Lucius POVMy eyes fell on the stylists I had contracted for her. They were sprawled on the floor in strange positions and the guards outside were also in the same situation.As I saw this, my heart squeezed as I feared the worst might have happened. Did someone attack them? Did Jolynn and Kasper try something stupid?My wolf was tearing through my brain wanting to be let out so he could punish anyone who had dared to do this. I was growing with anger as the seconds passed.But I had to be calm if I was going to find her. My eyes focused deeply on the stylist in front of me and I could pick up his heartbeat.If Diane had been attacked by my enemies, they would have killed the men with her and the guards but they didn't look dead. It only meant that something else had happened. I had to be certain they were truly fine, so I looked in my brother's direction, "Lucas check if they are breathing?"Lucas moved past me and bent over the first man. He placed two of his fingers to his nose an
Diane's POV "Diane, you need to understand that this is beyond what you are seeing. Lucius isn't the beast you are making him out to be. He is your soulmate and all he wants is to take care of you!" My grandfather cried out.My heart broke into smaller pieces as his words reached my brain. I could not believe the words coming out of him."Grandfather, how can you say that? Did he do something to you?! Did he put you into this? Did he threaten you?" I asked, trying desperately to understand what would make him betray his family like this.But he could not speak anymore. His eyes dropped to the ground, unable to look at me."Please tell me if he threatened you... It will stop this pain I am feeling in my heart."Sophie moved closer to where I stood and she placed her hands on my shoulder. "Let it go, Diane, there is no point now. We should think of how to get out of here and forget Fred," she said but I shook my head and pushed her hand away."No, Sophie, look around you!" I yelled poi
Diane's POVAs we rode back to the castle, everything just happened in a blur. Sophie insisted to come with us and at least witness the ceremony before she would leave to return to her work —and also find a better way to get us out of me from the other side. But of course, Lucius and his men didn't have to know that little detail.As we got to the castle, Lucius led me to his chambers where the unhappy stylists started brushing through my hair while another used a wet cloth to take out the sweat and stains I got from the Forest. There was no time for me to get a bath because according to the guards that had ushered us in, the ceremony was about to start.He and his team worked as fast as robots, when they finished, I was in a white dress that left nothing to the imagination.It was beautiful, but I couldn't help but feel naked in it. As if he had read my thoughts, the head stylist spoke up."It is usually our tradition, for the future Luna to stand naked amongst her people," he said a
Diane's POVI could not believe my ears. My eyes popped out of their sockets and I couldn't even think of the fear of losing them because the fear of what was about to happen froze my entire thinking cells."What?" I cried out.Lucius looked around as if he was trying to find someone and then before I knew it, he grabbed my hands and pulled me to a corridor, away from the podium.He pulled a door open and pushed me inside."Diane, this is the final stage. I will protect your body as much as I can. I will even try to make it quick but you need to enjoy it." He didn't sound like he was angry with me or that this was supposed to be a do-or-die affair... He sounded desperate but I didn't even have a single energy in me to react accordingly. My body was still shocked."We will have sex in public! Are you insane?" I cried out, unable to contain it anymore.I moved away from him as my chest moved up and down in shock and another emotion I couldn't even describe."And you are saying you will
Lucius's POVJust seeing her in that dress had been hard for me to keep my cock under control and now that I had to touch her but still keep it under control, my brain was tense.It felt like seeing your favorite meal in front of you but being unable to actually eat it because it would finish and then you wouldn't be able to admire it anymore.I slowly led her to the bed. My eyes caught sight of her soft lips as they were panting for breath. She looked like she wanted me just as much but I couldn't be too sure.Women were very complicated creatures. I would just stick with the original plan to make this as quick as possible.My lips sensually moved to her ear, gently leaving trails of kisses till I got to it. "I am about to begin... Make sure you pretend to moan loud enough for their approval," I told her.She didn't reply but I knew that she heard me and there was no turning back.My wolf rolled in my head, wanting to be let out. I knew how much he also wanted to be with her but I c
Diane's POVMy body had to be the most disgusting in the entire world. It refused to listen to me.I felt so ashamed of myself.When I was heading to the ceremony, I had made up my mind to be strong and not fall for his tricks but the moment Lucius had kissed me, all my resolve melted away and I found my body yearning for his touch.The rational part of my brain was imprisoned away in some part of my mind and the naughty side of me came to play.Even as the ceremony came to an end and Lucius informed me that we had to spend the night in the cold hall. I tried to stay strong. I tried to ignore the alluring warmth coming from his body but I failed.—well, I didn't fail. It was for survival.I pushed my body against his and squeezed my eyes close, hoping to get some sleep but the gush of cold wind coming from the opening at the far end of the hall didn't help matters at all. If anything, it only made it worse.Goosebumps appeared on my naked skin and I hugged myself, trying desperately t
