-HER-
“Hello, Arles.” I utter, looking up at him. His statue stares down at me as usual and I expected my greeting to be unanswered as usual too but this time, I hear a growl before feeling a presence behind me. This time I am not drunk and I know that this happened for real.
Suddenly, I want to be drunk.
I feel a burning gaze digging holes at my back as I stand here frozen and scared.
Am I caught?
I know that the ruins are forbidden hence its name ‘the forbidden Ruins’ but I come here for years and nothing has ever happened before. I haven’t been caught.
Mom and dad did warn me countless times to not to come here because it’s a dangerous place but when do I listen? Besides this, I feel more peaceful when I come here. For me, it has been a place for me where I can be myself. To me, it’s like... home.
I hear another growl which brings me back to reality. I can sense the presence still behind me. Slowly, I turn on my heels and come face to face with a large Black wolf. There is a dangerous amount of energy leaking off its figure. Its smell tells me that the wolf is neither a rogue and neither does it belong to my pack. I feel a chill run down my spine and for a moment my heart stops beating. Its silver eyes are trained on me and they look as if they could look right into my soul.
As I look more into those Silver eyes, they seem oddly familiar. I’ve seen them before. The black wolf lets out a guttural growl as it nears me slowly, its eyes trained on me. A feral look takes over them as the wolf takes menacing steps towards me and that’s when I realize what I did wrong.
I crossed the line.
I looked the wolf straight into the eye and it took it as a challenge. I gulp as I step back, trying to increase the distance between the wolf and me. It bares its sharp canines at me and its fur puffs out, making it look bigger than it actually is.
I’ve never seen such a big and dangerous wolf in my life. The way it walks, the way it is looking at me seems to be out-worldly. The wolf has power oozing off its presence making me feel intimidated.
My mouth is dry and my palms are sweaty. I can feel my heart throbbing against my ribcage, begging me to run for my life. As it continues to stalk towards me, I continue to step back in an attempt to put as much distance between me and the creature.
I gulp when my back touches the statue whilst the Black Wolf continues to eat the distance between us. If it attacks me and I try to put up a fight then all the odds will be against my favour. I will definitely loose and by the way the wolf is looking at me, I can tell that he has no intention of making friends with me.
I take a deep breath and brake off into a run. I know that running away from the wolf could be really dangerous because they love chasing their prey. I just made the situation more dangerous for me.
I run in the opposite direction, deeper into the ruins. As I run for my life, I hear angry footsteps following me close behind.
Adrenaline is rushing into my veins like blood and I feel Oculus Reaper, my whip which is wrapped around my arm like a snake, tightens around it. I increase my speed and continue to run deeper inside the ruins.
Fallen pillars, boulders and stones momentarily slow me down and for a moment I could bet that I felt that Black Wolf breathing down my neck but I didn’t look back as I pump my legs and run like I’ve never before. My legs are screaming at me to stop but I know better than to listen to them.
As I move deeper into the ruins, I come across the part of the castle which is still intact and the ceiling hasn’t collapsed to the ground yet. I run deeper; running through a big room which I assume was previously a big ballroom. A thick carpet of dust covers the floors and walls and the grand chandelier that hangs above my head is now broken and could fall any moment.
Large tinted windows are also covered with dust blankets allowing minimum light to enter the room. As I run in this isolated and ghostly silent place, only my footsteps echo. I turn around to find the wolf gone.
I stop running, gasping for breath. My lungs feel as if they are going to explode in my chest if I don’t provide them with oxygen soon. I rest my hands on my knees and lean forward as my chest heaves with the lack of air. My legs are screaming with pain and the whole world is spinning in front of my eyes.
After a few moments when I manage to get my lungs filled with enough air, I look around. I’ve never been this deep into the ruins because it’s dangerous. The walls are so old that they could collapse anytime but still, it looks beautiful.
I haven’t been in such a big room in my life. As I cross the ballroom, I notice humongous pictures decorating the now dust-covered walls. The pictures also have thick blankets of dust engulfing them. On the other side of the room sits a big door and my curiosity is reaching the moon.
In the next moment, I find myself pushing open the heavy door which roars when it moves due to its rusted hinges. The door reveals a long corridor behind it and at the end of the corridor sits another door which is tempting me to open it as well.
I slowly cross the corridor which is dimmer than the ballroom and is in the same condition as the previous one. My footsteps echo as I walk to the other door while surveying the room. I can’t help but imagine how it would have looked when Arles ruled this place.
As I reach the door and push it open, it roars louder in the silence of this castle. The sound bouncing off the walls, making some bats fly away that have been hanging from the ceiling. The door opens into a dark room. The dim light that escapes from the corridor cast silhouettes in the room.
As I step in the darkroom, my eyes adjust in the dark and I find chairs, huge chairs lining either side of the room. I continue to walk inside, not bothering the darkness because my werewolf sight is helping me to look.
My footsteps echo and for a moment I swear I could hear my heartbeats echo too.
