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Alora The hug lasted for another second before Ares tore away from me, stepping back quickly. He suddenly hissed, clenching his torso as a gasp escaped my lips. "What's wrong?" I asked worriedly as he looked away painfully. "Cameron shot me." He said, breathing heavily as he pulled the robe away to inspect the bandages wrapped around him. "I'm sorry. I didn't know he was a bad person and I know you warned me earlier but I didn't listen. I'm-" I started to say but Ares cut me off. "It's ok. Get some rest." He said before walking away from me to the door. I stared after him as he pushed the door open, stopping briefly as he started to turn back to me before he shook his head and left the room, closing the door behind him. Ares acted differently and I wondered why. He has been nothing but cruel and mean to me. So why had he suddenly hugged me from the blues. Was it because he felt I was in danger and he was unable to save me? Or had my words gotten through him? Either way,
Jax. It was hard to sleep. Think or even do anything. My mind was a constant mess, filled with thoughts of Alora, her scent, her skin marred with scars created by me, her violet eyes. The mere thought of her was making me go crazy. It's been more than a month and there was a trace of her anywhere. In the neighboring packs that I owned nor in the human community. It was like she had vanished into thin air and it raised my anxiety to even think she was with someone else. Another man. I growled, slamming my phone against the wall as I could feel my beast clawing at my chest, begging to be let out and go on a killing spree until Alora was found. The glass shattered against the wall, falling in broken pieces on the floor and I ran my hand through my hair that had gotten longer, sweat filled my forehead and I paced around my room like a wolf in a cage. Where the hell was she? I thought. I owned one of the biggest CCTV security companies in the world and there was no trace of her a
Ares. Time seemed to pass by slowly as I waited in my car for the elder to come out of the airport. My heart thumped loudly in my chest in expectation for him. Victor had called me that he was going to be coming today instead of tomorrow and worst of all, he was studying in my home at the estate. A thousand thoughts ran through my head as I wondered what was going to go wrong even though he was around. The elders were constantly watching my pack, waiting for one single mistake to punish me again. They wanted me to fuck up and wanted my downfall to strip me away from being the Alpha of Blood Moon Pack and I couldn't allow that. It didn't help that they hated me to their very cores. My phone vibrates once more in my pocket and I knew it was Seth calling for the third time since I left the house. His paranoia was getting to me and it was only a matter of time before I smashed the phone against the floor in anger. Ignoring my phone, I ran my hand through my torso, the pain fr
Alora. After Lana and the girls left, I quickly took my bath and noticed my hair had changed back to its original color. As I admired myself in the mirror, I noticed something about my eyes. They had gotten a tiny bit brighter. They used to be a dull empty shade of violet but now they shone a little bit. When I finished, I joined them in the kitchen, according to Lana the elder was coming and everything had to be in place. But I was barely enough help for them in the kitchen, and Lana said there wasn't enough time to teach me right now with the elder just a few miles away. So I had been left behind watching them run about, eventually, I got bored and decided to explore the garden when I noticed the roses were blooming under the bright sun. I picked some and decided to take them to my room when I met with Ares and someone who I figured was the elder. The elder had a powerful aura around him despite his small frame. He was tall with bright green eyes and long straight white hair
Alora. I didn't leave the room in the next hours, even when Lana had called me down for dinner. I told her I wasn't hungry and Ares had told me to stay in the room. Unconsciously, I had taken back my spot in Ares' room. The floor beside his bed and bedside drawers where his lamp sat. I silently watched the cuffs tied to the bedpost in fear. I could almost feel the cold metal clinging to my skin and I stared down at my wrist. The usual red marks were almost gone and there was only a tiny bruise left behind. It was almost starting to look like I had never been shackled before. That was when I realized my feet didn't hurt anymore. I frowned, taking off the slippers with the yellow square person that Ares had gotten for me at the mall. I sniffed, touching the bottom of my feet to feel the sting of the accident that had happened earlier. But it was gone.. I raised my brow, bringing my feet to my line of vision so I could see it. The cuts were gone too.. I drew closer to the wi
Ares. I noticed a few things about Alora today. After I had gotten back from addressing the pack and changing the guards who were pretty useless to me and slacking off their duties, I had them locked, flogged and punished. I could have punished them a bit harder because I was already angry, Ezra was getting on my nerves, the packing ceremony was in three days and I was in intense pain around my torso. I wasn't healing fast and I knew why. But Alora had somehow distracted me from focusing on anything else because she acted in a way I hadn't seen before. And it was⌠... intriguing? The first thing I noticed about Alora was that she was left handed. I didn't know how that had slipped off my notice. Because I was very observant mostly due to the fact that I had anxiety. But I hadn't realized that until today when she ate with me at the table. The spoon was obviously too heavy for her but she managed to eat quietly and like a mouse, taking tiny bits at a time. The second th
