Selene’s POV“Not for long.” He said with so much certainty.“Why do you say so?It's not like we can go back to the pack.’’ I could not afford to be delusional at this moment. I left that pack with my life hanging by a thread, and just like everyone here, we had to make a home out of what we already have now because where we came from wasn’t conducive for living either. “I just want to fight, that's all. At least everyone here has a survival skill; it would be good if I had one. That's why I wanted to learn.”“So why did you choose Kyle to teach you, of all the wolves in the pack?”“Because he's the only one who would give me a listening ear and hasn’t accused or strangled me." His brow furrowed again, and he shifted uncontrollably on his stool. I watched as he tried to digest the weight of his act.“How many people did you ask?”I disliked the question, he was missing the point here it didn't matter who I asked what mattered was that I needed to learn how to protect myself from whate
Selene’s POV“Oh hi! Kyle.” He approached me with a wide smile and a little object in his hands. I brought the stool forward, tapping gently on it. He took a seat, and then he handed me the object he had in his hands. I unwrapped it just to see a bowl in it. It has a very smooth surface with intricate designs drawn all over it .My fingers carefully traced the line of the carving; it seemed like a bowl passed down from ancestors themselves due to the dedication used to draw things on it.“It’s so beautiful!” I exclaimed.“I made it for you; I am glad you like it.” “Oh Kyle, you are so generous." I adored the bowl again; it was too big a gift to reject. “Thanks.”"Oh, it’s nothing; it’s just the bare minimum for a lady like you.”His compliment made me blush; it was his second time giving me something so beautiful, and I could already see it as a way of expressing himself and I deeply appreciated his effort.“Never knew you were into woodwork.”“Well yes, I am. I have been making this
Selene’s POVI stood up from the chair and walked into the room. I had consumed so much information in just a day and my head was starting to feel heavy from all the thoughts going through my mind. If Lucian was going back to Alexander’s pack, then it must be worth it. He wanted to risk being seen in exchange for a moonstone.I would have suspected Alex knew about Lucian's adventure as the rogue king and both brothers had everyone fooled, but it made no sense on a long run and the more I thought about it, the more I saw how false that assumption was.Alex didn’t like to mention Lucian’s name; worse, he even accused me of sleeping with him, just to chase me out.I just hated the fact that I was placed in a constant puzzle, it was like the universe wanted to toy with my mental health.'Estel, please wake up." I muttered beneath my breath.I never really called her by her name except when I needed her desperately , but at this point in time, when everything seemed to crumble, she was the
Lucian’s POVI saw her face, she looked like an angel sent by the goddess to gaze upon me. Even though everything within me hurt, the sight of her in my room made my heart palpitate. I wanted to hold her to kiss every part of her because all along I thought I would never see her again and she would have been dead before I came back from the raid.She came to me, and I held her face. “Thanks be to the goddess.” I said out of desperation the moment she confirmed she was fine, whatever she said afterwards was a mystery; I barely heard her. I was smitten by her presence.I felt her bare skin on mine; it made me go wild. It was the most intense feeling in the world—the feeling of perceiving her pheromones and the sensation that came with being inside her.My body broke down in sweat, and with every thrust I felt my toes curl with the intensity of a lifetime. I didn’t want it to end.My incisors felt the burning sensation to mark her. I knew in my heart that I wanted to mark her, but somehow
Lucian’s POVI stood up from my seat abruptly and I walked toward the door Isn’t it too early to knock? What could she possibly need from me that was so important that she had to knock on my door?I walked over to the door and peeked through the little opening. I saw her standing with her hands held behind as she swung from side to side, a familiar view. I remembered watching her through the window after I missed language class at the pack general school and she came to ask why I didn’t come.I remembered peeking at her through the curtains of my room and just like this very moment, my hands and feet ran cold and sweaty, and my heart began to race again.“Why are you here? Don’t you have other things to do?”"No, because we are supposed to train today. Remember ?” Shit shit shit ! I shut my door and I backed against it. How did I forget about it?***“We would focus on your stamina today, so prepare to be exhausted.” I said as I cleared some of the sharp stones in the field. She see
Selene’s POVI was lying beneath Lucian's wolf, fear struck and anxious about the repercussions of falling before him, and as his wolf leaned closer to me, his breath fanning my face, I shut my eyes tight, scared for my life.Just then I felt his nose nuzzling my cheeks as tears slowly trickled down my face. He nuzzled my cheeks even more, with its soft and voluminous fur. I tried to resist, but then it wasn’t attacking me as it should.A slow yet recurring revelation announced itself to me: if he wanted to attack me, he would, and he didn't need to dry me up before he did. My eyes finally opened and I met his soft and bright gaze full of warmth. His pupils dilate with excitement as our eyes met. He moved back and I sat upright before cleaning my eyes. I watched the tree where I was supposed to run, and I stared at the wall, who was fully aware that I was closer to the tree as Lucian had commanded that I get to and he didn’t act to stop me .I pushed myself up a little to see its rea