Suddenly, I hear a low growl making my heart stop. A loud thump makes me jump back and suddenly, the torches that hung on the walls start to light up one by one. I watch in surprise as the light washes the room. This room is bigger than the first one and a huge, beautiful chandelier hangs on the ceiling. Larger tinted windows cover the walls. As the light hits those windows, their colours bounc out of them, giving a beautiful lighting to the room as well as the chandelier. My mouth hangs open in awe. This place is so beautiful. I should’ve come here before!
This must be the place where Arles held meetings with his ministers and I assume that the chairs that are on either side of the room must belong to his ministers. He must sit in the center. Finally, when the last torch lits up at the end of the room, I notice the huge throne. A wolf head is carved on the head of the throne which looks quite similar to the Black wolf that chased me here.
My blood runs cold when I see a figure sitting on the throne...
-HER-Finally, when the torch lit up at the end of the room, I noticed a huge throne. A wolf head was carved on the head of the throne which looked quite similar to the black wolf that chased me here.My blood ran cold when I saw a figure sitting on the throne. The figure’s face was covered with a big hood, casting silhouettes on its face. Long black cloak flowed over its shoulder, resting lazily on the thick blanket of dust on the ground. The throne was several feet above the ground and the cloak reached its bottom. The rest of the person’s body was covered with black fabric.Even when sitting on the throne, the person was tall and towering and I wonder how tall they would be once they stand upright.The person’s hands rested on the hand-rest of the throne while their hooded head was held high. Their figure had a royal aura to it. Moments pass by as I hold my breath and examine the figure that doesn’t move a bit. The person was still like a
-HER-“And I don’t let them slip easily who step foot on my land without my permission.” He growls. His warning hanging fresh in the air as it charges with tension.Did I get myself in trouble?Yes. I got myself in big trouble this time.I want to run and never turn back. I want to disappear.The way he spoke told me that he meant every word. Every single one of them.“What are you going to do?” I find myself asking and instantly I regret opening my mouth. I am already deep in trouble and here I go digging myself a grave deeper than I could ever manage to crawl out of.He lets out a short, chilling laugh before I see him tilting his head at a side as if studying me. I could feel his heated gaze on me which sends a shiver down my spine and for a moment I could swear that my blood stopped flowing.The tension in the air buzzed like electricity and the flames in the torches dimmed even more, darkening the room. I instinct
-HER-After dinner, I come straight to my room and lock myself into it as usual. Since finals are next month, I decide to study or rather torture myself.I pick up the bag from the floor and throw it on my bed before climbing on it myself. I open the chain and hold the bag upside down until everything has fallen on the bed and the bag is totally empty. I chose my English book to start off with.As soon as I open the book and try to read the first sentence, my head starts to ache.All the words pour out of the book and start to float in the air while some start to crawl around the mess on my bed like spiders. Everything seems jumbled, puzzled and the letters dance in front of my eyes, leaving their words, messing the sentences. They daunt me, they haunt me. They tease me because I can’t catch them and put them on right places so that they could make sense to me.The ’d’s and the ’b’s look so confusing. I can’t tell them apart. To me, the
-HER-When I reach school, I realize that I am early. So early that the Janitor hadn’t unlocked the doors of the main building yet.I sigh, my hot breath coming out as white smoke in this cold weather. I walk around the school premise and climb the small hill covered with tall pine trees situated just behind the school building. Since the pine trees cover most of the hill; it’s a good place one’d like to come when they don’t want to be seen by anybody.I trek the small hill and find that old fallen log on which I’ve sat countless times and watched the time pass. I come here often when I don’t feel like attending a class or when I get bullied by someone. It’s a secluded place and not many students dare to stroll this father into the pine trees because the snow could be light here and easily swallow a person.Since I have been coming here forever, I know where to step and where not to. One of the advantages of not being home most of the times i
-HER-Instead of going off, the intensity of the fire increases, surrounding me. I try to scream but no sound comes out of my mouth. I feel trapped and helpless.I think this is my end.I feel the energy drain off my body slowly, and black spots start to appear in my vision. My legs feel as if they’re made of jelly and soon, I collapse on the ground while the flames surrounding me rise higher.Suddenly, I hear screaming and footsteps. I see mom enter the kitchen, her eyes wide, terror clearly visible in them. What surprises me is that while she steps over the fire, nothing happens to her. As soon as her eyes landed on me, she comes rushing to me, kneeling by my side.“Andrew!” I hear her call for dad before I slip into a deep sleep. Am I going to be okay? Is this my end? If it is then I am happy because I don’t have to celebrate my 18th birthday and deal with not having a mate for a lifetime.~“She’s a hybrid.” I hear someo
