Amelia's POV
I didn't know whether walking in front of Damien was such a good idea as I led him toward the room that had been prepared for him.
I could feel all the hairs on my neck stand, my movements were stiff and almost uncoordinated like I didn't know where I was going. My face was hot and red and I had a strong urge to turn around to see if he was looking at me. I wanted to know what he was thinking.
His voice had been so cold and emotionless as he ordered me to show him to his quarters and even though I was used to Cassius's cruelty, I didn't understand why Damien's coldness surprised me.
Perhaps it was because of the way he looked, his eyes filled with a fire that Cassius lacked.
And then there were the butterflies in my stomach that seemed to flutter whenever he was near.
What was this feeling? And why was it happening now?
Touching my forehead with the back of my hand as I stopped in front of the huge black door that led into the room the Alpha would be staying in, I turned to look at him and the two men that had followed him.
"As my master said, only one room was prepared. I will let you know when the others are ready for use." I said with a low bow, raising my head to watch Damien stare at me coldly, his height even more intimidating now that he was standing in front of me.
His blue eyes suddenly moved away as if he could not bear to look at me for one more second and he entered the room, his companions behind him, and the door was slammed shut.
I didn't know why my eyes stung at the lack of anything in his gaze and it made me wonder whether I had developed a crush on the Alpha, because why did his lack of interest bother me? If anything, I should be grateful.
I wanted to wake up one morning and see a lack of interest burning in Cassius's eyes.
My stomach plummeted, my body taut with fear as I headed to Cassius's room, knowing that nothing good ever came out of going to his room.
When I entered, he was removing the cufflinks from his shirt and his hair looked like he had run his hands through it in despair.
He didn't like that the Alpha had decided to spend the night.
"Get me a glass of blood." He said without turning to look at me and I nodded with a bow even though he couldn't see me and ran to the kitchen, quickly preparing the tray and grabbing a blood bag from the refrigerator to fill the empty glass.
With the mood Cassius was in, I didn't want to be the one to bear the consequences as he would look for any excuse to hurt me.
Entering the room, I dropped the tray gently on the table in front of him and bowed, turning around to leave when he spoke.
"Stay." He ordered.
I swallowed nervously, nodding before I went to stand by the door, with my head bowed, staring at my feet as he had always ordered me to, except he wanted me to look at him. I had forgotten to do it once and my back still bore scars from that incident.
As I stood idly by the door, the door suddenly opened and Elena entered, bowing low at the waist. I glanced at her covertly, making sure he didn't see that I had raised my head.
"Speak," he told her and I saw her swallow nervously before she answered.
"Some mails have arrived for you in your office, Master. Shall I sort them for you?"
"No. I will do them. You may go."
Elena nodded and bowed again, giving me a sympathetic smile before she left the room.
I stood by the door awkwardly for what felt like hours after that, afraid to peek and see what Cassius was doing.
Just as I was counting back from hundred, I heard his voice again in the quiet room.
"We are going to my office to set the mails. Raise your head."
Raising my head, I opened the door for him and rushed to walk in front of him so that I could open the door to his office because he did not like anyone to walk behind him.
Following him as he walked to sit behind his desk, I stood meekly by his side and winced when he dug his nails into the skin of my arm.
"Kneel. That's how you will be till we are done here."
Biting my lips, I did as he asked and fought the urge to cry at the pleasure in his eyes from watching me on my knees.
Handing me some of the envelopes from where there was a pile on the table, he relaxed into the chair and folded his arms.
"Read them out to me." He ordered and one after the other, I started to read out all of the mails while he listened.
I was on the tenth mail when he raised his hand, halting me.
"I have let you be all day, Amelia. Don't you think that it is time for you to see to it that I am relieved and happy after the long day I have had?"
My face paled at what he was insinuating and I chose to feign ignorance.
Reluctantly, I looked up at him and tried to sound as polite as possible, even though my lips quivered as tears brimmed in my eyes.
"What would you like me to do, Master?"
The smirk on his face turned into a frown and I knew that it was only a matter of time before his rage was directed at me.
"After all these years, you still ask what would pleasure me?" His face was contorted into a frown that gave me a glimpse of the monster that lay beneath but I wasn't about to give in this time without a fight.
