DANE'S POV:
How could anyone be as clueless as that girl? Of all positions, she was an alpha, yet she did not know anything about her family?
No wonder she was able to hand her position over to her mate. What a pathetic excuse for an Alpha pack as great as Nightfang!
How could she not catch on after all the hints that had been dropped? Was she really that dumb? I shook my head.
For an alpha, she had no backbone. No wonder she was easy to manipulate.
As I pondered on these things, I also wondered why Cordelia had not yet come to see her little prisoner.
She had been savoring this moment, so why hadn't she come to say hello? What was keeping her from coming to 'pay her respects' just as Cordelia had put it.
Walking towards my room, I changed my mind and decided to go to the stables instead.
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ARIA'S POV:As the sun crept into the dungeon through the six-inch windows, down to the cell where I was, a new day of torture came into the limelight.I felt like all my strength had been drained out. The previous day, I had to weed with my bare hands, and when it looked like I was lagging behind, that useless guard would hit me and make sure that I kept up with the pace.Most of the time, I had fallen, and now my body was a canvas of injuries. My entire body was on fire, and I had not eaten anything for the two days I had been here."Good morning." A voice said,.I immediately knew who was speaking to me. 'It'. I had made up my mind to call the guard that hates me, which I also hated, 'it'. I did not care about finding his name. What good would that be to me?He pushed a tray of food toward me from under the cell bars. The food looked like the watery
ARIA'S POV:Maria had forced me to wear the dress. She had even threatened me with the guards, just like she had done during the auction preparation.The gown was so short that my butt cheeks were exposed. The chest region was so low that almost half of my breasts were open. And the back, all of it was open. A disgusting excuse of underwear with halter tights was all I was forced to wear under.I was naked. Maria didn't care at all. All she was concerned about was getting me dressed and sending me off to Dane. She maintained her poker-no-smile face.But I couldn't care less, because all I could think of was that I was naked, tired, and dizzy. I was given heels to go with the outfit I was putting on.When Maria was through, she gestured towards the door."Let's go." She said. I ignored her."Move it." She said. Warning
THIRD PERSON POV:Some days had passed, and Aria was still under intense torture ordered by Dane Seymour.She gets more and more scars, both physical and emotional. She begins to lose color from below her skin, eyes and lips. Her lips are now charred. Her palms, now rough and filled with cuts. Her back had become a canvas for the dungeon guards' whips. All these things Dane Seymour watched from the comfort of his window, sipping tea.The look on Aria's face showed ginger and tiredness. She staggers as she carries the bricks that she had molded on her head.She fights against the urge to fall because each time she falls, she gets whipped. This was just the same for all the prisoners in the crescent pack dungeon.As she moved towards where she was to drop the bricks, the prison guard in charge of her kept telling;"Faster! Stand up straight!"And with every word he spoke came a lash. When she finally got to where the bricks were to be dropped, she managed to put the bricks down, stagger
Anthony's POV:"Alpha Anthony!" The woman who walked into the throne room carried with her an aura of power. Alpha Victoria stood tall, built like a fine warrior, yet had a kind face. She was one of a kind among alphas. She walked over to me, practically gliding across the marble floors, her arms stretching out wide for an embrace. I rose to my feet and met her halfway. "Alpha Victoria, thank the goddess you're here." I said, unable to keep the relief out of my voice. She pulled back, furrowed her brow in worry. "I'll keep it very simple. I learned from Elijah that your lady friend went missing.""She's more than a lady friend to me," I admitted, the image of Aria's lovely face lighting up in my mind. Victoria smiled, a sad smile. "I understand that. I am bringing you good news, however."I felt a glimmer of hope inside me. "Good news?""Yes. I sent one of my boys to a pack to infiltrate, after I had heard the sad news." "Which pack?" I felt like I already knew the answer. But I n
Aria's POV:It was so cold, I felt like I was dying. And then came the warmth, and the calming scent that my senses had become so accustomed to.Anthony.I wished I could hug him so tightly, show him how happy I was to see him, and tell him how his memory had kept me warm when the nights got very cold. But with each passing second, I felt my strength drain from my body. When he carried me up, I couldn't even protest."Aria," he called softly as we got outside the pack house. It was warmer outside compared to that dungeon.I glanced up at him. "Yeah?" I whispered. My tongue felt heavy in my mouth, refusing to cooperate."We'll soon be home, okay?" He gave me a small smile. I'm surprised he can smile in this condition, but then I'm glad the smile is for me. "Hang on a little longer; I know it hurts.""Everywhere,""I'm sorry,"What's he sorry for? It's not his fault. It's Dane's fault. Dane is the one who inflicted all these injuries on me. He's the reason my body is screaming out in pai
