men could not come up with any lasting solution, I decided to handle it my way.First it needed to be investigated, and now that I have the results of the investigation, I needed to hear it so as to be able to decide on the next line of action."Your Majesty". Cyrus, the commanding officer said, as he bowed before me. "What report of the investigation have you brought to grace my itchy ears Cyrus?". I asked with a raised brow. "Speak at once". I ordered."Your Majesty.. The attack on the Blood moon pack has been investigated just as you commanded. It is no longer news that the rogues are camped a few kilometers from the pack, outside of its premises. Clearly, it appears they are planning to launch another attack". Cyrus spoke in clearly terms as he stood with his arms crossed before him.The report was well received.
I stood up pacing back and forth the room, wearing a mild frowñ on my face. I just couldn't imagine why mother was pestering me with this whole idea of getting a mate as quickly as possible. It was as though I was too old to still be without a mate. I was only in my mid twenties, and I still had ample time to find my mate, and definitely, not the likes of Shania, Alpha Philip's only daughter.No!.I understand her father is royalty and a member of my governing council. I have no problem with her father but her. The young lady is nothing but a spoiled brat with an obnoxious, overbearing sense of entitlement, that tends to disgust me every time I see it on display. Besides, she has proven to be very rude and insolent too, and that I cannot tolerate, else, I would end up fraying her alive.Mother had quietly stood up and walked out of the main room and I was damn sure she was leaving with a lot of disappointed feeling, however, I cared less about her feelings or any other. No one was g
LATIFAH'S POVI got to my room that night wondering my heart out. Fear and terror gripped me. I sat on my bed unable to join the other maids for dinner. I was literally expecting hell to let loose on me tonight, or perhaps the heavens to fall, or better, the earth to cleave asunder and swallow me up. What would she tell Madam Lorretta about me?. What action was Madam Lorretta going to take against me?. I can understand why Eva hates me now. Oh my god.. I could literally see the disgust for me as she spoke those terrible words to me. Tearing off my dress, I quickly changed into my underclothes and collapsed on my bed. Multiple emotions swirl in around me - Fear, anger, sadness, pain. Moments later, a knock sounds on my door. My heart skipped in fright. Surely, it's the guards. 'Oh good heavens.. Save me now.. They have come to take me for another round of punishment'. I thought, fidgeting upon my bed. The knock came on again. ''Come in". I said mildly, with my voice small and sti
No sooner had Eva left the King's chambers, sobbing and sniffling, than she accosted Madam Lorretta a few blocks away from the general kitchen. Madam Lorretta, quite unsure she was the one they were walking in opposite directions, narrowed her eyes closely on her. Now, she was sure it was Eva. 'But why is she walking that way and.. and sobbing as well?' . She thought.She sure had never seen her in such a sorry state. Something must be up and she would pause to inquire."Eva.. Is that you?". Lorretta asked softly. The night was getting darker and everyone was almost off the streets and road. Unable to say a word in response, Eva covered her face with her hands still sobbing.Taken aback by a feeling of concern, Madam Lorretta pulled her close to her embrace, as she buried her face on her shoulder in tears."What could be the matter Eva?.. Why are you crying?". Lorretta said, patting her back in consolation.Eva would not be comforted as she kept sobbing the more. Lorretta would
Latifah's POVRain droplets trickled down the glass panels of the palace's wide arched top windows, tickling and teasing the transparent material as they slid down. Intricately large designs framed the large pieces, a quiet reminder of the palace's wealth and exquisite taste. Outside the tall solid walls, the rain poured in torrents. And so, a soft melody gently welcomed the new day into the city.A new day had dawn, and not even the nimbus clouds could delay the routine of the sun as it had begun to shine into every household unapologetically.Loud pounding on my door jerks me from a restless sleep. "Lady Latifah.. The King request your presence in the dining hall". The servant said in a rather husky and gruff voice, and then left. I immediately took a quick but deep breath, and got dressed. My old servant dress seemingly drav next to the rainbow of gowns I see daily in the castle. I then put my locket on, the only piece of jewelry I'm allowed to wear. Inside is a picture of myself
