ClarissaThe night of the day before my birthday passed in a blur. If the demon who haunted my dreams had visited me and said something, I did not recall it.I only remembered being dragged to bed and then being woken up by a group of people who just stormed into our room singing ‘Happy Birthday'Sleepy eyed, I nodded as my pack members, and my family greeted us both. I noticed that though everybody else was present, Jake was absent.I bit my lip nervously and decided to look for him.Talia and everybody else was busy talking so I just slinked out of the room, pretending that I needed to get fresh air.It was early morning so the first thing I did was walk toward the training ground but Jake was not there. I asked a few trainees who were doing some exercises, but they had not seen Jake either.Feeling confused, I decided to give him a call while roaming all around the territory, thinking of the places I could find him.His phone was ringing but he did not pick up either. A certain gui
ClarissaThis was getting very dark and we both felt increasingly nervous.“Your dad had been killed by the demon and his dark energy so his soul and his body were tainted. Though the Goddess purified it to the best of her ability, she could not completely rid him of the mark.”I looked at my father, the soft-hearted man I had known all my life.I could just not believe that he had been touched by a demon, killed, and was living with us all our life with that burden.“So?”I asked in a dreadful voice.“So, we are not sure but we fear that the negative and dark energy might have been passed on to either of you. And that it might affect you in some way or another.”“Wait a second.”I said as I tried to process the information.“So, you mean that our wolves would be bad or that we might awaken a devil or I don’t know we might start killing people?”I was horrified by either of the thoughts.“No, that is not what we fear.” Dad tried to calm us down as he got down on his knees and sat befo
DacreI completed his thought and Silas nodded his head.But why attack our people when they did nothing? We are neither demon worshippers nor our people in any way involved in the missions.“Where was Alpha Thaddeus again? He had gone to some meeting with an alpha here in the south, right?”Silas asked and I decided to give my father a call. I very rarely gave him a call and those times were only for work. But this incident had to be put on his ears. Hence, I gave him a call and to my horror, I felt the ring nearby.That could not be. My father was with a group of close confidants and he was traveling somewhere south.As we both ran in the direction of the sound, we saw that it was coming from the guesthouse which we had built to let esteemed guests stay comfortably at the night.Silas and I exchanged a look and we slowly approached the guesthouse. As we climbed the small flight of stairs, I felt that something was off.I gave a call again but I heard a recording saying that the pho
I said, casting a sideway glance at dad. He had planned a big bash for us and our Awakening that I was not sure if was going to happen at all.Talia who had been silent all this time asked,“So does that mean I won't find my prince charming today?”Uncle Garold chuckled as he answered, “What is the rush? You can just see all handsome men throw themselves at your feet while you casually turn them down.”“Sounds fun” Talia replied and the tension in the room dispersed. We all walked away from the office as Talia dragged me to our room to get ready.“Now where is that dress you bought for yourself?”She asked as she rummaged through our bags and found the dress she was looking for.“Oh what a beauty.”Talia said as she took the dress in her hand.“You saw me wear that in the store”I rolled my eyes but she only shooed me away.“Go wash your face and let us get ready.”I reluctantly went and turned on the water. I let the cool water splash on my skin and attempted to drown the discussion
ClarissaMy heart skipped a beat when I saw a handsome young man walk in through the crowd.He was wearing a black tux and his eyes were glued to me.For a second, it felt as if there was nobody in this world, except him and I.All the other voices, sounds, and exciting chattering died down as his eyes locked on me. He was walking in and the crowd automatically stepped aside to give way to him.His eyes raked me, devoured me and I tried not to shiver. He was looking at me with his eyes on fire as if he was going to eat me then and there.They held so much passion and so much desire that I thought I should run away and disappear from the face of the earth. The temperature seemed to suddenly shoot up as I started to sweat.I saw the way his eyes roamed over me, lazying over the curves and stopping at my breasts and cleavage longer than necessary before his gaze started traveling up.It settled on my lips and he met my eyes just for a fleeting second before dipping back to my lips.I fel
ClarissaI turned around and saw Jake looking at us with a raised eyebrow.The boy who was holding my hand promptly let go of me as he tried to speak to me again.“So as I was saying, would you like to visit our pack sometime? We have a nice spot to hang out”I gave him an awkward smile and replied, “I am quite happy here, no thanks”He wanted to try talking to me again but Jake intervened.“If the girl wants to be left alone, I advise you to do that”Jake’s face was contorted in fury which I am not sure was directed at me or elsewhere.The boy stopped trying to talk to me and left as the girl tailed him, probably to complete whatever they had started.An awkward silence surrounded us so I tried to small talk.“You were not there at the cake cutting?”I asked and waited for him to reply. He was looking anywhere but at me.I felt that he would not even answer for a while but then he did.“I had to take patrol duty as we have a lot of guests. I did not want any rogue attacks while peopl