Ares. I walked away from Alora who was sleeping deeply on my bed. Her red sprayed around her in bright red waves. It complimented her pale skin, her small frame. My face softened when a smile came upon her lips. Her face was calm even while she slept, she had an effect on me. It scared me. Everything about Alora scared me, because it brought out a part of me that I didn't know existed. I hated change. I hated things I didn't understand. Because it left me vulnerable. Tearing my gaze away from Alora, I walked to my desk at the end of the room, touching the mahogany furniture. It was going to be hard to sleep with the power of the room tearing me apart from the inside, my wolf wanted to be let out, but I didn't have the energy to reign in the beast until the full moon where I could even have a little freedom to shift. I ran my hand through my hair just as a sharp pain stung my back making me lose my balance. It was definitely not from my torso, the gunshot wound. I kn
Alora. The sound of someone screaming woke me up from my slumber. And opened my eyes to the dark room, my head sched badly and I hissed, sitting up while clenching it. The loud screams came again and I turned to my left to see Ares and my mouth opened in shock. He was kneeling on the floor, his palm resting on the floor as he screamed loudly again, it was so painful and sad. And I jumped out of the bed in horror. Ares seemed to be in a lot of pain and I saw the source. His back that had the tattoo was glowing red like it had done before. This time I saw it very well, the letters of some language I didn't understand moved around his back as it glowed red, its color filling the room in a dark painful shade. Ares gasped, his eyes clenched in so much pain, sweat filled his forehead as he growled loudly. I stood back in fear as I thought of what to do. The last time I had accidentally touched him, he had grabbed my hand painfully. This time, I didn't know what to do. But when
Alora. âI finally have you!â I heard a voice behind me as I stood in my bathroom in my towel, my red hair dripping wet as I stood in shock, staring at the face of the monster I had lived with for years. Jax stood at my bathroom door, he was wearing a dark suit, his shirt unbuttoned revealing tan skin and a series of tattoos running down his chest. His long legs closing the distance between us. He pushed his long black hair away from his face revealing an evil gleam in those green eyes that put the garden outside to shame. âHâhow did you get in?â I asked, my heart thumping loudly in my chest as I took a step back even Jax grabbed me, pressing me against his chest as he smiled, his eyes fixed on my lips. âIt was easy.â He drawled, his fingers circling my waist as he held me still when I tried to let go but Jax was powerful, he wasnât the Alpha for nothing and I feared him. âAres let me. He let me get to you.â He told me as he smiled when I froze. I shook my head, unable to proc
Ares. âWhy do you want to be Alpha?â I asked Seth as he stalked down a rabbit that was a few feet away from us. His grey eyes turned to me sharply, raising his finger to his lips to silent me. âShut up,â he said, looking at the rabbit that sniffed around and followed the scent of the carrots we had laid as bait for it. The rabbit was small, dark brown and a part of me was sad that it would fall into our trap and our stomachs later. But we were hungry, we hadnât eaten for days except fruits and berries, and we were tired of it already. âBut the Alpha is the strongest in the pack right?â I asked Seth as he rolled his eyes at me. It wasnât difficult knowing who had power in a pack, and what positions they had. If Seth was a better teacher then I would have learnt faster, but he was mean and cold towards me. âYes. And I want to be the strongest. I want to rule over everyone and my father said I would.â He told me, his eyes flashing with anger as he ducked behind the tree when the r
Alora. âLana said Iâll find you here.â I heard Isabel say as I sat up from the couch. After Lana had left, I felt so alone in the house. Camilla and Carmen had gone to the mall and Raya was busy cleaning out a room for Alex while Lana went about her duties. It was starting to get hard being locked up here with nothing to do. Ares didn't even let me go even out of the estate doors as my encounter with him this morning had made me sad, his tone and his cold eyes reminded me of Jax even though I knew Ares would never hit me. I wasnât in a much different situation from when I was Jaxâs slave. I didnât know what freedom was back then, so I never felt bored locked up in his home. I felt empty. But here, I had experienced the outside world and I wanted to be there. Always. âAre you ok?â Isabel asked as she looked around the room. âItâs weird being here, since I started working with the Alpha this room had always been locked. Itâs funny how you were the reason he opened it.â She said