-HER-Being so close to him, I feel so cold and scared. It’s as if he’s made of ice and the dangerous amount of energy oozing off him isn’t labelling him as friendly either.“Your first task is...” He trails off. Silence follows his words and only the haunting sound of the twists and turns of the wind against my window could be heard.“You have to come with me in order to know your first task.” He says and I could only shiver thinking of which hellhole he’d take me.“Now.” He snaps and I get up from my bed and walk into my closet to get my warmest jacket. I chose the one with black fur and ensure that Oculus Carver is wrapped securely around my arm so that I could use it whenever I am in need. I walk out of my closet to find him standing by my window.He stands tall, his hood is shadowing majority of his face. There’s this haunting and regal air about his presence that rakes my inside. It causes havoc to my senses and my mind seems to b
-HER-After several steps, I feel wet in my feet and soon, the sound of water echoes throughout the cave, reaching my ears and haunting me.Fvck!Since I cannot see anything due to the darkness in the cave, I decide to rely on my other senses. With slow steps, I move forward in the darkness while my hands are levitated in the air before me so that I could find a wall or anything that’d guide me through this darkness. My nose is up in the air, sniffing and trying to find any scent.I am constantly shivering due to the low temperature here. Outside seemed warmer than here. The cave is eerily silent. Only the water splashes due to my boots and the chattering of my teeth echoes throughout it with occasional sounds of my shaky breaths.“You’re going the wrong way.” A deep voice resonates throughout the cave and I jump back in surprise and shock. Did I really head someone speak or am I wondering voices? I shake my head and take a deep breath
-HER-Without thinking next, I jump right into the green water. The freezing cold water hits me like a wrecking ball, knocking all the breath out of me. The torch in my hand sizzles as the water eats the fire, drowning me and the whole place in darkness.A roar echoes throughout the cave, making my bones shiver as if the cold water itself wasn’t enough. I pump my legs through the dense water and sense commotion right behind me. I didn’t have to turn around to confirm its presence. I could simply feel it. The tremendous amount of power surging over me through the water and the stale smell that arose from it is enough to call my attention.I pump my legs in the dense and cold water as fast as I can. Since I didn’t get the chance to fill my lungs with sufficient air, they’re screaming at me to feed them some air or my body will be shut down. But I couldn’t afford to mend their needs. Either way, my life is in danger.I swim through the lake and
“You said you were going to check on the boys,” He growled at me lowly after locking us in an empty public restroom. He had given the mortal man a fright before hauling me to the restroom through the crowds. I was somewhat embarrassed about the situation but a part of me was oddly turned on. I could feel the power radiating off him. His eyes blazed with so much possessiveness. It was making me needier.
“I am going to check on the boys,” I told Arles as we walked out of the courtroom. He cocked an eyebrow at me.I knew he was going to object to it but before he could say anything, one of the ministers claimed his attention and soon they got busy with some important discussion.I took this moment to escape. I have been working all day and it had drained all my energy. I needed some fresh a
Interesting Facts about the Lonely God that nobody asked for1. Not many people know this but The Lonely God is an individual book in the trilogy Of Me and My Mate. The first book in the series is called My Mate is My Enemy, which is the story about Nefret’s grandparents. It was my first ever werewolf book on Wattpad. The second book in the series is called Chasing My Mate which is the story about Erika’s parents. You need not read the previous two books to read The Lonely God but if you are curious and have some penny to spare then you’ll find the books on Dreame. You’d have to pay to read though.2. Arles makes his first appearance in Chasing My Mate. There’s a part about him in the first chapter of the book and also he appears in the book several times to aid Erika and Andrew, Nefret’s parents.3. Not many people know this but Arles knew Nefret’s parents and he played a minute
It’s been a few months since I completed this book. Since then, this book has gotten millions of reads and thousands of comments and votes. It’s a part of my daily routine to read the comments and see how people react to my book.Among all the comments, I find some common questions and reactions. I am posting this chapter to clarify somethings. They are as follows:1.
-HIM-I hiss in pain as two small hands scratch my face with their sharp nails.“Owww!” I cry out in pain before I shut my mouth and look at Nefret sleeping behind me to check if I woke her up. She is fast asleep, her eyes traveling from one corner of her eyes to
-HER-“I am scared,” Is the next thing that I utter before I bury my face in his chest and break down into tears. His arms are instantly around me, holding me close to him and giving me a sense of safety. As I cry, I feel something travel up my food pipe. In the next moment, I am pushing him back and rushing to the bathroom.
-HER-I wake up the next day lightheaded. “I want to sleep more,” I groan into the pillow when he tries to pull me out of the bed.“We have a lot of work today, Neffie.” He speaks above me while I cover my ears with another pillow and try to hide deeper into the shee
-HER-“Ishtar?” I utter in disbelief, but she halts at the front of the stage before giving us a huge smile.“I am not Ishtar...” says the goddess in front of me in a sweet, melodic voice. It sounds so enchanting. She has a natural charismatic aura to her which itsel
-HER-“But yesterday, you proved me completely wrong.” The crease that had been forming between my eyebrows all this time loosens suddenly as I look at him in disbelief. For a moment, I am not even sure if he is speaking another language because suddenly, the words refuse to make sense to me.