Chapter Six
Mondrian's POV “I’d love to see you try Alpha—-?” The corners of my mouth twitched with the ghost of a smile as I punched him harder in the face before he could finish. And suddenly, I craved more blood. I was usually good with controlling my emotions, but with her in front of me. With so much hurt in her eyes, I couldn't stand my Wolf taking over. I wanted so badly to have Christoph torn apart, limb by limb. At that moment, it felt as though all of that was meant to give me immense satisfaction and some relief from the chaos brewing inside me. I tried to hold back my Wolf from having him attacked almost instantly, with my hands still wrapped tightly around her wrist. I couldn't understand why she made me feel the way I did. She looked me over as if noticing my presence for the first time. The sweet scent of this annoying perfect girl, overwhelmed me as I breathed her in amidst all that was happening. “Fuck!” Christoph groaned in pain, holding onto his already broken nose which bled profusely. My gaze snapped to Christoph where his annoying voice cut through my thoughts. He stared back, his eyes glazed and unmoveable but still, a small smile pulled at my lips. I sighed in frustration, threatening to run a hand through my hair. But my mind wouldn't for some reason, stop reeling over what had just happened. “The next time you pull up such a stunt I'll have you dealt with. Mark my words!” I growled taking Celene by the hand as we strode away, not caring whether or not Celene wanted to. All I suddenly wanted was to get her away from the grasp of Christoph “Let go of me!” She yelled, trying to wrench free from my grip. “And what if I don’t?” I scowled at her, gripping her by the arm trying to hold back my wolf from pouncing on her. Her scent wafted over me almost instantly, causing my Wolf to suddenly become so restless in the head that all I couldn't think of was having her claimed as mine. I wanted her so bad that I stared back at her through gritted teeth, trying to figure out ways in the head to have my wolf held back. “I said let go—-” I finally looked at her, finding wild Emerald green eyes staring up at me. Panting, and confused. “Is that how to thank me for saving your life?” I asked, scanning her face relieved to already see colors blooming on her cheeks. To see her eyes glooming again with a familiar fire. I couldn’t stop my eyes from creeping down her delicate throat, where a heart-shaped pendant was settled between her collarbones. A pulse point beating fast, then down her generous tits as my eyes descended lower, wordlessly maneuvering down to her stomach, to her waist, and round hips. My heartbeat slowed down when I breathed in her sweet smell. Her cold delicate fingers were now wrapped in the embrace of my palms as I stared at her wishing I could have my legs locked in between her thighs. I placed a hand on her side, fitting right through her curve as I slowly had her pinned against the wall by the hallway. My Wolf yearning to have her claimed. A lot going through my mind as I thought about how on earth she was to understand that I the Lycan King of the White Fire pack had been alive for a thousand years. I’d been nothing but an element who had spent a thousand years looking for his mate. And even worse, my one-thousand-year birthday, as well as my death and the destruction of White Fire Pack, were apparently in two months. I mean, how was I to have all that explained to her. “You can stare into these eyeballs of mine until you're healed, but until then try to keep your hands to yourself,” She scowled, her soft voice cutting through the thoughts in my head as she yanked my hands away from her sides. “All of that still doesn't change the fact that, you felt the exact same bond I felt a while ago,” I cut in. With my eyes locked directly on hers. I felt like I needed to say it, felt like I needed to admit it to myself. I was finally having one to claim for myself, thereby getting rid of the curse. There was that look again, one that felt as though she’d seen straight through my mini mask. Tearing down my walls, stripping me bare with nothing but her gaze. I hated it… I loved it… “I don't understand a thing you're saying!” Celene yelled, trying to wrench free from my grip still. I snapped back to the realms of reality. My eyebrows shot up, seeing how much courage she had in having to respond in such a manner. ‘No one ever dares!…’ I thought to myself. “I know you do!” I responded, cutting her off from her annoying ignorant rants. I stood there in silence staring at her, with clenched teeth fighting down the urge to tell her. Letting her know how bad my situation had gotten over the years. “Let go of me!” She yelled, finally slipping from my grip running off like she was being chased by some beast coming from behind her. I groaned in frustration, watching her leave. Knowing I’d been one step away to getting freedom from the silly curse. Unfortunately I had in some way ruined it all. “Fuck!” I muttered. As I make my way outside the damned cabin, I sulk towards Alex my Beta who stood casually leaning slightly on the car side. “We’re leaving!” I scowled angrily headed for the car with both hands shoved into the pockets of my pants, as I thought of ways in having her claimed willingly other than having it forced. “Where are we headed Sir,” Alex my beta asked. I stayed silent for a couple of seconds, trying to figure out what else I was to do in having to convince her to accept the claim. “Home!” I said.Chapter seven Mondrian’s POVIt doesn’t have to mean anything…right?! The drive home is more annoying than it seems with Alex on the drivers side chirping away with unhinged excitement at my plight. After filling him in on what had happened in the Violet pack. “So you’re saying that you think her own mother probably tried to kill her daughter??” Alex’s hands raise high to the roof of the car as he shuts the top windows as the slow drizzle of the rain revolves around us. My hands find their way into the gentle strands of hair that've been pulled back with the rubber band I’ve become accustomed to carrying around. Releasing my hair from their bonded terror, I don’t give a verbal response but Alex doesn’t even wait for a response before coming to an answer of his own.