NAYA'S P.O.V.
I felt the familiar sting of tears as Zade pulled the last piece of glass from my arm. I was too shocked to say anything sassy to him, he was also helping me so that was a point in for him. I guess maybe he wasn't that bad.
I tried to suck in a breath through my nose, but my lungs felt constricted. It all happened so fast, one moment I was sitting, the next something was breaking and tearing my skin. I didn't know who he was or what he wanted, but there was a man. I could barely see his face because he had a cloth covering his face like an assassin.
"What the hell made you think you could freaking break a window for no reason?!" Zade snapped as I stayed silent.
"Zade you need to calm down and let..." he cut the elderly doctor off, and moved from me like I burned him. Can’t say I was disappointed.
"Calm down? She hasn't even been here for less than a few hours, and she's already causing a lot of trouble. Damn it! I should have done it when I had the chance to!" His voice was laced with anger as he stared daggers into my eyes before he turned around and left.
Though I know the glass breaking will certainly make him annoyed, I mean it was worth a lot, but he had some intentions to do something which he was stopped from doing.
Now that... has piqued my curiosity.
"Careful," I whispered as the doctor rubbed something against my wounds, which hurt like hell. "... Zade," I called out, which made him freeze at the door and turned slowly to look at me with anger written everywhere on his face.
"What is it?!" He snapped.
"I wouldn't intentionally break a glass and get myself hurt, you moron." I onky wanted to explain myself but seemed like my mouth had other plans. He was being an asshoel so I didn’t even feel bad for it.
"Did you Just..." I cut him off.
"I wasn't done talking. Someone broke into the room and the moment the door flew open he threw himself off the balcony." he furrowed his eyebrows in confusion as he looked at the window and back at me with suspicion.
"What did he look like?"
"I have no idea" his lips curved into a deep frown as his attention moved back to me and his ears made a weird movement which I assume to be a genetic trait.
"You could have died, and you didn't even know your killer!" He snapped once again, and goodness knows I was going to lose it with this asshole.
"And you would have been the happiest man to walk the face of the earth..." I saw the series of emotions that traveled back and forth in his eyes, but then he quickly switched back to their normal cold look. "Don't look at me like that, you never. Wanted me in the first place..."
"Doc Ethan, can you please leave us?" He asked politely, which made me raise an eyebrow for I know this is certainly not the man I forcefully married. He was up to something.
The moment the doctor shut the door, he locked it and turned to look at me. I could have sworn that I saw his eyes turn black and back to blue, it happened so fast. Perhaps it was just a reflection of light.
"The wounds on your arm..." He grabbed the now bandaged arm, which made me scream in pain and the tears I have been holding rolled down my cheek. "... Your father might have sold you off like a bag of goods, but little did he know that your downfall is closer than it seems." his voice sent shivers down my spine as he whispered into my ears, but I shook it off.
"Let go of..."
"No one dares to speak when I do. You are trying my patience, woman and trust me when I say your blood will soon be used as the next paint in a paint bucket if you aren't careful." The only thing I could hear was the best of my heart and the sound of his breath.
"I..."
"Quiet!" His voice and his words did nothing but reminded me of my parent's relationship, so I stayed quiet.
I couldn't help but see myself in my mother's shoes. I had watched them fight for years, but she never said a single word and I never understood why till now.
I know I've always taken pride in being an exact copy of my father but this time I feel the pain my mother felt within the depth of her heart, but she never said a word because she was blinded by love.
Looking to the ground and away from his eyes, the image of the woman I loved appeared in my vision. Lovely and sweet will be a complete understatement when it comes to describing my mother, but who cared?
No one...
"I'm sorry," I whispered, not knowing what else to do anymore, and I saw the smirk that immediately replaced the frown he held ever since he got here.
"Next time, know where you stand."
"Don't need to worry, there won't be a next time. He was dressed as an assassin. I saw nothing but his Hazel eyes and grayish hair." I walked past him and headed to a quiet place I had found earlier that wasn't my room.
Completely ignoring the immense pain I felt in both arms, I sat down in the corner as tears rolled down my face like droplets of rain against the window glass.
I couldn't take this anymore. I knew I said I was going to get out of here, but it seemed to me that the more I try to find an escape route the more I keep getting lost.
I have barely been here for twenty-four hours, yet I feel like a prisoner who had stayed in here for more than a decade yet neither is his release date near nor his punishment being reduced.