Ares. My door burst open with Victor and Seth strolling in immediately with Isabelâs brother behind them, tapping furiously at his iPad as I shut my laptop close, hiding any evidence of me watching Alora. Victor didnât look very well, he wore a black suit with his tie loose and shirt unbuttoned as his eyes lacked any emotion as he rushed to my desk with Seth beside him looking angry as usual compared to how I had seen him a few minutes ago. âWhat is it?â I asked casually as Isabelâs brother, Zach worked in my I.T department, walked forward first as Victor stood behind him peering down on his iPad. âSomeone sent a video to the companyâs email and is trying to breach our servers.â He said and I frowned looking at Seth with disinterested eyes. âWe get that every time. How is this any different?â I asked as Seth sighed before stepping closer. âThis is from Jax.â He said and I frowned, rising to my feet. Zach stepped back from me. âWhat?!â I growled angrily. In all the years th
Ares. âSo Iâve narrowed down the schools that offer adult education,â I heard Isabel say as I looked up from my laptop as she walked into my office holding an iPad. She wore a weird shirt with an anime character and short tennis skirts. Her blonde hair was pulled in a ponytail and her big round glasses reflected the lights from the screen of her device. âItâs quite surprising that many pack schools have adult education in their curriculum. And I was able to find a few close to us.â She said as she bowed at me. âAlpha.â âDidnât you find any in the pack?â I asked curiously as Isabel shook her head. âThe two pack schools donât have adult classes and thereâs no one experienced enough to teach Alora. The only pack member who had taught an adult is away for his PhD and wonât be back until another year.â âSo where are the schools?â âI found one just close by. Itâs in the Moon River pack.â I frowned. The Moon River Pack was a small pack that was just about thirty minutes drive a
Alora. I ran to my room, slamming the door behind me before running to the bathroom and splashing water against my face. My hands trembled as I washed my face before I looked at the mirror. My reflection stared back at me, my orange hair from its root as if I had been born that way ran through my face and back, falling at my waist. It had grown longer over the days and my violet eyes were scared and confused. Looking down at my hands, I wondered what had happened earlier. One minute I was looking at Aresâ curse mark, and the next minute I was touching it and blanking out. Even going to the past and seeing what had happened. I didnât know what to think, nor what to do. Every time I took a step with Ares, something drew me back, something about him didnât make me trust him fully. Finding out he killed his parents made me look at him differently. And the look he had given me when I had called him a monster, those cold blue eyes stared back at me with hurt for only a second. I s
Alora. The feeling of someone hands on my cheeks woke me up from the deep slumber and I fluttered my eyes open meeting Ares cold blue ones, but they had some sort of emotions buried beneath all that icy blue. As quickly as I felt the touch, it was gone and Ares snatched his hand away, coughing awkwardly as I smiled softly at him. âHi.â I said quietly as Ares nodded, starting to get off the bed when I clinched to his arm and giggled. âDonât leave yet.â I told him as he looked down at my hands wrapped around his biceps. I blushed as his muscles flexed a bit before he nodded. I didnât know why I was suddenly brave around him, but after knowing Jax was lurking around ready to pounce on me when Ares wasnât looking, I wanted to be around Ares and his protection. A part of me ached to tell Ares but another part of me was scared. He hadnât been fully kind to me when we first met and he hated Jax. I couldnât imagine what his response would be when I told him. âWhy do you hate the
Ares. I looked in the rear mirror at the boy who had fallen asleep in the back seat, his hands clasped under his head as he snored silently. I drove carefully and pulled up at the estate gate before driving in. Looking at the house, and at my watch. It was already past twelve so I figured Alora was already asleep. Coming down from the car, I walked to the back seat and pulled the door open before reaching for Alex who mumbled and reached for his thumb before sucking on it. I forced the smile off my face as I pulled him to my chest and he rested his head against my shoulder. âMake sure the gates are locked properly.â I said to a guard who nodded as he came to get my car keys to take to the garage. I went to the house, pushing the door open before closing it behind me. It was dimly lit inside and Lana always left the hallway light to the kitchen turned on so I didnât trip on my way up the stairs. Alex slept peacefully and I turned to the chair where Alora usually sat and watched
Ares âAlpha, you canât do that.â Seth said as I signed on a booklet one of the pack nurses gave me and I returned it back to her before turning to look at Seth who was fuming behind me. âItâs late. We canât leave him here.â I told him as Seth growled before running his hand through his hair and turning around before facing me once more. âThen we can just give him to one of the pack maids. They can take care of him. Taking him to your home is a bad idea.â Seth told me and I shook my head. âHe is alone. He just lost his mother. We canât leave him at the pack house.â âItâs even better there, he can be with other kids.â âWhen I lost my mother, I didnât want to be with other kids and then I met you. I wanted to be alone, grieve and not be surrounded by people who would take pity on me.â I said and Seth sighed just as Doctor Kunle came to us. Seth turned to him as Isabelâs father frowned at my Beta clearly disapproving of him since he basically kind of rejected Isabel. Doctor K