“That doesn’t make any sense man.” “I didn’t say she did it. I said..there’s a probability that she’s the one who sent those assassins. There’s something fishy going on and that’s not even the most of my problems at the
Chapter eightCelene’s POVI run across the hallway and up the stairs that connected to the hallways of my room, my heart beating hard and fast as I held into every bit of reserve I’d summed up over the past few hours. Just a few more steps and I’d be within the confines of my room. My eyes blurred with tears as I raced down the hallway, my hands on the doorknob as I barged into my room slamming the door behind me before sinking to my knees.My hands trembled in my laps as I let out all my tears, my cries were barely heard over the sound of rain that hit the roof like pebbles on glass making it all the more easy for me to let out every bit of pent up emotion swirling through me. The atmosphere shifted slowly matching my mood as my room seemed to take on an even darker loom the flowers slowly dropping and the weather slowly worsening. My hands burned where Christoph had held me against him and I raged from within at the betrayal I had recieved. It was only yesterday that I found out
Chapter NineMondrian’s POVThe drive home was faster with my emotions in check and Alex feeling a tad bit chirpier about the things he felt like he’d be able to do now that he knew I’ve gotten a mate. I didn’t realize that the absence of my mate not only pressed into my side but affected the lots of people around me. I ruled the White fire pack with as much intensity and ruthlessness it took to ensure that the pack stayed burning and alive so it took a rather great deal for me to notice what the others were conferenced about only if brought to my notice by my beta-which is Alex-and any of my trusted enforcers. My eyes catch the movement of guards on patrol of the pack house situated at the front end gate which overlooks the crest of the hill the pack was situated on. There were too many advantages with building the pack this far up the county coast, the vegetarian grew easier here making it easy to trade any produce into the local markets and stores providing a source of income for
Chapter 10Author’s POV It's not murder if it’s your own daughter.. it’s not murder if it’s your own daughter. Valerie chanted at the back of her mind as she watched celene being dragged into the hall. Hee smirk was hidden underneath the facade of tears she let pour out of her eyes as she dabbed her face with her kerchief facing her living husband struck with shock and fear as he watched his daughter being brought to her knees still in her nightwear struggling with the guards who had been ordered to bring her into the hall. She let out a scoff at her attempt to seem pained but she knew better than to let her sounds and body betray the internal joy she was feeling. “Valerie??” Daniel’s-Celene’s father-voice wavered as he turned to look at the woman he’d ended up with, all in the course of one mistake.“Yes??” Valerie sniffed before turning to meet the stare her supposed mate was currently giving her. “You know she didn’t do it right??” He stuttered, staring at her and managing to a
Chapter 11Authors POVAuthors POVDrip.Drip.Drip.Drip.. the sound of the water hitting the ground from the tap was the only sound that echoed through the entire washroom as Ella stood still, her eyes raving around the entire space, hands by her waist trying to make sure she wa steady to face the pack again after what had happened last night. She could barely think and more so barely even breathe when she found herself being hauled across the hallway and into a room by her mother. The mark from the rings Valerie wore around her fingers was enough to scar from the slap she had delivered across her daughter's face sent shivers up her spine by her merely looking at it. Memories of the previous night flooding her brain as she slid to her knees in the bathing cubicle. “You had just one job!! And yet you still managed to ruin everything for me.” Valerie screamed at her daughter as she dragged her into the room and pushed her across the room. Ella landed with her bum on the hard floor, te
Chapter 12Celene’s POVMy hands felt cold even after I’d taken a warm bath, my body still froze at every sound, every movement that seemed to come from the room. I’d spent half of my shower time clearing the fog on the glass cubicle every time my hair stood at odd ends due to thoughts of the person being out there watching me. Why would anyone even do something so… filthy? My mind scampered across the number of people who would have done anything like it. I’d crossed the guards and since everyone treated me with less respect due to omega genes from my mothers lineage and Valerie’s disgusting command that anyone who paid me more attention than she did-not like her attention would amount to ten percent-would either be taken into the dungeons or given ten whips.Both seemed utterly ridiculous at the time but I learnt the hard way when I’d barely been able to keep the friends I’d made since I was born due to the stupid demand. That was the first time I’d ever witnessed father be bossed
