Lyra's POVAsher knelt down on one knee in front of me, I had no idea what he was planning to do but I was honestly expecting the worst.He leaned into me slowly, his smell was affecting my senses making me feel very drowsy like I had not been crying a few minutes ago. He brought his lips dangerously close to my skin and I was forced to remember how soft they felt and how amazing they were against my own lips.I heard him swallow.It seems as much as I was affected, he was too and I liked it so much. I liked it so much that I had momentarily forgotten about what was going on, about what he was planning to do to me."I have seen how your mother treats you," he whispered into my ear.I was totally lost in how his breath caressed my skin that I wasn't even paying attention to what he was saying. I was feeling shivers all around my body and I knew it wasn't the appropriate reaction to such a threat but I couldn't help it, my body desired him and I could not help it."What are you thinki
Asher's POV"What are you thinking about?" I had asked her when my lips were dangerously hanging beside her ear. I had moved closer to her to make the threat regarding her mother because I knew it was somewhat private, not everybody could know of the problems she had at home. Whether or not she was a deceitful bitch, I was still somehow considerate.Maybe this issue with her started because of her mother's neglect or the hateful words she used to address her daughter.However, it was when I found my lips next to her ear, my skin almost touching hers did I realize that it was a bad idea to have moved closer to her.My heart was racing and I could feel her shuddering as well. It seemed I wasn't the only one feeling affected by what was going on.However, I was angry at how my body was reacting. It was just sex, I knew it was just sex, she wasn't my mate, I shouldn't feel this way for her. My body should not be reacting the way it was.I couldn't do anything about it but it didn't help
Lyra's POVJust like Devlin wanted, I walked behind them, with my head bent and my confidence stolen away from me.But the thing is, something cannot be taken from you when you never once had it.It was funny how this day turned out to be. If I had known, I would have never left my room this morning. I would've refused to help them clean up because that was what led to this quagmire that I was in.I have lost my freedom and I was being taken as a slave, even worse, as Asher's slave.I knew he wasn't as terrible as he made himself out to be but I knew the hatred burning in him towards me could morph him into something else, something extremely unrecognizable.I had nothing to say and no tears to cry anymore. I couldn't even rely on my mother to rescue me because she wouldn't. She would sell me off to Asher in return for a smile from him.I was unimportant to her and so she wouldn't think twice about selling me off.I shuddered lightly, I had been crying for a while now and my body was
Lyra's POVI could see in her eyes the shock that she couldn't even try to hide. She was looking at me like I had said something that I shouldn't have, like I was making up stories that were too dangerous.But the fright and surprise in her eyes were too much to be ignored, I had never seen her like that. She was a cruel mother to me and she didn't even try to hide that she didn't care about me. I have seen several parts of her the world was blinded to, I have seen her in differents lights, I had tried to understand why a mother would ever treat her daughter that way, sometimes, I believed that I was a mistake that I was nothing more than the thing she looked upon one day and hated and regretted so intensely.I had seen her angry, hungry, happy even though it was on rare occasions, I have seen parts of her that nobody on this earth knew about.However, the expression on her face was new and I couldn't find the right word to describe it. It looked like she was surprised and at the same
Asher's POV.After I ensured for the nth time that everything needed for the marking ceremony on my part was perfectly arranged and in order just like Devlin's mother had asked for, I decided to go on a search to find Devlin.I hated how we stopped talking, we would have cleared the air and stopped the stupid fight, but her mother had interrupted us and it would've been quite rude if I had taken Devlin away by myself.Her mother had nothing against me, it pleased her that I was the aloha of my pack and she obviously wouldn't want her daughter to grow up into a woman that married a man of lesser I status than she was, if anything, she was supposed to go higher.I was lucky, other than the fact that she was my mate, I was also the alpha of my pack and I had won the contest for Devlin's heart. I knew her mother would obviously approve of me from day one but I couldn't abuse it. I still needed to know my place.I walked around the silver moon pack for a while hoping to find Devlin so I co
Asher's POVI looked at her, I was beyond stunned by her words. It was a grievous assumption she was making. After deceiving me into sleeping with her, I could hardly believe she would go ahead and call herself my mate.I was furious. I couldn't believe that this was someone I had felt pity for a few minutes ago, it was shocking that she could say something like that.I never thought of the possibility of her harboring such ideas in her head. But as I began to think further, I finally understood her only goal for deceiving me. She wanted power.Power she thought I could offer her when it was next to impossible, my mate was Devlin and this girl wanted more than she was getting. She was probably envious of Devlin and so wanted to have Devlin's life. She wanted everything that Devlin owned and that included me.I couldn't even look at her. I was honestly disgusted at how someone could possibly be thinking this way. What could she probably be thinking?She must've thought she had every
Lyra's POVAsher looked completely shocked as I said those words. To be honest, I wasn't planning on dropping itnon him like this, I wamted more proof because if I didn't bring something solid he would think of me as a crazy person whonwas obsessed with him.I was obsessed with him but it wasn't up to me. I wasn't the one who weaved our destinies. He became my mate all of a sudden and it was too much for me to bare. Everything was too much for me to bear but I had nothing else to do but toncarry the weight of having a mate who was mated to someone else.As those words left my mouth I was instantly filled with regret. I wantedngo take it all back but unfortunately, it was out there now. I only knew he waa my mate but I had no idea if i was his mate, there was nothing tl orove my claim and of course he woukd think i was delirious and very stupid.He woukd be right if he thought so. I was ashamrd at how desperate I seemed. I should've just dropped jt. I knew he would never accept me as
Lyra's POVWhen my butt collided with the earth, I was suddenly pushed into reality. It dawned on me like never before that Asher would never believe my words, Asher would never see me as a human, much less his mate. He was disgusted at the sight of me and everything about me irks him.I saw it in his eyes as he looked at me, he didn't even try to help me up, instead he just stared at me like falling down was my fault. Like I was the one who had brought it all on my head.Maybe I really was at fault. I had done something so stupid, I had opened my mouth and poured out the truth I was keeping to myself, to Asher who didn't care about me. Asher who blamed me for everything.I was truthfully stupid.It was my fault. I had kept to myself, if i had walked away from him, or even kept my mouth shut and just took the rare pity he was offering me, maybe none of this could've happened.Maybe my life wouldn't be the shitshow it was now.Asher was standing before me, and he looked at me with a w