Raven’s Pov Raven’s Pov “Don’t go”. I ignored my older brother and moved to our small dresser, and began spraying a black hair dye over the part of my hair that was filled with specks of white hair, concealing the hues. “Dorian, that bastard wouldn’t hesitate to kill you if he finds you in his packhouse…”.He never addresses Alpha Dorian by his title, but that was less of my concern at the moment. We need money Alpha Dorian was celebrating the birth of his pup. It’s a good opportunity. “I will be fine, you worry too much”. Sometimes I wish he wasn’t older than me, so I could have the upper hand in my life decisions. “I hate all of this, I hate the fact that we are hybrids. I wish I wasn’t stuck here like this, I just… I fucking hate everything”. He rattled out in frustration, as he gestured towards his injured left leg that was rotting away due to lack of proper treatment. I couldn’t help It as I moved to where he laid on the bed, he always acted tough, but not today, because I
Raven’s POV “She stole flour”. Someone said For some reason my eyesight made it to the person. Della? I avoided her gaze. How could I even evade her in her own home? She was the only sister of Alpha Dorian, and the one who had rejected Riev in the past. I felt her eyes lingered on me for a while. I hate that she was happy. Riev had to bear with the emotional pain of her rejection. “A thief? Who dares to steal on such a joyous occasion?”. “I’m not a thief…I’m just here to work, my brother is injured and needs treatment”. I explained immediately, turning towards her direction, seeking her understanding, but I doubt it would make any difference. “Today is a special occasion, so I won’t kill anyone today. Guards! Hold her down”. I was roughly seized up by two men on each side, their grip rougher than the girls. “I’m innocent…please let me explain”. Then I saw the kitchen head move backwards as another set of girls came forward, and pulled my gown upwards almost to my hips. But wh
Vaughan’s Pov My eyes took in the crowded hall, where Dorian’s party took place. I hate everything about the damn party, but it was a sacrifice I had to make for being here. Dorian was a dimwit to believe I was here for his darn celebration, when I had important things to attend to. As I scanned the huge hall feeling anxious all of a sudden, I felt a pair of eyes on me. It was Dorian’s mate. I wondered why she gawked at me so shamelessly, when her mate was right close to her. “There are so many boring females here”. Hank, my Omega whispered beside me, disrupting my thoughts. His eyes peered around for anyone that caught his interest. “For once keep your blazing dick to yourself”. I muttered, as I watched the dancers perform on the stage. A sweet scent hit my nostrils. It was so faint for me not to even have perceived it. I turned around instantly, searching through the crowd in the hall, as I tried to discern where the scent came from. “At last! Someone to make up for this shi
Vaughan‘She is mine!’. I could already feel the tips of my sharp claws digging into my palms. All logical thoughts evade me, until something nicked my mind. I halted my steps instantly. I tried everything within me not to go after them. ‘No, we won’t do anything’. I said calmly after the few longest seconds I had ever experienced. It seems he had forgotten about our rule. I wouldn’t fight over her. That would be my last fight, if I ever did.‘I don’t give a fuck about our damn rules! I want her! She is mine’. I could feel his jealousy, and I wouldn’t deny it, I felt the same.I had rejected two mates in the past, on my own terms, and it would be the same with hers, but wouldn’t be necessary with her. ‘Let me out! I must get out!’. I resisted against Zane. Just as I was about to turn around, I saw the men after her earlier had already surrounded them. Four against two, they had no chance against them. I turned around ready to leave, but heard a gut wrenching scream. I turned aroun
Raven Shooting pains woke me up. Every movement I made caused me great discomfort. The brightness of the room made me close my eyes almost immediately. I was able to move my hands, but it hurts like hell. I tried to sit up from the bed, then realized I was cladless as the blanket exposed my bare upper body. I quickly pulled it up. Where are my clothes?. I held my head with one hand, as one leg made it to the floor. “Good to see you awake”. I heard a gruff voice. I shifted my gaze to the door. A pair of dark golden eyes pierced into mine. Had he been here all along?. My eyes widened immediately, as I realized he had seen me half naked. I felt my cheeks flushed slightly. What is wrong with me?. His muscular shoulders rested on the wall close to the door, as he continued scrutinizing me like a hawk. I felt like a small prey under his gaze. He left the wall, and began to saunter towards me, I held the blanket around me a little tighter. It took everything within me not to cower b
VaughanShit shit shit. ‘How could you mark her?!’. I screamed at Zane. As I cradled her limp frame in my arms. I was quick to hold her before she hit the rocky ground. Her neck where I had marked her was bleeding profusely. I eased out of my shirt and used it to keep pressure on the wound. Fear crept slowly into my heart. It was different from the one I had, when I saw her at the edge of the cliff.‘I did it for us! She could have jumped off the cliff, if I hadn’t done something!’. Zane clarified. I kept quiet. He was right, she could have jumped off the cliff, if I hadn't intervened at the right time. I mind linked Jade, the pack doctor, as I hurried through the mountains back to the packhouse. My eyes were locked on her chest to ensure she was still breathing. Her warm body was getting colder and paler with every passing minute. Marking her was the last thing I wanted, but Zane just had to complicate everything. I should have known I would lose my control over him not when it c