I might hate Zade for everything he had done to me or what he was planning to do, but truth be told he wasn't lying in any way. My father had sold off within the blink of an eye.
I wish my mother was still here...
"Are you ok?" I jumped at the voice and I turned to see the exact copy of Zade, but I was certain this wasn't Zade in any way. The softness in his eyes was something that devil could never replicate.
"Yeah, I'm... I'm fine." I wiped the tears on my face and wiped my hands on my skirt, "... Sorry, but who are you?" I asked curiously, and he let out a small smile.
"Louis, Zade's little brother." I raised my eyebrows in shock. I would be lying if I say the men of this house weren't fine as hell. "... I believe you're Naya?" Oh great, he knows my name.
"Yeah, that's me. I guess you don't need to stay twenty-four hours in a house before you become popular." He let out a laugh.
"I was unable to attend the wedding, so we didn't meet earlier. What are you even doing here?" He asked as he pointed towards the door, gesturing for us to go out while he maintained distance.
Jeez! I never knew the Montgomery household could have such manners. Looking at Zade, he didn’t exactly sell them right.
"Just looking around. I mean, I'm new here. I want to get to know more places... Where is that?" I pointed towards a dark door that seemed to be out of reach.
"No one is allowed in there. That's been the rule ever since I was born, so I don't know." Though he kept a straight face, I knew too well that he was lying, and I will not hesitate to check that out later.
He took me on a tour around the entire house, but something had me very curious... Their mother's portrait. I would not deny even in the next century that she was stunning, and I could see where the brother's got their beauty from, but her backstory is what triggered me.
Louis didn't want to say anything about it for some reason, and because I just couldn’t mind my business and I have zero sense of self preservation, I made a mental note to find out all I can about her. My father said this house was very dangerous, but I was at a point where I didn't know what to believe anymore.
"Well I would have loved to take you outside, but I have some work to attend to with my brother."
"Thank you for the inner tour, it was lovely." I beamed.
"You're welcome, I'll see you at dinner." he gave me a warm smile before leaving, and I walked back to where I had seen the portrait of their mother to give it a closer look.
I knew I had seen something written on the frame, but Louis seemed to be very uncomfortable staying there, so he had to leave. I stopped and hid the moment I saw Zade coming toward me.
God help me... I held onto my necklace and the moment he left I let out a sigh of relief before heading toward the picture.
Her dark brown hair was laying on her shoulders as though it was the reality of the woman, and her piercing blue eyes were everything I ever dreamed of. I could easily tell that she was a legend, but I had no idea what her story was.
Ex Favilla Nos Resurgemus (From the ashes we will rise)
It was written in Latin and I was confused. What exactly does that even mean? From the ashes, we will rise above a portrait.
I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder which made me jump in fear and I saw that it was Zade with my eyes widened, but I immediately composed myself not wanting him to suspect anything.
"How are your wounds?" His voice was rather soft which is so unusual, and I knew that he was up to something, but what could he possibly want from me?
"Healing, but I'm fine." The power held within his eyes made it extremely hard to look at him for some reason I don't even know.
"Go to the room, now." I shivered when he spoke. His voice sounded husky and I was a sucker for that. I forced my mind to get out of whatever dirty place it went so I could ask why, but he gave me a look that made me reserve my comment and just went along with what he said.
I was about to leave and head back to the room I was taken to when he said, in that same voice. "My room," he said before walking the other way, and my heart couldn't stop itself from beating so fast. Something compelling to do exactly as he said, though I wanted to defy him.
I took a deep breath and walked towards the room. I wasn't sure about what room was his, but when I got into a dark one I confirmed that it was his because I could feel his presence and I couldn't find the switch.
"Zade I know you're in here and as much as I hate to admit it. I'm not a fan of dark rooms, so please turn the lights on." I said, but all I got was silence in return. "Zade pl..." I felt a pair of lips on mine.