"You've always told me to ask what you want, Master. That it is the best way to please you and so that I do not do what you do not like. Has that changed, Master?" I replied and the next thing I received was a hard slap across my cheek.
My head throbbed and he grabbed my neck, dragging me to kneel between his legs.
"You cheeky little brat. Perhaps sucking my c*ck will teach you to not be naughty. Undo my belt." He growled and my eyes stung with tears as my hands shakily undid his belt and released his c*ck from his trousers.
His cock sprung up angrily, long and hard and Cassius looked at me gleefully.
"Being cheeky turns me the fuck on, you bitch. Now, taste."
He forced his dick into my mouth and I fought the urge to bite down hard.
Throwing his head back, he groaned as I fisted the base of his c*ck and pumped him hard.
"Yes, slave. Take it deeper into your mouth, you mouthy little bitch." He slapped me again and with both hands around my neck, he pushed into my mouth deeper until his dick was touching the back of my tongue. I gagged and he smiled, his grin cruel.
"Just look at you, little whore, that smart mouth wrapped around my cock. You should be honored that you get to taste this. You should be fucking honored." He slapped me hard again and this time, tears fell down my cheeks as he began to fuck my mouth hard.
Grabbing a fistful of my hair, he slapped my face hard again as he moved in and out of my mouth and I fought the urge to throw up, more tears trickling down my cheeks as he groaned in pleasure, locking eyes with me and smiling maliciously.
And then his entire body stiffened and I knew he was about to cum. As if sensing that I was about to withdraw, he held my head and slapped me again as he started to cum with a growl that filled the entire room.
"Swallow every drop, you wench. Swallow everything. Fuck!" He shook around me, still fucking my mouth as he spilled cum down my throat.
When he finally was done, he pushed me away like I was a rag doll and kicked me.
He tucked his cock into his pants and fixed the belt before looking at me.
"Go to my room and remove all of your clothes down to the very last piece. Fucking your mouth is not enough. I need to fuck you hard so that you remember who is your master. Now get out of my sight."
Standing up with my entire body shaking, I wiped my mouth and bowed, angry tears falling down my cheeks as I left his office.
I dreaded what awaited me the minute he came to his bedroom and just wanted to die. I wanted everything to be over. I wanted Cassius to die. I wanted the world to end.
Amelia's POVI hated my life. I hated how powerless I was. And as I tossed and turned on the bed, naked down to my bare skin just as Cassius had ordered, I fought the tears that refused to stop falling down my cheeks and sat up on the bed, bringing my knees to my chest as I waited with dread for the door to swing open and for him to walk in, eyes filled with malicious intent. I didn't know how long I rocked back and forth on the bed waiting for the door to open but as I looked up at the gigantic clock in the room, I realized that hours had passed since I was ordered to leave his office and come here. My anxiety increased as I wondered if this was one of his mind games at work again. Was he purposely delaying to make me squirm and lose my mind to panic? I was expecting him to rush in here so that I could leave as soon as he was done with me but perhaps he had other ideas. What was wrong? Has something bad happened to him at last? Has all of my prayers finally worked? Or was it Damie
Amelia's POV After the rollercoaster night that I had, I was not very surprised when I woke up to the sound of the alarm clock almost immediately the next morning. Taking a deep breath, I was already dreading what horrors today might bring to me when I remembered what had happened in the kitchen yesterday. With Damien. The Alpha who was too handsome and had a face that could scare the living daylights out of a person if he so wished. I remembered how his hand had wrapped around my neck and how my body had come alive with fear and something else that till now I could not quite describe, how his eyes had darkened with rage as he asked me who had touched me. Slapping my forehead to stop myself from daydreaming, I quickly showered and left my room, heading to Cassius' room first like I always did every morning. As I got to the front of the door, I remembered how he had kept me in his room for hours and hadn't come back. Would he punish me today instead? Instead of drinking the b
Amelia's POVWhen I woke up this morning, I remembered that I had already been dreading what horrors today might bring to me after what had happened in the kitchen yesterday. But, never in my wildest dreams had I anticipated that the horror I would be facing today would not be from my Master but from another even scarier being. "What the fuck?" Damien yelled, standing from the chair as he looked down at his wet pants from where I had spilled wine over his clothes after looking down at himself, his eyes finally landed on me again and the blue of his eyes suddenly looked darker with rage that was barely contained. The entire room vibrated from the sound of the harsh growl that was directed at me. But I couldn't seem to move. I couldn't seem to speak. I couldn't do anything. I had fallen into shock. My eyes moved from the two wolves that had also stood up in shock to the jug as it lay on the floor from where it had dropped from my flimsy grip as I tried to explain that I didn't mean i