Lucius's POVFor the first time in weeks, I headed to my office with a smile on my face. My wolf was dancing in my head, excited about what had happened between Diane and me the previous night.I had been so worried and scared that I would hurt her but in the end, it turned out to be the best night of my life.Just thinking about her added to the desire already coursing through my organs.She wasn't near me now but I could swear that her arousal was tingling my nose. Her skin still felt like they were against me and her pussy... Fuck... I could spend the rest of my life buried deep within her soft tight cunt."Fuck!" I hissed under my breath as I caught myself smiling again.Thankfully, the corridors were empty, so I didn't have to worry about anyone else watching me smile to myself like a fool.I got to my office and I unlocked the door, while still maintaining a straight face but as soon as I got in and settled into my chair, my wolf resumed its purrs.Diane was too beautiful.I sti
Diane's POVI walked with Sophie and Macy to the parking lot as they prepared to leave. There were at least half a dozen guards with them and I wondered if Sophie would be able to get to the police with so many guards following them.Macy gave me one final long hug and then placed multiple kisses on my face as the maids finished with their bags."Be a sweet wife to your husband and remember to check in on your grandfather. I noticed that you have both been distant from one another..." She said as she held my face between her palms."Your grandfather, he is—"It suddenly occurred to me that he wasn't with them or anywhere around us."Is he staying?" I blurted out interrupting whatever she had been saying.The fine lines on her face twisted as she gave me a weary look but then she smiled sweetly at me."Yes, my sweetheart, he is staying for a while so you can get comfortable before returning home.""Why? I don't need someone to look after me. I am fine. I have —Lucius," I said and it fe
Diane’s POVI felt something within me shift and before I could stop myself, I threw myself against Scarred-face, screaming my lungs out.“Let my baby go!” I screamed.In my mind, I was so sure that I would manage to create enough distractions to take Owen from them and run as far as I could, but all those moves were only in my head. I didn’t even get far before Liam grabbed me roughly by the arm.“Where do you think you are going? The party is just starting…” he growled and threw me hard towards the bed. My head hit the bedframe and I felt my consciousness dwindle before my eyes.I blinked, panicking even stronger. If anything happened to me now, I wouldn’t be able to protect Owen anymore. I would fail once again in protecting my baby.“Mummy!” Owen screamed and I tried to raise myself from the ground despite the dizziness in my head.I refused to give up. My body was groaning in defeat, but I would rather die. Adrenaline pumped through my bloodstreams, and I dragged myself back to m
Diane’s POVAs soon as Liam stepped out of the room, I saw it as my opportunity to escape from his room. I returned my shirt to their position and moved out at once. I still remembered the route we had taken while coming, so I traced it back to my room.I was about to take the final bend when I heard a deafening growl from a room on my right. The blood within my body froze and panic started drumming through my skin.They said anyone who knew could be rescued, so I let my curiosity lead me to the side of the wall where I could get a good angle to see what was happening in that room.“No!” the roar echoed out of the room once again. “Keith can’t die like that!” he screamed again, and I watched as Liam held his head and dropped to the ground with tears in his eyes.“My lord, I saw the body with my two eyes. Lucius had made sure there would be no regeneration for him. He is dead-” a man covered in a hood was saying.I covered my mouth as the realization of what this meant flooded through
Lucius’s POV“Are you sure we are heading in the right direction?” I asked Monique for the third time since we have been on the road. I noticed that we had been going around the same places for close to two hours now and she just sat there with a smug look on her face, watching me as I drove as if I was a new show in a cinema.“Monique? Didn’t you hear me?” I asked, throwing a glance in her direction. She was now sitting with her legs spread apart and the skirt barely visible anymore.“Hmmm, yeah… yes, of course… just keep going…” she said, waving her hand to the screen while her eyes remained on me.My wolf twisted with disgust at her position. If she couldn’t sit properly, she shouldn’t have worn such an absurd outfit. I wanted to reprimand her to adjust herself, but I decided to ignore it. She was not my responsibility.“I don’t know if you have noticed but we have been going round the same place for hours now. Can you look at the road and tell me where we are supposed to go?” I a