Naya's POVI wanted to back away from whoever was in front of me, but I couldn't, even though I badly wanted to.I really wanted to, I promise.A few seconds passed, and the lips on mine started moving. The lips were soft, a bit bigger than mine and...thicker.God, I could literally feel my insides quivering.The person in the dark moved closer to me, and Zach's scent blocked my nose.Subconsciously, I opened my lips to ask him to leave me alone, but the moment my lips parted away, his tongue gained entry into my mouth like it's been waiting for that.A small moan escaped from my mouth, and I didn't know when my hands flew to his warm neck.I was a bit worried that I'd make a mistake because of the fact that I'm not really good at kissing, but the constant moaning from him was making me feel confident.My lips started moving in sync with his, and it felt like the whole world came to a halt.I could feel my heart stopping, but I didn't want to stop. At all.My grip on his neck tightene
Zach's POV"Don't. Zach, even if you're the last man on earth and I needed to be saved, I'd rather die than let you touch me." Naya's words continued ringing in my head, as I quietly got off her.Normally, something like that wouldn't have hurt me at all, but I didn't know why that particular sentence of hers was hurting me so much.I didn't show the hurt that I was feeling on my face, I only let out a small sigh before leaving her alone with her thoughts in my room.The next few months in my life are going to be the longest months of my life, I can already feel it.When I left the room, I started walking slowly to the dinner room. I wasn't interested in having dinner at all, because I knew that things were going to be awkward between Naya and I.She is one of the weirdest women I have ever met. It's weird.I started walking really fast, and I was in the dining room in no time.My father was already seated there, and with the way he was scanning everywhere with his eyes, I didn't thin
Naya's POVGod, my heart was beating really fast. I couldn't even raise my head to look at my brothers. I was sure that they were going to be so angry at me, at what I did.I should've really told them that I was married to Zach. When they asked me why I was in his house, I told them that I was there for a business and not to get married to the son of the family."Naya?" Ryker called, snapping me out of my thoughts. I took a deep breath in, before raising my head to meet his accusing eyes.He looked so betrayed and...angry? I wasn't sure. All I knew was that he didn't look happy, at all.I uncomfortably cleared my throat and I turned my head to look at Raiden. He didn't even try to hide the fact that he was angry, I could see it on his face. It was red and a bit sweaty. I could see that he was trying to hold his anger in, but it wasn't working."I'm sorry, I have to go," I said, and pushed my chair backwards. If I continued staying in that dining room, then I was sure that I would def
Zach's POVFather really shouldn't have asked that question, not because of Naya, but because of me!I was sure that he definitely knew that I had no plans whatsoever with Naya, and I wasn't planning to have one, but even with that, he still went on to ask the irrelevant question.The moment the words left his mouth, I noticed that the aura in the room changed, and the atmosphere became...thicker. It was so weird and awkward, and I wondered what was wrong.I moved my eyes towards Naya, and I could see how scared she looked. Her brothers too looked angry. I guessed it could have been that she didn't tell them about her marriage, or something deeper than that.I knew that it was a family problem, when she excused herself from the table. I wanted to follow her, but when I saw that her brothers followed her almost immediately, I just knew that it was something serious.
Zach's POVNaya backed away from me, and crossed her hands against her chest. I didn't know what was suddenly wrong, because just a few seconds ago, she was bugging me, asking me why I was staying outside, bare chested."What? Why are you looking at me like that?" I asked Naya, and looked away from her. I had thought that coming outside would make me feel better, and forget about everything, but I guessed I was wrong. Naya's presence was making me feel weird, and I didn't like it. I started thinking of ways to get rid of her...quickly!"Why are you warm?" She asked me, with a corked brow.Warm? Oh shit! Of course, I'd be warm to her, considering the fact that she isn't used to staying around werewolves.I started thinking about the perfect explanation to give her, something that would make her stop looking at me in a weird way.I racked my head , and I couldn't think of anything. No possible explanation was available, to explain why I was warm when it was freezing outside."I guess I'
Naya's POVIt was as if the whole world came to a pause, with the way Zach and I were staring at each other. We weren't saying anything, yet so much was being communicated between us.I wanted to look away from him, I really did, but I couldn't. It was so hard to look away from him, it kept on looking as if something kept on drawing me to him, telling me to move close to him, and just...stay with him."You're drooling." Zach suddenly said, and I snapped out of my weird thoughts. I threw a scornful look at him, and he shrugged.What was I doing? I asked myself, and subconsciously moved my fingers to the side of my lips, to see if I was really drooling, even though I knew that he was just playing around with me.I wasn't drooling."You were staring too," I said and scoffed at him. I don't why he said that I was drooling, when I wasn't. I just hoped he didn't think that I was attracted to his face, his well sculpted muscles and his chest?"Ugh!" I said to myself, and slapped myself out o
