Raven PovI could sense the exact same kind of reaction he had portrayed, when I had asked about his family. He moved away from me, turning his back to me. I knew he was indecisive if he should open up to me or not.“You said you trust me”. I whispered, hugging him. I could feel his resolve dissolving around him.“The one whom I trusted, deserted me at the time when I needed her the most. She…”. He heaved a heavy sigh, and I hugged him tighter, giving him my comfort. He had been through a lot, and he needed to heal those wounds from within.“She ruined our once good happy family…she ruined it all. I had just lost my sister, but I couldn’t mourn her properly, because I was too broken at her abandoning us…but I grieved her absence”. He chuckled darkly, and I knew that was his own way of covering up how he felt.“I had tried looking for her, hoping all night for her to come back, but it was a vain hope. My father, a once reputable Alpha, became a lost cause”. I stroked his torso gently,
Raven PovI hummed faintly in my throat as I walked to the quarters where Daphne stayed. She had been too down these past days, after Alpha Vaughan’s outburst, blaming her for Fia’s condition. I couldn’t help but feel that she was going through all this because of me.She came here because of me, and she had been trying so hard helping me with practicing my gifts, but it was hard, when someone didn’t have the same thought as me.She had hinted on going back to where she came from, but I had dissuaded her. She had no one and I wished she could find her mate in RedMoon, so all thought about leaving would vanish from her mind. On getting to her room, I noticed the door was ajar. I had checked the training field before coming here, but she wasn’t there. I moved close to the door, hearing some faint sounds from the room.Opening the door I gasped in shock. Daphne was on tiptoes as she clung helplessly to Hank as they kissed, unaware of my presence. “I’m…I’m sorry for coming here”. I stut
Raven povHe smiled at me like I’m some kind of present he had been waiting for ages. Does he know me before? He looked like someone who had barely reached his twenties. “If you try any kind of games here, I will crush you”. Alpha Vaughan said, going closer to him, but I held him back.“He can’t hurt me, when he is chained”. I muttered staring at him, and his lips rose up in a faint smile. “He doesn’t seem like someone who is one of them”. I said, after Alpha Vaughan explained, why he was locked up. He seemed too young for him to be part of the group. “My stature can be deceiving at times, but that isn’t a criteria for you to think I’m incapable of things”. He was quite eloquent, and bold for someone who had been placed in confinement. “How old are you?”. I asked curiously. “Twenty three, I’m Clay”. He said, looking at his fingernails as if he had no problem in the world. He was way smaller than I had thought he wouldn’t be. “Why do you work them? Were you forced?”. It didn’t ma
Vaughan PovShit! I ran after Raven holding her hands in mine, but as our hands touched I felt an electrifying wave through me.“What the hell?!”. I unclasped my hands from her. She had used her powers n me. “Stay away from me, and do not touch me!”. She snapped angrily, her eyes more grayier than ever. She was beyond mad at me. She walked away, and I had no option than to stay rooted to the ground at her command. “So you marked her?”. I thought you vowed never to be mated to anyone no matter what happens, what happened to that vow?”. Jora said moving to stand beside.“Look, Jora I knew clearly why you are back, but it would be good for you to just forget about our past, and move on”. “I did, I forgot that you were once mated to me, I forget all of the good memories we had, I truly did, but what did you do?”. Her eyes were more rounder.“You got rebounded with someone, who you shouldn’t have gotten close with, and to top it all you even marked her!”. Her voice was in octaves. I cou
Vaughan pov“Let her be”. I heard Jora said, but I grabbed her by her neck slamming her to the wall. “I don’t know what you are up to, but if you play any silly games with me or Raven, I will forget we ever knew each other and kill you”. I saw the fear in her eyes. I doubt she would take my warning serious, but it wasn’t an empty threat on my part. I searched our room, after being to the hospital in hopes she she would be there with Jade, but she wasn’t there. I got to Gale’s house, but when I saw her tending to her flowers alone. Fia smiled, dusting her soiled hands together, when she noticed my presence. I could see the dark circles around her eyes.“I thought Raven was here, you can continue with your…”. I didn’t know why I felt uncomfortable talking to her. We hadn’t have a proper conversation after the loss of her baby.“You don’t need to feel awkward, I’m fine”. She said, smiling. I wondered how she was able to put the past behind easily. People just didn’t move on that easil
Vaughan Pov“I hate you. I really hate you”. She blurted out, continuously, and began to hit my chest with her fists. From the way she breathed I knew she was crying, although I couldn’t see her tears as it mixed with the rain on her face. “She doesn’t have any right to touch you! She doesn’t!” She yelled, her voice cracking, and I swallowed a hard lump in my throat knowing it was all my fault. My mind had been somewhere else, when Jora got close to me. “I know, and I’m sorry”. I whispered, and pulled her to my chest. “I really hate you”. She whispered against my chest. I knew she meant the opposite of what she said, but I kept quiet, and allowed her to vent out her anger. I slowly pressed my lips against her cold lips, and I felt her eagerness, as if she had been waiting all day for it, her skittish hands roamed around my chest, before it wrapped around my shoulder. I pulled away, when we became breathless. The rain had increased. We needed to get out of the rain. “Shall we go