Chapter thirteen Celene’s POV“I don’t like being kept waiting.” His voice whispers into my ears as he pulls out the chair at the edge of the table. I itched to tear his hands off me where they stayed steering me to the seat, the touch bunting into the skin making me more aware of the height difference between us both. “This woman belongs to me now!” His claim on me rings through my head as he lowers me into the seat before settling down in his. My head turns as I notice the difference in the seating arrangements along with the new face seated on the opposite side of me. Dad and Valerie were seated at the other end of the rather large table situated in the center of the room, the square ends sticking out of the cloth used to decorate the wooden masterpiece. The new face was opposite me with Ella seated at his side and my eyes noticed the only other person in the room. Cristoph was seated right next to me, well he was still a few seats away but he was the only one on my side of the
Chapter 14Mondrian’s POVMy head buzzed slightly as I stretched in my bed my hands gripping the edge of the sheets as I shifted and twisted taking in the scent of the fresh morning dew. I didn’t have to check the alarm clock to know the time since it was already ingrained into my system. Barely forty-five minute past five, the same time for five hundred years I knew better than to try to stop the habit that’d been inbuilt after I’d taken up the position of alpha after dads death. It still came across as shocking to many wolves and Lycans across the lycanthrope charts that the white fire pack had the same aging ability like other nocturnal species like the vampires. Our ability to use various levels of natures essence gave our pack more reason to stand out. The clear advantage and even unclear disadvantage stood out prominently, having had to reduce most of our enemies to nothing but dust and ash as a result of their greed or constantly bringing judgement upon summoned ones separati
101 Celene The thoughts of the previous night kept replaying in my head, couldn’t stop replaying the moment in my mind. Mondrian walked away from me, his face a myriad of emotions that I could place, walking away from me after that hug that left me wanting him to stay, yet too embarrassed to do anything. What was that all about? It wasn’t like him to act so cold, Mondrian always made sure to savor every single moment of our time together. That hug should have lasted for quite a while before breaking it with a kiss. Although I tried not to think too deeply about his actions, I couldn't help but feel his walking away had to do with the promise he had made to me. Did he not want to do it or was he having second doubts? The thought ate at me all night. Twisting and turning in bed all night, pulling the blanket tighter, then throwing it off entirely. Sleep eluded me no matter what I did or how hard I tried. My mind kept circling back to him— his expression, him walking out without so
100 Mondrian I stepped into my office to find Alex my beta and best friend waiting for me, his arms folded and his face set in his usual calm and unreadable expression. Although It was his usual look, but something about it annoyed me. Maybe it was the tension in the air, or maybe it was the way my own guilt over Celene—walking away from her—still clung to me like a heavy cloak. Either way, I wasn’t in the mood for pleasantries. “Alex,” I greeted curtly, nodding as I took my seat at the head of the desk. "Alpha," he responded, his tone even, but I caught the flicker of Amusement in his eyes. He knew something. Before I could say anything more, Arlen walked in, his boots clicking against the floor as he joined us. His young face showed none of the excitement he usually eluded instead the shadows under his eyes and the way he sighed told a different tale. It was not surprising, considering the mission I’d sent him on. "Arlen," I said, leaning forward. "Any News young one? Are t
99 Mondrian “What the heck was that?” Zara’s sharp voice followed me as I turned towards the stairs leading to my office. “Do you even realize how harsh you were?” she asked, walking in tandem with me, arms placed hastily on her hips. I stopped mid-step and turned to her, my jaw tightening. “I was harsh for a good reason.” My voice was cold and fiand rm, Zara’s eyes held mine, “She disobeyed me, Zara. She could’ve gotten hurt or worse.” “She didn’t, though,” she countered, her voice calm but firm, her arms crossed across her chest. “And yelling at her like that isn’t going to make her listen to you. If anything, you’re just going to push her further away. I thought you wanted her to fall for you. This isn't the way Mondrian.” Her words hit me like a blow to the chest. I hated to admit it, but she was right. The look on Celene’s, face when I had scolded her—hurt, betrayed, and shocked kept replaying in my mind. It made me feel sick to my stomach. The thought of Celene shifting