Naya's POV"What?" Zach said, and a small shiver ran down my back. I didn't know if it was my eyes, or if his eyes really turned pitch black, because the moment I looked again, trying to see if they really turned black, his eyes were normal."The contract? We're not supposed to do this, Zach," I slowly said, and without saying a word, he got off me and grabbed the wet towel like his tongue wasn't down my throat a few seconds ago.I could feel the atmosphere in the room changing, and I knew that it was my fault, or at least, the fault of the contract that we signed.We had agreed to never have sex, and left to me, that was fine, because I wasn't interested in having sex with him.At the beginning, I had thought that I actually wanted to have sex with him, but now, I was sure that I had no interest in having sex with him, because he didn't deserve it.Things were awkward in the room, with the both of us trying to avoid each other. At first, it was a bit hard, considering the fact that w
Naya's POVMy face isn't perfect, is it? I asked myself and shook my head almost immediately. I am an overthinker, and I knew that if I had continued thinking about it, I'd just end up not having any sleep throughout the night.Because of that, I ignored Zach's tempting scent, and shut my eyes tightly. If I had turned around, I would have definitely done something that I didn't want to do. That, I was sure of.Zach forced me to open my eyes, and I turned around to face him. His eyes were so crystal clear, that I could see what he wanted at that moment.Me, he wanted me.He moved closer, and I could instantly feel his hot breath against my skin. My skin tingled immediately and I started feeling the urge to just pull him closer and...kiss him as hard as I want to.Why think about it when you can just do it? I thought to myself. Instead of wasting anymore time, I pulled Zach closer and placed my lingering lips on his. With the way he wrapped his hands around me almost immediately, I coul
Zach’s POVZach was about to deal with Anna, when she fumbled under the pressure and told him that she was going to tell him about their superiors, because she wanted to save her life, but before she could talk, she started bleeding from all her orifices, it was a terrible sight to behold.Zach stopped in his footsteps and looked around the vicinity, because the moment Anna started bleeding he could feel a terrifying presence near the pack house, he immediately disappeared from where he was standing, all the people around had no idea what was going on, but they could feel an oppressive air in the surrounding.Zach came back just as he had left, but his face was gloomy at the moment, Zach turned his head and looked at Anna who was lying on the ground on her last breath, he knew that there was nothing he could do to save her at the moment.Anna raised her hand at him, as if to grasp the last straw that could save her, but before she could raise her hand completely, her hand fell down, s
Zach’s POVZach could keenly feel that he was neither a living nor was he dead, he was just in between, when he closed his eyes and stopped breathing a month ago, he felt like he was in a dream state and was surrounded by darkness all around him, no matter where he looked all he saw was darkness, and he was walking on muddy ground, he felt like he was sinking to the ground.The more he walked around the place looking for a source of light, the quicker he was sinking into the muddy ground, so he stopped walking, there was a source of light that he saw ahead of him, but the more he tried to reach toward it, the quicker he sank into the ground.Even though everyone thought that he was dead he could hear what people were saying around him like they were whisper to his ears, he did not pay attention to all of them but he could pick up the most important.According to the tradition of the werewolves, werewolves with high position like himself were to be buried after a month of their death,
Naya’s POVNaya was in danger of dying at the moment, her limbs could not keep up with the speed of her brain in order to move to the side and escape Anna’s lethal attack.She closed her eyes waiting for her neck to be punctured by Anna’s long nails, she could still hear the frantic howls of the werewolves behind her, she was sure that it was her family members that were rushing to save her from Anna, a line of tear fell down her werewolf face, she did not want to die, but what could she do?If she had a little longer to train in movement and fighting in her werewolf form she would have been able to put up a fight against Anna, if nothing else.But she did not feel the pain of having her neck punctured even after some time, she also noticed that the whole area was eerily quiet, she wondered whether death was this tranquil, if it felt like this to be dead then it would not be that bad, she decided to open her eyes to look around to see what the afterlife looked like.When her eyes open