Dacre“No, she is mine”I snarled and flung off the boy who was leaning on Clarissa. It was only later that I noticed that I had seen him earlier.The boy fell behind and Clarissa gasped, “Dacre, what are you doing?”She looked at me like I was a predator and maybe I was.Because she looked so fucking sexy in that off shoulder dress of hers. The way they had styled her made her look like a diva and I wanted to take that dress off her, slowly as I nibbled on her skin.Her eyes flew wide as she saw me turn around and raise my hand to throw a fist at the boy.“Listen, Jack, just stop chasing my girl”I said and he spat, “She is not your girl and my name is Jake”I shrugged and replied, “Jack and Jake sound the same to me.”I was about to punch him but a soft hand went around mine, stopping me.I was not surprised by the strength but the touch that sent shivers down my spine and made my dick rock hard.I had tried so hard to forget this girl but the way I had seen Jake offer a ring to her
ClarissaI gasped when I felt him gently put his hand on mine. I turned to look at him but he only smiled at me deviously.“Be a good girl”He whispered and I shuddered.The people around us were talking so I pretended to be interested in their conversation. But I was hyperaware of his hand squeezing mine. His rough callused fingers gently brushed mine, tracing loose circles on my skin.Anticipation began to build in me as I felt that his hand would just not stay on mine. And soon enough, he did stop squeezing my fingers and began to trace loose circles on my leg. The thin fabric of my dress was between my skin and his fingers.Yet he made no move of removing the barrier right away. “So, what are you guys talking about?”Dacre jumped in the conversation and the girls were particularly delighted to be spoken to. They adjusted their hair and replied excitedly.“We were just discussing the day when we would turn eighteen. And what type of wolves we think we might awaken.”The blond hair
I spoke and Venzara stopped making Mary slap herself. “Fine. well, they were a notorious specimen to instigate and their leader was particularly hard to coax but I managed to throw the blame on them by filling their heads with awful things about those in power. I wanted Klout and the other four guardians out of power so that I could reign single handedly.” Klout yelled loudly, “Just take her away from my eyes or I will kill her right here and right now.” He was teeming with anger. All of us had been fooled by a single woman- a power hungry, ruthless woman. Not demons not witches but one of us. Then Mary again shuddered and I felt the silky dress of Venzara brush against me as MAry howled, “What? What is happening? Why am I being held by the guards? Sir, the boys are at fault?” Mary cried as Venzara chuckled beside me. Klout slapped Mary hard and spoke, “You are going to be executed for your crimes. Take her away from my sight.” He barked and then also instructed the guards t
DacreHer earlier pitiful voice was replaced by her usual smug and arrogant expression for a while.“That was for what you did to my sister. Yes, my sister was one of the women you murdered and I have been keeping an eye on you ever since then.”Mary raised her hand to slap Mrs. Bryant as we all simply stared at the revelation, too confused to understand what was going on.A familiar voice spoke in my head, “Sorry, but this woman just drove me out of this hag’s body by startling me.”I scoffed.So, even the demoness could be startled.That was why Mary’s expression had suddenly changed.But then it went back to being all sorry and pitiful yet again as Mary continued, “Yes, I deserve all the hate. I have done awful things to get into power. At first, I wanted to be luna but Thaddeus was too dumb to take notice of me. He was busy fucking around women so that played in my favor. But then I realized he was not respected much so when one of the other elders of the pack got suspicious of me
DacreShe then turned to us, “what matters is what punishment you would give to these boys for violating dozens of our laws and putting the lives of every werewolf in jeopardy.”Mary droned on and on while I tried hard to maintain a stoic expression.My eyes flicked to Silas who was staring at her with a murderous expression.He mind linked to me, “how long are we going to sit quietly and let her sing hymns of our glorious betrayal to the werewolf kind?”I let out a sigh, “I want to find out if the council head is in this too.”“I mean yeah he is a shithead but would he really be involved in it?”Silas asked and I shrugged, “you never know”We fell silent as Mary presented her case in front of Klout who looked down at us with distaste.“Do you have anything to plead guilty to? I will not be impartial to you. It is against the council’s belief in fair justice.”I got up from the ground and looked him straight in the eye.“I and Silas were chosen for this mission from the get go and so