ARIA'S POV:The scent of warmth, the peace of home. I never thought that I would be able to experience such again. I never thought I'd have a home aside from Nightfang, but turns out I was very wrong.It felt good to have a roof over your head filled with care. I tried to rise from the bed but winced in pain as I tried to stand up."Here, let me help." It was Alpha Anthony. He was still with me."Were you with me the entire night?" I asked him."I couldn't just leave you here alone. I'm never doing that again." He responded, adjusting my pillow and helping me sit up straight. "How are you feeling today?" He asked me concern pouring from his voice.Of course, I was feeling better than I ever had in the last few days. "Better than yesterday," I told him."Is there anything I could get for you?" He asked, pushing my hair behind my ears and covering me with the blanket."Not really," I say. "I'm fine."There was silence. Then he took my hands in his."I'm sorry." he said. "Why do you kee
ARIA'S POV: It's been two days since I returned to the lycan pack. All seemed well except for the fact that everyone was looking at me with pitiful eyes. I had decided to take some fresh air and warmth from the sun, so I left my room with Claire holding onto me. I hated it, but I couldn't do much because my wounds were still healing and I couldn't walk without an anchor. The weather was nice and sunny. It felt free and breathable compared to the numerous times at Crescent Pack that I had to go under the sun. For the first time in a few days, I got to go under the sun to enjoy its beautiful warmth and not to suffer or engage in any form of torture or hard work. "There is a garden a few meters away from the pack house." Claire said to me: "Would you love to see it?" "Yes. I would love to." I replied. Looking around the beautiful garden, all the time I spent here, I had not known that the Lycan Pack had a garden that was this beautiful. The green grass was reflecting sunl
ARIA'S POV: The least I could let Anthony do for me, was to let his guards escort me to Zilam and then leave. Claire, Anthony and I had spent two days preparing for my return to Zilam. Anthony was still unsure of sending me alone to Zilam. And Claire was rambling on and on about how she wanted to go with me as my personal maid there. I was glad that I had people that cared about me in such a way that was different from the past care and love that Darcy and Logan showed me. Unlike their, this was genuine. And in as much as I was grateful for that, I could not let then get ropes into my fight neither could I let then into my shattered mind. I had to do this on my own. The departure day came faster than usual. I had told Claire and Anthony that all I needed was just a little luggage of not more than a bag. I let him know that I had all I needed at Zilam. There run front of the carriage that had been prepared for me to depart with. Claire hugged me. "I will miss you." She sa
ARIA'S POVAnthony said not to bother about Dane."He's got nothing now Aria." He said, hugging me. "So there's nothing to worry about."That put my heart to rest, as it was true. Dane had no where to run to, he had nowhere to be. Unless I was wrong.*** Months later ***I woke up to foreign noises coming from the bathroom. Anthony had left a note saying that he had to leave the pack to attend to other issues pertaining to his taking over of Crescent moon pack and Nightfang pack. That he would be home before lunch.I put back the note on the table where he had left it, moving towards the bathroom to see what was going on.And there they were fighting. Again.Selena and Claire never seemed to get along. Claire said that she hated her, that Selena was too entitled. While Selena on the other hand said that Claire doesn't want to get along with her."You don't put that in here." Claire was saying to Selena. "She doesn't like that.""That's not right." Selena said looking at the object in q
DANE'S POVFor hours now, I had been running aimlessly away from my prison walls. I might have been a slave just when Anthony had power over the Lycan pack. But now that he had possessed the Crescent Moon pack and Nightfang pack, I couldn't bring my mind to the fact that I would have to be a slave to him forever.I ran on, the forest closing in on me with every step I took. If it was just my mind playing tricks on me or real, I didn't know. I just knew that I had begun to feel suffocated.My feet were covered in bruises. My clothes were torn. My shirt was covered in dried blood that I bled when I was escaping. And my trousers were so torn, that my legs were covered in serious injuries that needed to be treated urgently to prevent getting infected.At every step of the way, I felt like I was being followed, felt like something was going to lash out at me from the shadows of the forest, tearing me to pieces.I carried a silver dagger, and a bottle of powdered wolfsbane, just in case I wa
ARIA'S POV"Look at you looking so Alphaly." I said to Anthony walking up to him.Days after the war between the Lycan pack and Nightfang, he was now the alpha of both Nightfang and crescent moon pack."Is that even a word?" He asked me, smiling."How would I know?" I chuckled."Interview time." I said, clearing my throat, picking up my hairbrush as a microphone and walking to him."What are you doing?" He asked, laughing."What does it look like, my love?" I asked him, stressing the love, a little. "I'm interviewing you." I said, answering his question."Okay, fine." He said adjusting the sleeve of his shirt."Here, let me help you do that." I said to him, dropping my hairbrush on the vanity table, helping him adjust his dressing.He looked so good and much more handsome after he had taken over his two rivalry packs. Even his aura had changed. He now exuded more power than he did before."This feat has never been achieved in the history of the Lycan pack had it?" I asked him, referrin