“That is not possible”. I muttered, shaking my head. I had seen her wolf before. In fact no one could ever forget that sight in their lifetime. “That’s just my speculation, because I can’t feel her wolf”. My gaze went to my mate’s face and moved back to hers. I held her gaze, and said with certainty.“She has her wolf, she shifted right in front of my eyes”. Excluding the part about the rare color of her wolf. “Are you sure?”. She asked doubts visible in her eyes. “Of course, I saw it very clearly”. She heaved a heavy sigh, as her left hand made its way to her wounded neck. Her bleeding seemed to have stopped. That was a good sign.“This is strange…her body is…is clearly rejecting your bond, and her body is very weak”. She whispered her last sentence as she stood upright, her expression suddenly grave.“What is it?”. I didn’t beat around the corners. I understood the look in her eyes, she was hiding something from me. “She is really a fierce one, only on rare occasions do people s
RavenShuffle sounds made me cognizant of my own existence. I moved my stiff arms then my fingers touched my neck. My eyes widened in terror, as I vividly recalled what had happened to me. He marked me! Why would he mark me?! Surely I wasn’t his…“I’m sorry for…for disturbing you”. A scared voice interrupted my line of thoughts. It was a young girl, with an apron tied around her waist. She was obviously cleaning the room, before I woke up. Her head was bent downwards, as she avoided my eyes. “It’s…it’s okay”. I mumbled, discovering she was tense, because of my presence. She scurried out of the room, not sparing me a glance. My eyes scanned the room, and I realized I was in another room. It was bigger, and more luxurious than the previous one they had placed me in.Immediately I knew whose room I was in. Tears of frustration instantly filled my eyes. Why can’t he just let me be?! I quickly dashed my tears away, and sat up gently, wincing at the pain all over my body. Killing myself
Vaughan PovI stood outside the room of where she was being treated, trying to keep my head as cool headed as possible, but it was futile as fury ran through my entire being. I was most especially angry at myself, I should have left her there, but I knew I wouldn’t be able to do that. I had a conscience to begin with. I had hit her with the car so I had to take responsibility for it.I hate, but her dying at my own hands was something I didn’t want to happen. She had hurt me in the past, and I didn’t want anything to do with her. I had told her to stay away from here the last time she showed up but she was here again. Jade had told me she lost a lot of blood, and I had made that available. “She will be okay. I just overreacted before”. I turned around to meet Riev’s eyes. I didn’t know if I should also be mad at him, for mistaking that she was dead, when he didn’t check well.“Why did she have to fucking run in front of my car?!”. I yelled, at my wits end. I hated this. It had been a
Vaughan pov “Shit! Will you wake up now, unless we will fucking lose our lives”. I heard a frantic voice screaming in my ears. It was fucking loud.I felt like my body was stuck in a hole. It was hard for me to move my body around. Every little movement felt like I was about to be ripped in shreds. “Hey! Open your fucking eyes! You promised Raven. What the hell will I tell her”. Riev was here?What the hell was he doing here? He touched me, but it felt like I being pierced by something sharp. “Ouch! Fuck man! Don’t touch me”. I forced the words out, amidst the pain all over my body. “You are alive”. I heard the relief in his voice. Immediately that was when I opened my eyes, remembering how our car had plunged into this path. It only meant we had been out for about an hour now. I tried to move my legs but it was stuck. Shit! The sun was already down.“What the hell happened?”. I asked stiffly. It felt like my head was about to split into two. I stretched forth my hand, in front m
Raven Pov “Come on”. I heard a gruff voice said to me, as I was nudged forward, through a series of hallways, before I came out in an open space filled with people. How did I get here? “They are waiting for you, you don’t need to be afraid”. He said. I turned around, and my eyes landed on the male witch. How did he do it? I was in the kitchen just now, with Elsie. “I’m just in your head, so play along”. He whispered. I flinched backwards, but he held me tight. “You can’t run away from here, until I let you go”. He continued as if reading my mind. “Come see what I have for you”. At his words I couldn’t even fight it, as my legs followed him. How could he control my body?As we got to the stage, I noticed the way people around bowed their heads at us. I looked below the stage, and saw the crowd, who cheered at us. What the hell was happening?“Everything here belongs to you”. I heard the voice in my head. I peered at him, and knew he was the one that said that to me. “I don’t belon
Raven pov “How has she been?”. I stared at the pale young lady, sleeping on the hospital‘s bed. “She has hardly been eating ever since she was brought here”. The nurse answered. He had allegedly been a spy for Dorian for years. I could now understand why I had seen him in Dark Valley, even though he was my mate at that time. “Doesn’t she have any family around?”. Fia asked, moving forward to take a look at her.“No one came around to check on her?”. I asked, but she shook her head. I stared at her, and I saw how gaunt she looked. She had tried to kill herself a few days ago, that was the reason she was here. The bump on her stomach was visible. She didn’t think of her unborn child, and resulted in killing herself. “What about her baby, is it…?”. “I’m not sure, but the baby…the probability of it surviving is pretty slim, she had been under stress even before all this”. I nodded my head in understanding. I wondered how her life had been before her mate was caught. I knew she had
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.“