Selene’s POVMy heart felt a lot lighter just seeing my second attempt.“You only hit its legs, but at least you caused a reaction." He went over to the woods and pulled out the dagger, then he handed it to me, his lips still stretched in a smile it was a sight to behold.“Now, I want you to do something after this but for this step, you have to throw that dagger seven times at each angle. Do you get that?” I nodded, then braced myself for more.He walked over to the tree trunk, then he moved it to the side. He walked over to me, then stood beside me. He positioned my legs properly before me, and he made me stand properly.He whispered in my ears.“You need to see your opponent as an enemy if you miss one shot, they will retaliate and they will attack you. Never let your opponent get the leverage over you you must always be on the winning side always have the opportunity to win at all costs.”He stood away and he closed his eyes with his hands. He turned to the back and tossed the dag
Selene’s POVIt was the first time I had ever trained with so much dedication in my entire life, and if I had known that training and learning how to fight would have aided my wolf to fully recover from the trauma, I would have done it way earlier than I did.‘How do you feel?’ I asked her.Her voice grew weaker for a second she was getting weaker as the time passed, but I was very excited that I could get to talk to her freely for the first time in a really long time.‘So tell me, what’s wrong?’ I asked her.I could still feel her within me, but she didn’t respond, so I suspected that she was on the verge of disappearing again, so I complimented her for it.‘Thank you, Estel.' I said, then I walked back into the tent where Joan and Emily sat.“Uhm Emily, how are you?”"Fine,” she responded.Looking at Joan, she held a frown she wasn’t comfortable having me in the room. Emily knew this as well, so it was useless talking to either of them, so I walked out after making an excuse for appr
Selene’s POV I went back to my hotel after everything. I and the doctor had lunch that day it was two days in a row, and we had lunch together. He had tried to ask me about my family, which I told him about.Joan properly educated me on my supposed origin, and I did the rest myself. Now that was over, it was time to get my life ready. Casper would be at his home now, probably accepting visitors.Joan told me the celebration wasn’t like ours, it was an overnight thing, where they celebrate on the given day to the next year, and it meant I wasn’t going to have a good sleep either tonight.Now I was standing before the mirror with a bag on my shoulder that could barely hold anything in it, it had barely anything but some ward of cash, but very little to nothing. Not even enough space for a lip gloss against the cold. It was almost useless, but I was recommended it in the store when I went to get clothes, and Joan had recommended these kinds of dresses to.Now I stood there knowing if I
Joan’s POV With the man on the bed and my legs crossed, I watched him get treated, if Selene was here, he would be walking like nothing happened in less than thirty minutes.It was suffocating not being able to reach out to her, and to make it worse, she had to come back today or tomorrow else Lucian would lose his mind. It kept on coming back to me, it was the first time I lied to Lucian about her wellbeing, and I had dragged this little girl sleeping in my arms. I stood up from the bed and walked out of the room. I needed to clear my mind before I combusted.“Mate.” My heart sprang with delight as I turned to the merely empty corridors of the ward, and that was when I saw a man standing there, he had his hands in his pocket. His hands waved at me.The bond shimmered in our eyes again, and my grip on Ella’s body tightened. I feared I would drop her if I wasn’t careful enough."Hi,” he said."Hello,” I responded, barely able to hold a proper smile.He wasn’t just any man, he was the
Joan’s POV Lucian had left and I was in the pack alone with little Ella, she was on my lap as we watched the rest of the pack build their houses, I wasn’t going to lift a finger why?Lilac demanded that I stay in the pack house with Lucian and Ella since we were special guests, which was also good because right now I will lose my mind if I had to lift a finger to do anything.Secondly I know a lady who likes a man she can’t have and she was keeping me solely because she wanted to ask me questions about Lucian. She wanted to ask me if I was the one that Lucian loved. I wasn't but I was willing to harness the privilege.While I sat there thinking about Lucian and all he was going through, Ella played with my hair.“Joan I wanted to tell uncle Lucian that mummy wasn’t around, that she wasn’t back in the truck but I didn’t.” I patted her head.“You are a really smart girl, don’t worry your mom will be back in two days.”“Uncle Lucian would be back in two days too,” she chirped in, I nodd