I woke up the next morning to painful ankle throbs, with large purple bruises staring back at me as I looked down on it. Suddenly, there came a knock on my door. I flinched, and quickly got dressed. I had accidentally stepped back on my ankle.Oh!.. The pain was excruciating as I bit back a scream, with tears streaming down my face. The knock came on again."Latifah.. It's Diana.. Are you feeling up for breakfast?". She asked, loud enough for me to hear since she was still locked out.I quickly dried my eyes with the back of my hand, and cleared my throat to respond to her."Um… yeah… I'll be down in a sec". I replied and then waited till the sound of her footsteps grew fainter. I then wrapped my ankle with a bandage, and as for the locket around my neck, it did complemented my outfit. No sooner had I approached the dining hall than the conversation around it quieted. Several eyes romped around me, clearly focusing on my bandaged foot. I jettisoned all of them and simply focused on
I woke up days later to a muffled chatter around my room. Mother's worried voice was the first I heard. Obviously, fatigue was written all over me."How is she doing?". I took a slow but quick glance around the room. Diana was nowhere to be found. The castle physician, the delectable Lady Irisha was seated by my bedside. A weak smile crept up her face as she gazed upon my pale looking face."How are you feeling now?". She asked mildly.Suddenly, a splitting headache forms between my eyes and I winced, a slight groan escaping my lips. I requested for the cup of water beside my bed, and Irisha reached for it and handed it over to me to drink. Drinking, I felt my sore throat relaxed a bit making allowance for me to speak freely."Where's Diana?.. Is... Is she okay?". I asked as the words spilled out of my mouth.Mom regally walked over to us and took a seat opposite Irisha, and gazing at me with eyes of affection, grabbed my gently, squeezing them gently as she grinned mildly."Diana is
My eyes.They were glowing.And they were gold.I mean, in the reflection in the water they seemed to gleam yellow like the sun, but I'd like to believe it was golden.I blinked once. I blinked twice.Nope, still there.My wolf.She actually came out.***I successfully got back like two hours later since I didn't really know where I was Okay, two hours may be an exaggeration but I was suddenly so tired it felt like forever.I literally felt drained.I even tripped and fell and no doubt opened up the cut on my forehead again. One minute I'm so coordinated and the next I'm just a tripping mess. Guess it's just me again.When I entered the house I heard arguing voices coming from Latifah's room. Which was probably my fault.I should have just done the wise thing and gone to my room.But of course I didn't. I never do.At this point, I don't even think that you're capable.I held the door knob and entered Latifah's room."Damon listen to me wh-"The voices stopped and their heads snapped
I turned to look at him with a probably stupid expression on my face.What does he mean by that?"Huh?"He rolled his eyes and sighed.He has nice eyes ...Shut up."My mother obviously thinks I'm being unreasonable, so I'll try and be reasonable. Maybe you have some hidden skill or talent, sincerely, I highly doubt that. But I'll give you a chance, prove me wrong. Feel free to show me all you got. We're out in an open field ... " He gestured towards the wide plain of field.Oh no.This was worse than dying. He wants to ...Train.You lazy idiot.Hey!I didn't really know how to respond to his statement so I went with the most ladylike and appropriate response I could muster."Huh?" I was still trying to take everything in. How'd he go from kicking me out to this?He narrowed his eyes at me and shook his head.He looked up to the sky for a minute before turning back to look at me."How many miles can you do?""Miles?""Yes, how many can you run? Top speed, no break?"He said it like h
I didn't say anything.I had run out of words to say.For about a minute.'Fine." I looked him dead in the eye as I said that one word.I was sick of all of this nonsense.I had no plan, but all I knew in that moment was that I was going to leave at once."You have absolutely no right to talk to her like that." A familiar voice scolded.We both turned around to see Latifah sitting in a wheelchair at the door frame.Damon's features immediately softened.He quickly walked over to her and started examining her face."You shouldn't be out of bed now, you know this, why are you here?""It gets very boring when you're couped up in your room all alone." She said seeming annoyed."Wait don't try and change the topicDamon, why were you speaking like that to her?"Damon's features immediately hardened again."That's none of your business.""Look Damon I get you are angry but there is no need to take it out on her. We all suffered this attack together."Damon didn't say a word, he just clenche
Fire crackling.I distractedly watched on as the burning embers danced around in the fire place, having their own little party.The wind was blowing harshly through the windows, singing it's own sad song and rustling the curtains.People were crying.Memories were flashing.A cold shiver went up my spine. But it had nothing to do with the temperature of the room.I shuddered."Are you cold? Do you want me to shut the windows?" Mavis, who had already gotten up to close the windows, asked me with concern etched across her features.I didn't respond.But she shut it anyway.It felt like my life had had no meaning ever since the day I was born.I was doomed right from the start.Latifah wasn't dead but was badly injured from the attack.Anastasia was not dead either but in critical condition.And Damon ...Damon was unconscious.He has been for the past one week.Doctors said he was injected with far too much wolfsbane.Any normal wolf should have died but he hasn't.But he isn't safe yet