ANTHONY'S POVDarcy was Aria's sister. At least, had been Aria's sister ever since. But seeing the Bourdain crest in her shoulder and knowing that I had bitten her but that she didn't get hurt, put all the pieces together."Freya." I said, my voice failing me."Amor." She said tearing up and falling to the floor.Darcy was Freya, my sister that we had lost during the war with Nightfang.She had always found it difficult to say the name Anthony.*** Flash back ***"Say Anthony." I said to her,"Nanony." She said,"No Anthony." I corrected."Do leave the girl alone Anthony, she can't pronounce that and you know it." My mum said coming up behind us. "Why don't you try this." She said sitting down on the bed.She looked at Freya. "Say Amor." "Amor." She said and burst into shrieks of loud laughter. "Amor! Amor!""Mom, don't do that please." I said, half glaring at my mother. "She likes it l, look at her." She favored Freya with a gentle smile. "Freya, you will now call your brother 'Amo
Chapter 99: WHEN DAY BECOMES NIGHT IN A BLINKANTHONY'S POVThe remaining guards and servants that were alive recoiled when I entered the main pack house that housed Logan and darcy.Elijah, my warriors and I had taken down all the guards that stood in our way but at the expense of the lives of some of our warriors.It was a war anyway. Both sides were bound to lose something and I had witnessed it before.There were whispers of my name from the servants and remaining guards that Aria had not killed or wounded, as she had done a marvelous job of taking out most of the guards that tried to prevent her from going to Logan and Darcy.But where was she at the moment? I didn't know the full placements of the rooms in this packhouse even though I had visited before. Just as I was contemplating where to head while Elijah and my remaining warriors keep the guards and pack members intact, a young lady of about late teens or early twenties tried to walk up to me."What do you think you are doi
THIRD PERSON POVLogan looked from his Luna to Aria, unsure of who to believe."Come on, baby." Darcy said to him: "You wouldn't believe her lies, would you?" She asked him. "She's a born liar, sweetheart. A traitor." Darcy said, defending herself.Aria was indeed a traitor to Nightfang, she had lied to me. Logan thought. Besides, I don't even love her, I love Darcy, it will always be Darcy. He spoke within himself. But ever since I met Aria, she has never lied to me about anything. She was always open and kept no secrets from me. He thought, looking at Aria as she stood where she had been since she came into the room, looking at Darcy with a look of bemusement, mixed with disgust on her face.Was she really right? He asked within him."Baby, look at me." Darcy said, turning Logan away from Aria to face her. "I love you, and you know it." She said."So you didn't do it." Logan replied, finally finding his voice. "Did you, Darcy?" He inquired, staring at her."Of course not, baby." Sh
ARIA'S POV"Are you that surprised?" Logan asked me, coming up to where I stood, a smile on his face, walking around me, "You already knew this. Why then did you come all the way here to ask me questions to which you already knew the answer to?"Before I could answer him, he answered his question."That's for you to know and for me to find out I think." He smirked, knowing that that was what I was going to say. "Don't be so surprised Aria. We were together for three years which means I know you, inside out."I couldn't believe that he had the guts to still open his useless mouth to vomit concurrence to all the sins that he had committed. "Why did you do it?" I asked him, feeling the urge to attack him but decided to hold myself back."Did you think that both of us meeting each other was solely fate?" He asked, redirecting my question to the very question I didn't want to come to terms with, ever.After I had found out that he had killed my parents, I went into deep thought for days,
ARIA'S POV"Look who it is!" One of the guards at the border exclaimed when he saw me.Anthony and I had decided that I would walk up to the border guards on my own, while they would be at a close range behind me, then I would go in to find Darcy and Logan."Our long lost and exiled Alpha Aria." He said smiling."Hey Bruno." I said, smiling at him. "Long time no see ehh. Miss me?" I asked him, coming to stand a few inches before him."Why would I not miss the weakest alpha of all times?" He asked, looking at his comrades as they all fell into fits of laughter.I shook my head and moved forward to continue my journey. "Uh uh uh..." Jonathan, another of the guards, blocked me. "Where do you think you are going, Alpha Aria?" Bruno asked me, stressing the word Alpha."What do you think?" I asked, turning to face him. "I'm going to see my ex." I said smiling then turned to move, only to be blocked again, this time by both Bruno and Jonathan."In case you have forgotten." Bruno said to me
ARIA'S POVThe news spread like wildfire round the pack. It brought celebration and joy round the pack. Everywhere Anthony and I went, we were greeted with congratulations before greetings of Good Day alpha Anthony and lady Aria.I then decided to move into Anthony's room after ages of refusing to move in even when he requested I do so."This was why you were on edge." Claire said to me as she was helping me take some essentials that I was going to need while the servants would move the others."What can I say?" I asked her. "My hormones were all over the place." I said to her,"They sure added to the frustration and stress you were going through." She said packing my books. "That was what must have made you pass out."Of course, that was it."I'm going to miss you." She said, opening her arms for a hug."Where am I going?" I asked her."Away!!!" She said mimicking the sound of a wailing baby, coming closer to hug me."No Claire." I said, stepping backwards.She kept wailing and follow