Amelia's POV"Please, Alpha. Please forgive her." Elizabeth started to beg again immediately after Cassius left and I gasped when she fell to her knees, pulling me down on my knees with her. I was still shaken up from the fact that not only had Cassius agreed to the punishment, but he had also left with a smile that assured me I was in deep trouble. And now it was time to face Damien who from the way he was looking at Elizabeth and me like we were being dramatic, didn't have any intentions to pardon me for my mistake. "You should leave now, miss." The one that I believed was Damien's beta said and I wanted to throw the jug at him so hard.But the last thing I needed was another reason to increase my punishment especially when I didn't even know what it was. "Please spare the girl. You should please reconsider. It was a mistake, Alpha. The child has already been through enough..." My eyes that were swollen from crying widened as I realized that she had almost spoken out of turn and
Amelia's POV"Amelia? Oh my God!" A voice screeched and I jumped from the bed, falling to the ground in panic as I opened my eyes. Where was I?What had happened?"Why are you here? And sleeping on the Alpha's bed?" The same voice that had screeched asked again and when I looked towards the door, Elena was standing there with her eyes wide in shock. It finally registered in my mind where I was. I remembered all that happened before I slept on Damien's bed.How I had thought for certain that he was going to have his way with me and had waited in terror after watching him undress and head to the bathroom and how he had shocked me beyond what I had imagined when he knelt in front of me and applied balm on my wounds and my throbbing face where Cassius had left a cut with his nail as he slapped me. The last thing I remembered was falling asleep after Damien ordered me to lie on the bed. What had happened after that? I looked down at my clothes and saw that I was still fully dressed a
Amelia's POVI walked very slowly down the hallway, my back aching and my hand itching to touch my throat to be sure that I was still alive. That I was no longer in that bathroom, drowning over and over again. My lips quivered and I winced from my aching back where Cassius had flogged me with his belt. I took a right turn and saw Elizabeth waiting for me, her eyes wide as she took in my damp hair and shaky gait and when I tried to smile, to reassure her that I was okay, it was tears that trickled down my face. She rushed towards me and held my hand, her eyes brimming with tears. "Oh, sweet girl, Elena told me that you had gone to see the Master and I wondered what would happen this time, I'm so sorry, sweetie. Come, I've prepared a very warm bath for you."I nodded, my eyes shining with gratitude and she led me gently toward her room where she had drawn a bath. Every time I entered her room, I was reminded that Cassius had given me a tiny room on purpose in this mansion. I guess I
Amelia's POV "It's been a while." The man smiled and Elena greeted him. Dr. Goodman, or Mark like he had told me several times to call him, greeted me with a smirk that closely mirrored Cassius and his eyes looked pleased as his gaze settled on me even though Elena had stepped forward to tell him why we had come. It was always the same order anyways but it didn't matter. All that mattered to me was that I was outside again and far away from the mansion even though there was nothing I could do. "We are here to get blood bags to replenish our store," Elena said and he nodded, his eyes still on me and I shifted from one foot to the other, uncomfortable from the way he was creepily staring at me. "And you? Amelia? How is Cassius treating you?" He asked with a knowing look on his face that made me feel like hauling his table lamp at his face. He knew that I was a slave and knew what Cassius did and yet, he always asked me that question without fail. I fought the urge to roll my e
Amelia's POV"Huh?" I stared blankly at Elizabeth. "I didn't hear that correctly, right?" I asked in shock, turning around from where she had been rubbing the balm on my bruised back where Cassius had beaten me mercilessly for sleeping off in the Alpha's room and coming back smelling like him. It felt like I had misheard her because it could not be possible. Okay, maybe it was because he had rubbed balm on my face and neck too when I had been in his room and I had slept afterward but this, giving Elizabeth balm specifically to treat my wounds sounded very suspicious and unbelievable. Because why would he? He was supposed to punish me for spilling wine on him and yet, here he was, sending me an ointment for injuries that he was not even responsible for. It took me back to the first time Cassius had flogged me. It had been over the temperature of his blood drink. Apparently, when he had said he wanted it cool, he did not mean cold. I had taken the cold glass of blood to his office a