It didn't make any sense to me when he first said it, the following events though made it crystal clear.Beta Shawn didn't say another word.He didn't need to.He just turned to the opened door and whistled, short and curt.Footsteps were heard echoing in the corridor until they reached our room. Everything in that moment seemed to go in slow motion.My heart was beating very slowly and heavily in my chest. Each footstep knocking it's pace down even further until they finally arrived.And then it just stopped altogether.Two men stepped in, one stood bythe door and the other walked to the center of the room holding something in hand.He threw it on the floor with a loud thump. The thing rolled a bit and was now lying two feet away from Damon.Damon's smirk fell completely, and he looked at the thing with quizzical eyes. He looked up at Shawn who just had a straight face on, then looked back down at the thing and sniffed it slightly. The blood drained from his face.Maybe its a bomb?I
He opened a door and started walking down a long brightly lit corridor.He just kept taking cool strides even though I was screaming and trying to wiggle my body out of his grasp."The less you protest the easier it will be for us Princess."I heard him kick another door open and he entered and just threw me on the ground.Yes, the solid concrete ground.Inconsiderate b*stard.I hit the floor with a loud thump and I think I felt my rib crack."Arrgh, my. Spine." I moaned trying to touch my aching back, but I couldn't, my hands were fricking chained.Instead of hearing an 'I'm so sorry, I forgot the floor was made out of concrete', I heard a loud growl from the other end of the room and a lot of chains moving.The light in the room was switched on.I turned to look at Jax and saw that his eyes were beginning to glow a faint yellow. They were fixed on something and obviously begining to get irritated.I turned my head to the other end of the room and there he was, practically drowning i
The rest of the week kinda followed the same pattern.I saw Mavis a few times but not as much as I wanted to. I hardly left the house, mainly because there was no place for me to go.Damon is constantly not around and Anastasia has been screaming the house down which is slowly driving me to suicide.Trust me, a pitch like that should be illegal.So, today, I decided to have a lazy day. Isn't everyday a lazy day for you?No, today's a real lazy day. I'm going to just while away time in the backyard.Even though it hurts me that I left myPercy Jackson books back at the cottage I was able to find some books here in the bookshelf by the dining hall.So, here I was lying on a sun loungeratthe backyard with the sun warming me a cool breeze cooling me at the same time. The backyard was huge and it had a large pool right at the centre. It had been covered though, which made me believe that he hardly ever used it.Maybe I will use it one day. Just not today.I had a glass of lemonade in one h
I don't know how but I managed to fall asleep last night.And let me just tell you it wasn't a peaceful sleep.Far from it.I could see that the sun was already high up in the sky because of the light that shone through the thick blue curtains. I was in Damon's room.I think I woke up like two hours ago but I was still lying in bed.I couldn't find it in me to get up.Utterly confused is not even close to how I feel right now.I just couldn't make sense of anything.Everything that happened last night and the past month feel like a blur.What on earth is happening to me?Scenes from last nightkeep flashinginmy head.Why was he chained?Why did he come here? Why did he kiss me?But more importantly why did I kiss back?Oh you know why you kissed back.Shut up!It felt like a dream at this point.If it hadn't been for Marcus last night, Damon would have marked me.Actually marked me.He probably would have come to his senses this morning though and killed me.So ... maybe its a good thi
It's actually really sad when you think you're about to die and you realize that there's no one in the world that would actually miss you.I mean, Mavis would cry a bit, but she'll get over it and so would Rose.But then what?Hate to admit it but my life's actually sad.My real parents are supposedly dead, my other parents whom I have known all my life kicked me out, I do not have any other known family member. I am literally alone.Oh and I have a mate who wants to kill me.You know what, I think I should welcome death.Maybe it would be a relief from all this hassle.I had nothing to loose. Absolutely nothing.I think I would have been ready for death if he did in fact come here to kill me.What I was not ready for, and I don't think I would have ever been at that moment was what he did instead.At inhuman speed, which was literally so fast that my eyes couldn't catch it until it had already happened, he was in front of me.He grabbed the back of my head and then he leaned in.It w