Raven pov“So…are you and Hank, are you like together?”. I asked Daphne, while I munched on my snack. I hadn’t had the time to ask her about it ever since I caught her making out with Hank.“No!”. She quickly refuted, rolling her eyes in disgust.“Then why did you kiss him?”. I asked curiously.“That’s because he wanted to kiss me, and I agreed to it, as simple as that”. It was hard to believe her words. I felt she was ashamed about it, not after she discovered Hank had never stuck to one woman. “Okay…enough talk about Hank. Who will be attending the mating ball?”. Jade asked, merrily. Her eyes focused on Daphne. “When is it?”. I asked.“Two days time”. “I guess…my presence won’t be needed there”. I muttered knowing the mating ball was for unmated wolves, and I had never attended one before, so It didn’t interest me.“Daphne, what about you? You should attend, you never can tell you could get lucky and get mated to one of our handsome men”. Jade said, but Daphne shook her head imm
Vaughan pov “The Mating ball is already in full swing, don’t you plan on attending?”. Gale asked, as he strolled lazily into the office.“Hank can handle things in my stead”. I said, scanning through the paperwork on the desk. There had been a lot of work to do these past few days, and concerning myself with the mating ball that was meant for unmated wolves wasn’t something I wanted to indulge myself in. In the past I showed up for formality's sake as the Alpha.“You think he might find his mate tonight?”. I turned my gaze to his, surprised at his question.“We all know Hank isn’t attending the ball to find his mate, but rather looking for anyone that appeals to him”. Hank had never missed the mating ball for anything. To him that was a self made opportunity to play around with the ladies. “Jora is around, along with Daphne who he has been so into these days. The moon goddess might be good to him today, and finally give a mate”. Gale said, pursing his lips. “You didn’t attend your
Vaughan pov“Wolf?”. I asked, confirming if I heard right. How could a wolf be responsible for causing chaos in my pack all this while?.“She is a wolf, take a look at her claws, exactly like that of ours”. Riev said, pointing at her claws, which peeked out no matter how she tried to hide it, under her shirt. “This is crazy”. I muttered, unable to believe my eyes. She was a fucking damn wolf! “Then how had she been able to kill them just like that without any injury”. For all I knew as Wolves we can’t be able to kill our enemies without using our animal form. “Spells and maybe poison, which kills in minutes”. Riev said, but I doubt poison had killed them that fast. “The male witch must have given her some spells to make use of, and trained her to kill easily, even though she is not a witch”. Never in my entire existence had I heard about wolves being trained as witches to kill their kind. “What would be your gain helping them against your very own kind?”. I asked. “Money? Power?
Raven povI released a deep sigh, my shoulders slacking, as I saw Riev burst into the room. “Shit! Raven…”. Riev said, scanning the room, and in a few seconds he was accompanied by Alpha Vaughan. I rolled my eyes seeing their worried faces.“…Are you okay?”. Alpha Vaughan rasped as he got to where I stood, his eyes flashed to the huddled lady on the floor, then back to mine. “Let’s get out of here first”. He began pulling me out of the room. Riev appeared on my left as he scrutinized me, checking for any injuries on my body. “Chill, you guys!”. I yelled, backing away from them. “Can’t you guys see what happened here?”. I asked, gesturing at the mess in the room, before I pointed at the lady who was on the floor behind me. “That is why you need to leave the room for a while”. Alpha Vaughan said, holding me by my arm.“But how the fuck did she get in?”. Riev asked, his eyes on her. “She is the one who has been…?”. Alpha Vaughan didn’t have to finish his question, before I understoo
Raven pov A few days later…“Raven! Wake up!”. Alpha Vaughan’s voice frantically stirred me awake, but when I opened my eyes I noticed from outside that everywhere was still pitch dark. His warm palms went to my cheeks, but I pulled away from him, angry that he had interrupted my sleep. I wasn't even bright yet.“It's still dark, I want to sleep some more”. I said, adjusting my body comfortably on the bed, to continue sleeping, but his next words cleared all traces of sleep from my eyes. “There is another victim. Gale just linked me”. His voice was lower than usual. “Is the person dead?”. I asked immediately. “Don’t know, but the witch is here, and might attack another person”. “I need to go help”I said, my legs already on the floor. I needed to be out there to stop whoever it was.I rummaged through the closet for something decent to wear. The urge to make sure there wasn’t another victim was the only thing on my mind, and if I’m lucky enough I might catch the person.“Raven, R