Diane’s POVI planned on convincing Louis to help us escape but after hearing that Liam and Keith had his family, I couldn’t bring myself to say anymore. I would do anything to save my family, so I understood exactly where he stood in all of these.In the next couple of hours, I tried to remain positive as I studied every inch of the room, we were kept in, hoping that a miraculous door would appear from nowhere and I could step out of it.I even took my time to think about my decisions, wondering if things could have been different if I had acted in another way. I was stuck on a roller coaster of emotions till sleep managed to steal me.But even the sleep didn’t give me the rest of mind I needed. I kept seeing horrible endings to our situation that soon turned into a nightmare. The worst of them was when I saw Liam kill Owen. I was going to die first before I let anything happen to Owen.By the time my eyes opened, they went straight to Owen and I only relaxed after I saw that he was
Lucius’s POVIt was already in the early hours of the morning when I got to Macy’s house. As usual, as soon as I parked the vehicle in their driveway, I noticed the move of the curtain and I was suddenly reminded of Fred’s death.At some point after all of this was over, I would have to inform her of what had happened to her brave husband.My heart was heavy with sadness, but I swallowed it back. If I slacked now, her husband wouldn’t be the only bad news I would be giving her.I got out of the vehicle and this time Lucas stepped down with me. Together we went to her front door and just a few feet before we got to it, the door opened, and it wasn’t who I was expecting.“Where is Diane?” Sophie’s firm voice rang out around the area like she had a microphone buried in her throat.“Something came up and she… can I come in, there is a lot I have to explain to you,” I said. My voice was heavy with emotions, and I hoped she didn’t aggravate things.She studied me for a second before her sha
Lucius’s POVWith Keith dead, I left the captain of my soldiers and Kasper in charge, and I took one of the cars back to the human city to get the answers I needed.There was still a lot to be done, but I knew that I could trust my men to do a very good job of clearing everything and sorting what needed to be sorted.As I drove, my eyes were fixed on the road, but my heart ached for Diane. She was going to be broken when she found out about her grandfather but more than that, I needed to get her before Liam decided to do something crazy.Each moment I spent in that vehicle increased the number of questions rolling through my head and by the time I got to Bucks quarters, I practically jumped out of the moving vehicle.Lucas who had already been notified was standing at the entrance waiting for me and the moment he saw me, he ran towards me and hugged me. A rare moment where we shared our bond as brothers and as much as I wanted to just push him away and proceed inside, I could understa
Lucius’s POVThe sound of clashing bodies and screams filled the area in seconds. Just like I had thought, this was more intense than what we had done at Keith’s pack. The ninja wolves were far more trained than the guards’ Keith’s pack.My men were starting to struggle. Each time one of theirs fell, two of mine fell. If things continued at this pace, we were going to lose.I tore through the bodies of soldiers and tried to make my way into the castle where I knew that Keith would be waiting. He had planned this very well; he knew that it was going to take a lot more to bring him down with the ninja wolves on his side, but I refused to give up.I tapped into my alpha abilities and skillfully cut through them, but they were like ants. If two fell another four appeared and I knew that I had to strategize again if I was going to beat them, or they would change the narrative of the fields. We had come to capture their ruler but if we weren’t careful, they were going to end up capturing me
Lucius’s POVI marched toward the tent where Fred was being kept with a boiling heart filled with rage.I felt so stupid. The signs had always been there from the very beginning, and I failed to recognize them or maybe I was just too blinded to see them.From the very first day I met him, I recognized the strange scent of him. When he gave me that cock and bull story about his pack, I knew there was something about it that didn’t entirely add up, but I chose to believe it.And then it didn’t stop there, when the council had arrested him suspecting him to be Patrick, I had the feeling that they were on to something. My council might have been cowards, but they were not entirely stupid. Something must have led them to Fred’s doorstep, and I had closed my eyes to that possibility.Fast forward to the day I went to tell him about his freedom, he had been on the phone speaking about something strange. Yet again, I let it slide. He even had the guts to call me and give me intel like he was
Diane’s POV“You have lost your mind, Liam!” I hissed shaking my head in disgust and disbelief. If he really thought that after everything, he did to me I would belittle myself to the point of sleeping with him then he must have truly lost his mind.He threw his head back and let out an irritating laughter before stopping to look deeply into my eyes. “Do not worry. We have all the time in the world. Lucius is Keith’s reward, while you are mine. No one is going to stop me,” he said and got on his feet.I felt the blood in my body scatter and my heart started beating at a dangerously fast pace, but I kept my cool. Owen was also staring with a glint of fear in his eyes, and I held him tight. I was ready to protect him with my entire life.“Louis please, take them inside. Let her freshen up,” he said to the traitor who had sold me out and then his evil eyes turned to me, “When I need her, I will call for her. I hope you are smart enough to take this moment to relax that beautiful body of