Naya’s POVNaya had gone to the back of the house to change back into her human form, because she did not want to appear in front of the werewolf community naked, but when she arrived at place, she remembered that she did not have any clothes with her to change into even if she transformed.For fear of appearing naked, she decided to ask her siblings to help her with some clothing from her room in the house, but even after some time she did not hear from her siblings.At first she thought that they might be in a meeting with the rest of the werewolf community on how to fight against the vampires, but after an hour had passed and she did not hear from her siblings, she decided to head to the front of the house and see what was going on.Before she even arrived, her nose picked up a strong smell of iron in the air, when she sniffed in order to discern what the smell was, she felt the nauseating smell of blood, and it was in a very large quantity.Naya immediately started having a bed fe
Naya’s POVNaya’s’ emotions had gotten over her, so she transformed into her werewolf form when she thought that the female clad in blue at the forefront of the vampires was Anna, who was Zach’s ex-girlfriend that plotted against her and used Luke to kidnap her before they put the virus into Zach.That was also the virus that was threatening her pregnancy at the moment, if not for the fact that her unborn baby had the remaining virus transferred to it, she would not be at risk of her and her baby dying, because the baby was way stronger than normal babies in the womb.So how could she control herself, when her arch nemesis was right in front of her, that was why she lost control, she was trying to jump over the gate and tear her into pieces, so that she could revenge.Mr. Alistair and his sons had surrounded Naya, they were trying to calm her down, so that she does not make any mistakes that would cost her life.Mr. Alistair said “Naya calm down, don’t do anything that you are going t
Naya’s POVThe twist and turns that had happened in front of Zach’s pack house were really unpredictable, the blue moon pack that was about to be removed from being the number one pack in the North, but not only did that not happen, they were now back to being the overlord of all the werewolf community, and the other big three had been killed off, even though their pack houses were still around and the pack members were still alive, the real figure heads in charge of the packs have been killed, so taking care of the rest of the pack would be quiet easy, it was really surprising, Naya could not wrap her head around what had happened, but she was really happy for the Blue Moon pack.She wished Zach was around to see this glorious day, but there was no problem, when everything is settled here, she would focus her attention entirely on reviving him, she then remembered who their enemies were at the moment, they were the creatures that she hated the most, the Vampires.She soon set her min
Naya’s POVNaya and her family members went to the Zach’s pack house, they were there for the meeting that was being held against the Blue Moon Pack, because they are being suspected of eradicating two packs in the Northern vicinity, just when they thought that there was no evidence to prove that the Blue Moon pack really did annihilate John’s pack, Mr. Chris called the last surviving member of John’s pack, and he was pointing his finger at Louis as the person that was responsible for the attack on his pack.There were a lot of twists and turns today, and finally Mr. Chris said that the Blue Moon pack were no longer worthy of being called the hegemon of the Northern vicinity, he was trying to take away their title, Mr. Montgomery wanted to deal with all the packs that were standing against them in his own way, when they heard a loud shout coming from the woods.All the members of the werewolf community immediately went on guard, they were surprised that they did not notice the intrude
Naya’s POVNaya saw that things were going awry in front of Zach’s pack house, the situation was tense and it looked like a fight was going to break out at any time, so she decided to step up and explain what happened, that got the Dark Knight pack to be eliminated, she saw the gloomy look on Louis face and he was telling her not to say anything. She was wondering why he was acting like he was going to say something against the pack.Naya decided not to pay attention to him, so she looked at the former Alpha’s of the big three and said “sir this is exactly what had happened” she started narrating how she was plotted against during a festival, at first she did not want to air out her dirty laundry to outsiders, but if she believed that it could help alleviate the condition of Zach’s pack, she would do so willingly, she was telling them all about what had happened that led to the annihilation of Luke’s pack, but while she was telling them, she did not notice that the three former Alpha’
Naya’s POVNaya had followed her father to the Blue Moon pack, for the interrogation that was going to happen soon, she learnt from her brother that there were four big hegemon packs in the werewolf tribes and Zach’s pack was one of them, even more shocking was that, Zach’s pack before the war with the vampires were the only true hegemon in the werewolf circle, and that all the other werewolf packs had to take orders from them, she never knew about this information, now that she heard about it, she was surprised.When the other big three finally arrived, Naya stopped asking her brother questions and moved closer to hear what they were talking about with Mr. Montgomery.When she arrived near the gate, it was already filled to the brim with people that were standing behind the people from the big three, Naya could hear what they were talking about because her sense of hearing had been enhanced, so she listened carefully in order to understand what was going on.She heard Mr. Montgomery’