Vaughan povI couldn't understand why she was directing her anger at only me, when it was Riev who had opted to hide everything from her from the very beginning.“I knew it was odd seeing the both of you getting along so quickly, and acting as allies”. She said, her gray hues hard on mine, as she got to where I sat, totally ignoring her brother as if he didnt exist. “I want to hear everything, and you shouldn’t leave anything out”. She said, “Why are you mad at only me? You heard everything right? Riev was the one who said we shouldn’t inform you”. I muttered, but her expression didn’t change a bit. “Riev is my brother, he has known me for almost all my life, it has always been his duty to try and protect me from any harm, because he thinks as he is older than me, I would always be in danger, and I understand that. It’s going to be like that for life even though I’m mated to you.But you are my mate, and no matter what happens I’m stuck with you for life also, and being mates we ar
Vaughan povHe was still as cocky as hell, but I kept my cool. I had something of more importance than arguing with him at the moment. “Have a seat”. I said. I was expecting him to at least refuse, but he surprised me, and plopped down on the chair opposite me. “I get it, you are trying hard to piss me off, but to let you know I was doing something important, before you asked for me”. He said, scratching his chin, as he narrowed his eyes at me. “Something like what? Like training with Jade?”. I asked coyly, and I noticed the surprise on his face, before it was quickly replaced by amusement. “You think I’m into her, just because I talk to her or train with her every other day?”. He scoffed.“Then what is your plan with her? When you hang around a lady for that long you tend to get attached”. I said. I knew that the possibility of him and Jade having a thing was a slim chance, but things could change and I had experienced it with Jora which made her think I loved her in the past.“
Riev pov“You look like you will need some hand”. I said to Jade, who was a few feet away from me. She had been struggling to lift up dumbbells that were meant for the males. “Butt out”. She snapped, I wondered how she thought she could lift that. Even if she could, it would hurt her shoulders. I watched her for a while as she struggled, and eventually she managed to carry it up using all her might. Her eyes flashed to mine, and I saw a triumphant smile on her face, but it didn’t last for up to five seconds, when the weight of the dumbbell pulled her forward. I caught her right on time, before she fell flat on her face. The dumbbell fell to the ground, as she panted heavily, resting on me. “Do you plan on ruining your pretty face? Because trust me it wouldn’t look good after contacting that hard ground”. I said, my arms still wrapped around her waist. She felt small compared to how I had thought she would feel in my arms, but she was toned well for a doctor. “Let go of me”. She s
Raven pov“Let go of him Riev, he didn’t mean any harm to me!”. I yelled, and before I realized it Alpha Vaughan was by my side, his face was etched in fury. I knew talking to him to stop Riev would be futile. His anger matched Riev. I tried to go to Riev, but Alpha Vaughan held me back. Riev’s hand tightened around his neck, as blood still poured from his nose. “Please…spare him…please”. She fell on her knees, as she pleaded. It seemed her pleas were just mere air, for Alpha Vaughan didn’t spare a glance. She was a blinded fool in love. I felt raw anger, aimed at her, and the person who was her so called mate. She didn’t deserve all these from him, and to top it all she still pleaded for him. “I’m…I’m with his child. If he dies, who will be the father of my unborn child? I prefer him alive than dead”. She wailed. My eyes rested on her stomach, and I saw a small bump there. It was almost unnoticeable. “Do you think your unborn child will want to have a father like him?”. I asked,
Raven pov“I never knew something like this existed here”. I said in awe, looking at the grassland filled with different livestock animals. I was surprised to discover Alpha Vaughan had a big farm where animals were reared. I saw some workers, who were tending to the animals. “Found a favorite spot for your leisure time?”. Fia teased. She knew me too well. “Don’t know, never worked on a farm before”. I gestured at the animals walking around. They were demarcated by a short fence. I was used to seeing wild animals on number of times in the woods. “Might be tedious at times, but it’s definitely be worth it”. She said, stroking the neck of a cow, which was close to the fence.Getting our sight filled with the animals, we headed back. Almost at the house, I didn’t know when my body gently brushed a lady coming from the opposite direction.She raised her bent head up and quickly apologized, then began to walk faster. Her face was familiar. It wasn’t the familiarity that struck me but
Vaughan Pov “Where are we heading to?”. Raven asked, her curious gray hues, shining up at me. “You will soon find out”. I said, and smiled lovingly at her. She seemed more lively, and bubbly than her usual self. I knew her brother’s presence was the reason. The past week had been the absolute best, even though I had been so much busy work I had spare time to spend with her. Maybe the thoughts of losing her, made me realize how much she meant to me. The council’s visit the previous day wasn't what I had expected. They exceeded my expectations. Asking me to reject Raven, as if she was replaceable. I knew Dorian was a shithole, but he had acted fast, sending them over. Since Riev wanted to exert his revenge on him, the ball was in his court. Riev would be a tool I would use to end him.“Are we heading to Minka’s place?”. She asked, realizing we were going there. “Why are we going there? Did something happened?”. She bombarded me with question, her eyes curious.“Well, remember she