98 Celene I stared at her, my hand still raised, my chest heaving. The energy I’d felt when I had merged with Alera surged through me, I could feel the electric tension as my hands trembled from the rush. What the heck was that? My mind whirling as It struggled to process what had just happened. Pecan’s stunned face didn't change as she stared at me, and I couldn’t shake the image of her flying. Albeit satisfying that should have been impossible, I shouldn't be able to do that…not with Pecan who had a place in Mondrian's army, rumors about her slaying mountains of men had welcomed me on my very first day, despite her nasty attitude, she was someone Mondrian had acknowledged and I had thrown her with a flick of my wrist. The hallway grew eerily silent, for a second it all felt like a dream, but my heartbeat pounded loudly in my ears telling a different tale. Then, out of nowhere, Zara appeared, her face full of worry as she hurried toward me. “What happened? I heard a scream,” s
97 Celene I woke up to find Mondrian sitting by my bed, his head in his hands. His shoulders looked heavy like he was carrying the weight of the world. The dim light of the room made his dark hair gleam, and his expression, when he finally glanced up at me, was nothing short of pained. My heart skipped at his forlorn expression. “Mondrian?” My voice came out hoarse, barely above a whisper. My throat burning, and everything felt… off—dull. Still, I reached out to him “What’s wrong?” He exhaled slowly like he was relieved just to hear me speak. “Celene,” he said, his voice soft but laced with tension. “You’re awake. I'm glad.” But his expression still didn't change. “Of course I’m awake,” I said, frowning, as a soft groan escaped My lips. My head was pounding, and my memories were foggy. Before I could ask what had happened, a single memory turned sharp in my mind, and it made my heart leap, excitement fueled my voice looking towards him “I turned! Didn’t I?” His face fell fur
96 Mondrian “Why would you say that, Mondrian?” The voice startled me. In the chaos of trying to save Celene and then battling Maria's words, I had forgotten about the people around me. I turned around, and there he was, glaring at me like I’d just committed some sort of crime. His arms were crossed over his chest, and his expression was sharp a far cry from his usual expressionless face. “You think this is your fault?” he demanded, his voice harsh. “Celene turning and then her fever? You think you’re the reason she’s like this?” I didn’t say anything for a moment. How could I explain? He wouldn’t understand. “If I had been paying a little bit of attention, I would’ve noticed something was wrong,” I finally said, my voice quiet but firm. “if only I wasn't so selfish…I could’ve done something to stop it.” Alex shook his head, frustrated. “Stop it? Stop what, Mondrian? The fever? The turning? What exactly?” His voice rises with every question, “Celene is an adult, she can make h
95 Mondrian “Aren't you in love with Celene?” Zara's words replay in my head on a continuous loop, her words hit me like a punch to the guys, her eyes boring into mine as she stared at me with a look of assuredness. She followed up by stating her efforts towards bringing I and celene together. I had been too shocked to defend myself, too unsure of what was in store for me, I could only stutter, Zara had looked at me with a face tinged with a shock that I hadn't realized before patting my shoulder urging me to think about my next steps before leaving me to my thoughts, with a simple excuse. Too shocked to function I walked back into the room, and her pale unconscious face came into view. Was I in love with Celene? Had I been very obvious in my interest in her? Did Celene like me too? The thoughts ricochet around my mind, mixing in with my feelings of worry towards Celene, until it becomes a giant pile of nerves. With a huff, I fall back on the bed. “What am I doing?” I muttere
94 Mondrian “Celene!” Horror overwhelms me watching her wolf fall in slow motion after finally turning puts my heart in reverse, catching her fall, I pull her into my arms, “What's wrong with you Celene?” She doesn't respond. She had fallen unconscious. This was all my fault, I had no one else to blame, I should have stopped her when she wanted to try again, and I should have been more strict. Despite her being unconscious, her body begins the painful process of turning human. I winced at every crack, her weak body made even when she didn't acknowledge them. Pilling her close to my chest I waited out the turning process murmuring sweet meaningless nothings, while I prayed for it all to be over. At the last pop, I pull off my jacket to cover her semi-naked body, she had been in her underwear during the transformation, and she had feared ruining the sportswear she had walked in with. Her body flushed red from the pain and soaked with sweat, glistened under the sweltering sun. With
93 Celene My talk with Zara put my thoughts in line. To learn more information about my history I needed to ask my father, which I couldn't do on my own, so another goal was created— I needed to overpower Luna Valerie and my father to become strong enough so they respect me. To do so I needed power— more than I already had. Which could only be gotten if I learned to turn, the history book clearly stated the silver wolfs were blessed with powers, and even Alera could confirm, but for some odd reason she couldn't unlock it. Further solidifying my reasons to become stronger, I needed a teacher. I need Mondrian. There was no one more fitting of the role other than Alpha Mondrian. He understood my problem and wanted to help, moreover, I was comfortable a bit with him. I held my breath, my hands growing sweaty, waiting for him to give me an answer. His deep grey eyes bore into mine, holding me in place, “Are you sure Celene? I thought we agreed you should take things slow.” He asked,