DacreSilas gave me an understanding look,“I think she mixed something in my food from time to time to make me sleep and then she would tell father of what a lazy son he had. He obviously believed her and I was caned and whipped on occasion.She told him that this was necessary for the future alpha to be strong and dominating.”“What?”This time it was Venzara who shrieked and I gave a humorless chuckle.“Yeah, I only remember bits and pieces of it. Thankfully, one elder saw her mixing something in my food and discovered it to be sleeping pills. Mary was thrown out and I never saw her again. I was too young to voice out my worries as everybody was extremely afraid of dad and his anger. Even the elders had to face his ire for whisking away Mary but somehow they got rid of her and dad just went to another woman I guess.”I completed and Silas patted my shoulder, “I…I never knew”That was all he could offer and I heard his voice crack.“I had pushed the memories of my childhood deep int
Dacre“Well, I have figured out a lot of things. Of how, you nearly killed all of the children my father had ever had, of how you poisoned those around my mother and made them abandon her, and of how you tried to take the position of luna in our pack as well.”If she was stunned by my revelation, she did not answer directly.“What rubbish? Your father asked me to be his luna, in fact, he was after me for years, begging me to take up the throne. I hear that he has still not gotten over me and goes from one brothel to another, looking for a woman to fuck or two.”She wheezed and I had a mad urge to smack her right in the face.Ignoring her accusations, I asked, “What do you know of the demon summonings? How are you involved in all of this?She drummed her fingers on a nearby tree trunk and replied, “I am an Inquisitor appointed by the Council head himself. I am here to investigate matters.”Before I could answer, Silas suddenly pointed at her and spoke, “I saw her face…in that file”Her
DacreI felt glad that I did not have to worry about Silas as Venzara and Yesmir would look after him.I increased my speed and tore through the bushes and wild patches of grass, thick shrubs, and thorny trees as the surrounding around me turned into a blur.Soon, the forest began to thin and I saw the first hint of yellow and dried grass that reached my ears.I immediately climbed a small hill to see where exactly we were. The windmill stood like a lone wolf in the distance and I let out a relieved sigh.I had been right about the direction though I had traveled there just once and that too through the road.Silas seemed to be floating in the air with a grumpy look as I feared Venzara was languidly roaming her fingers on him.I could only mind link to him and say, “Patience. We will be there in another twenty minutes or so”He only grunted in response and I stifled a chuckle as I tore through the long yellow grass.We were running through the open with no tall trees to camouflage us
DacreThe eyes looked hurt and I began walking towards a clearing a bit farther away from Silas.“Are you hungry?” I asked and she sniffed.“I don't know what to make of that reply” I answered honestly and I felt her eyes water.Damn, I had never imagined a demoness to throw a tantrum like a silly human teenage girl. But then women were a complicated species, one I had not even begun to comprehend.“Do you recall the last time I was fed?”I gave her an incredulous look. “You fucked Jake senseless. I thought that should keep you full for days”If I had meant to appease her, I managed to do the opposite.“I am not bound to Jake, I am bound to you…and Clarissa by definition.”I recalled the way Clarissa had offered her blood to Venzara who had sipped on her veins as if it was some exotic drink.“So?”“So, you both need to feed me from time to time or I have to look for nourishment elsewhere.”My eyes went wide at the thought of her and Clarissa making out.“You mean…you would…well, never
DacreThe girls left with Jake while I heard Venzara’s sigh as she neared us, both her and Yesmir were invisible but I knew she was around us.The way towards the mill was going to be a long one but we decided to simply turn into our werewolf selves and run towards the destination.I had never gone on a mission without Silas and running with him would make me feel better.Maybe his keen eyes would find out something I might have overlooked as a potential clue to the whereabouts of Mark and the other two men or maybe more occultists….and someone I wasn’t sure I wanted to meet again.I had a bag with my clothes stashed in it inside my car so I could always change into them when I reached it.With that thought, we both began walking toward the outskirts of the city so that we might change into our wolf forms and start running in our wolf forms.As we walked towards the outskirts, my phone beeped and I pulled it out of my pocket.I had received a text from Clarissa.We reached our tempora
DacreWas I a real pervert or was the demoness’ magic making me horny?No matter what was going on between the two of us, the fact remained that she was the daughter of a man who had threatened to rip me off of my title, my rights, my dream, and my pack… everything that mattered to me if I did not do as he asked.When I recalled the past, my fists clenched and I felt anger surge through me.But I threw one look at her and saw the look on her face. She seemed to be sad and lost in thought.I tried to lighten the mood as Shadow whispered of how much of a close friend she considered me to reveal her jealousy.My heart swelled with pride and something else twitched in my pants too but now was not the time to do anything.I was going to give her the sweetest experience and make her know that she was a Queen who could make any man swoon for her.And, then I thought of a wicked idea that made me rub my hands together in delight.“Is that why you were worrying about me sacrificing virgins? Ba