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Damien's POVI knew that Amelia would probably roll her eyes if I said this to her but she was hands down the most beautiful woman that I had laid eyes on. Perhaps it was the mating bond speaking but it didn't matter. I was hopelessly irrevocably in love with her. She sat beside me, the first aid box on her lap, and opened her hand for me to give her my bruised knuckles. I fought the urge to tumble her on the bed and kiss her senselessly because she looked less than pleased at my injuries even though they didn't hurt and would heal on their own. "It was nothing serious," I said again. When I had told her the first time, she had raised her eyebrows at me in a scolding fashion. It would have looked really threatening if I was not a big bad werewolf that was probably two times her size and towered over most people in the pack, including her. I stifled my amusement at how adorable she was because I knew that she would not appreciate that sort of thing. "I heard you the first time, Al
Amelia's POVThe silence in the kitchen was deafening and the entire atmosphere was very tense after my statement. I was well aware that if I did not do so something to diffuse this, things were going to escalate beyond measure but I had had enough of Nikki, from her passive-aggressive behavior to hurting people like they were not human beings and looking at others from beneath her nose like she was higher than every one of them. Her momentary shock at my statement was quick to fade and she pulled her arm away from my grasp and frowned at me. "Oh and what do we have here? So you really think that just because people have accepted you that you can go around calling yourself Luna and expect people to do what you want? I rolled my eyes, almost chuckling to myself.She continued, "It seems that you have forgotten your place, have you not? You are a slave like her, perhaps that is why you feel so strongly that I am teaching her a lesson." "You bitch!" Elena roared and tried to reach he
Amelia's POVIt had been one month since I moved back to the pack. There was a calendar in the bedroom which I marked every day once I woke up and when I did today, the smile on my face widened as I circled the date. One whole month had passed since I returned with Damien. It had been one month since Cassius was finally defeated.It had been a whole month and even though I had had a couple of nightmares between now and then, whenever I woke up, it was with Damien by my side, holding me tight and reminding me that I was no longer stuck back in that mansion. That I was no longer a slave to a vampire lord that was obsessed with me. That I was no longer living in bondage but free. Being Luna was wonderful here. Everyone had been nothing but so pleasant and supportive, allowing me to ease into the role at my own pace, no matter how slow that was. I was still adjusting to being a very important member of the pack and fortunately, my mate was the most patient and wonderful teacher one coul
Amelia's POVAs the girl, whose name I still did not know but whose face I would never forget wrapped her hands around Damien's neck and pulled him in for an intimate hug, all I could think about was the way she had been with me when I first came to the pack. The very first time that I had fled from Cassius and the words that she had said to me when everyone else had been nothing but caring."Oh? You don't want to know what I know about you? You don't want to know that I know how you were Cassius' slave for many years before you were brought here? You don't want to know how I know that you were not just a slave, but one used solely for sex?"We both know that you don't deserve him, sweetheart. So why are you still here, ruining my plans and making life difficult for everybody?" "Why? We both know that you are nothing but trash. And have you heard where the trash gets one ounce of happiness?" Her words still hurt every time I remembered them but now that I was mated to Damien and ha
Amelia's POV Bliss. I didn't know any other words that could adequately describe how I was feeling and bliss seemed to encapsulate all of my emotions being around Damien these past few days. It was nothing but bliss. It made me wonder if I was no longer dreaming and if this was just a really long dream that I was going to wake up from soon. "Am I dreaming?" I asked him as he cut an apple and fed me a piece. We were having a mini picnic in the woods and for the first time since I was forced to move to this new city, I didn't feel wary about being outside. I didn't feel a strange sense of panic thinking that this happiness could be snatched away from me at any time. The bane of my entire existence was dead and every time I remembered that he would no longer be able to trouble us again, I could not contain my joy. Finally, I would have a shot at happiness. Finally, I could begin life anew and start a family just like I had always wanted with the man that I loved wholeheartedly. I