Lucian’s POV I wanted to go to Joan’s reserve and take Selene, but Joan volunteered to go. I didn’t know how to feel today. I was excited and I was optimistic.Selene was found and fine. Same with Ella who was nope resting on my chest, she refused to let me sleep alone, and after sharing the same room with her at night. I didn’t know what peace felt like till I woke up after last night.I didn’t have a nightmare. The pain that came with my existence didn’t seem so bad after all and this early just crawled on my chest and just laid there.“Uncle Lucian, are you sick?” She asked.“Yes.” I said.“Mom told Joan that you are sick and you don’t want her to heal you.” Yes Selene would say that, but how does she think she could save me, if she does she would take my position and she would die, somehow she didn’t think about that.“Mom would be sick if she heals me, so I have to keep her safe.” I said in the plain way possible, Ella went quiet for a while, I looked at the wall clock, lilac w
Selene’s POV I surveyed the surroundings, the guards stood at the gates watching me with a curious eye. Like it was some kind of thief.They look pretty normal, but then again I would ask who is a known thief being glorified like this, can he be apprehended? Or ch asked out of the state if he can’t be apprehended by rehab rulers of the city, everyone knew he was a thief he was a thief and they still let him leave.I checked the sides. People were moving freely along the side of the street but I was the only one who had remained stagnant, and one of the guards had proceeded to walk toward me.I didn’t move, I let him walk to me and stand before me.“What are you doing here young lady?” He asked if he grabbed my hands, no one touched me like that, I felt violated. But in a space of things this man was bigger than me, he could apprehend me if he wanted.“I am new to town, saw this place and it looks beautiful.” I said and they shoved me backward, I stood my ground if step was here and
Selene’s POV After listening to what Joan recorded, I didn’t know how to react to the feeling in my heart. It was beautiful, it was painful and as I listened to it over again I could tell she was holding tears from falling and it made the moment even more beautiful.Joan’s as everything.The record lasted for about seven hours,till she finished an entire book. I stayed up all night deranged in tears as I wrote the full sentence down.By noon I could finally say something, and I could understand some of the things the doctor had said throughout the day. And as embarrassing as it sounded I might as well have been stupid all this while because most of the things he wrote on the board I could finally pick them up.He did so much to talk to me, and I had used my literacy to stress him out, so today I wanted to love around town, I would visit the mall where I will be getting my clothes and I would visit the hospital where he treated people.At least I knew his name. Jude carpenter.I took
Joan’s POVI panicked, what if someone has taken Lucian, what if he got attacked where is everyone in the pack they were all supposed to be here where are they?“Chief!” Ella noticed my work and she came up to me, “uncle Lucian.” She called out. After so much screaming and shouting we noticed we were viewed as odd in the pack and everyone was looking at us weirdly.I walked up to one of the pack members. “Where’s the chief? Did anything happen to him?” She waved her head. “The chief went to drop some of the pack members at the crescent pack, where the new female Alpha just took one be from her father, we are all going to stay there for three weeks.”Pike…Relief coursed through me, like a calm breeze it soothed my flaming skin. I staggered backward, Ella held me down, she stretched her hands for me to carry her which I did.I didn’t know if I should go to lilacs or just stay here and wait for him, it would be hectic going back to lilac pack mostly that I wasn’t going alone. So I de
Joan’s POV It was a poster of Lucian being shared among everyone in the pack, well more like a drawing of him in his mask, I was awestruck by all that was going on in the pack.A wolf who I knew to be a part of the eclipse pack came sharing the flyer with everyone, Alex, he was looking for Lucian.Selene told me about Lucian killing the fair queen and then the Fae queen but she didn’t tell me about a bounty, or maybe she didn’t know, I wanted to get the flyer for myself till I realized that Ella wasn’t just a a nobody she was the next in line for eclipse pack.Not only should she not be here now, she was supposed to be dead, I turn back so that her back was facing the guard who was hearing the flyer and then I began to walk away, as fast as I could through the crowd yet trying to sync in like a common passerby that intended to be before all this happened.As all this happens the guard had made sure he had share the flier to everyone willing to see for themselves and he left.I walked
Joan’s POVIt was the night before Selene left and I had a panic attack, I had tried to be strong all along, but it was already catching up to me. She went to bed but I knew fully well that she wasn’t sleeping.No one in their right mind would have a good night's sleep in our current condition. Except for her daughter who had confessed to me earlier that it was all a game, her mother told her they were playing a game and they got to travel.Her smile was infectious and even thinking about how silly she was only made my night a little less suffocating.When I left the pack, I never thought there would be a time when I would be the one to sponsor this heist Selene wanted to embark on, nor did I for once think I would feel bad that she was going to be in trouble.She wanted to go on this mission which in my option was the best thing to do, but then again, it was dangerous and she needed more time to prepare.But it’s delusion to think I will everything in one day but there is a lot that