Dawn's POV "Ryan?!" I ran to him, and pulled him up. I wrapped him in a warm embrace and felt tears brimming up in my eyes. I was so happy and sad to see him — happy because he had saved me and sad because he was in pain. He raised his head and flashed a smile at me. "You're fine, don't cry." He wiped my tears away, and we stared at each other for a few seconds before he started laughing. I wondered why he was laughing at me, until I realized that we were both naked. I quickly stood up to get my clothes, when he suddenly carried me up, and jumped back into the water. I shrieked and hit his hand for him to drop me down, but he refused. We went deep inside the water and swam around before we came up. I didn't know that he was such a good swimmer. It looked really good to watch. "You're so fucking pretty, Dawn. Your body—" he started saying, but I interrupted him by wrapping my hands around his neck. "Shush, don't make me shy!" I said, making him laugh. He wrapped his hands
Xavier's POV My blood boiled in anger. Dawn was getting so comfortable, so I had to put her in her place. She was just a mere prisoner, and that was all. I thought she had run away and gone far away, until Ryan offered to bring her back home. Here. This pack house was her home now and the earlier she came in terms with that, the better for her. "Why would you do that, man?" Ryan shouted, as he punched my shoulder a little. I faced him, he had a deep frown etched on his face. I wondered why he was so angry, when he literally brought her back to the house when she had already left. "Ryan? What the fuck are you saying? She already left, she broke the rules. You know how I get when someone breaks the rules!" I went back to the throne, fuming. Lately, Ryan and I had been having so many altercations and they were all because of that prisoner. I would make sure to make her stay in my room hell, since she decided to start feeling too comfortable. "Yes, I know that she left. But ta
Dawn's POV I couldn't believe that alpha Xavier really saw me naked! My body was still trembling minutes after he saw me. I didn't know why, but I wasn't comfortable with it, especially after everything he had done to me for the past one day. Reluctantly, I walked out of the room and went to the dining hall. Thankfully, he wasn't there. But not only that, nobody was there. For the first time since I walked into the house, there was no single plate of food on the table. It was empty. I wondered what was happening, so I walked to the kitchen to ask the maids if they weren't done with the breakfast, even though it was unusual and had never happened since I got to the house. I tapped one of the maids that was standing at the sink, she looked calm. "Hi, when will breakfast be ready?" Immediately the words left my mouth, she eyed me and hissed before walking away. I asked about two more and they reacted the same way. I was so hurt and confused, until someone appro
Dawn's POV "Zade!" I yelled, as I wrapped my hands around him. The moment his cold skin came in contact with mine, my eyes went shut as my smile deepened. I was having a really bad day, but seeing him right there, just when I needed him, made me forget all my worries. He pulled me even closer and hugged me, until he suddenly pulled out of it. He had a small smile on his face. Even though it was small, it was genuine. "What are you doing here?" I asked, as he helped me off the floor. He exhaled, and his eyes roamed around. He wasn't satisfied with the condition of my new room, I could tell, but I had no choice. "Um, I came here for business as usual," Zade said, and I quickly nodded, as I understood him completely. For the second time, his eyes roamed around the room, this time his eyes lingered on the details of the room. I rolled my eyes and tried to shake him out of it, by changing the subject. "So, are you going to hang out with me for a while? I have missed
Dawn's POV Ryan's hands were tightly wrapped around Cassidy's neck, as he continued lifting her up. Her hands were properly raised above the ground and her face was slowly turning red. I was satisfied by the fact that she was getting what she deserved, but at the same time, I was scared. "Please, Ryan. Drop her." I pleaded, and he dropped her immediately. I watched as she held her neck, and struggled to balance her breathing. "That will teach you a lesson. Don't ever try what you did today, or you'll regret it!" He said to Cassidy, who was still trying to make sure her neck didn't break. He took a step forward and forced her to look up at him. "Once again, do not ever try to claim me or even Xavier. Leave, now." He ordered. Cassidy struggled to get up from the ground. Her eyes were already filled with tears. As she staggered out of the room, I saw her tears trickle down her face. I sniffled a laugh, and turned to face Ryan. He instantly moved closer to me and his look tur
Dawn's POV With two pairs of burning eyes still fixed on me, I slowly pulled off my panties and let them hit the floor. I watched as their breathings shifted a little, but my lips curled into a small smile. Because of their reactions, I was no longer shy. I was enjoying the moment. "Can you help with this?" I asked Ryan, pointing to my bra. He was at my back in a second and he removed the strap like a pro. I smiled and stretched my hands widely. It seemed they understood what it meant, as they both carried me to the bathroom. It wasn't like the one I had in the main pack house, but it was also big and neat. Zade wrapped his hands around my waist, and the hairs on my body stood and goosebumps filled my skin. I didn't know if that was because of how cold his hands were, or if it was because his fingers were already trailing down my belly to my wetness. I quickly parted my legs for his fingers to slip in easily and they did. They slipped in and out of me at a fast pace, and al
Dawn’s POV "Cassidy-" I started saying, but I stopped when Alpha Xavier walked past me. He stopped just before he got to Cassidy. I quickly moved closer. Her eyes were moist, was she crying? That surprised me a little. Cassidy seemed like one of those people who were incapable of having feelings, talk more of being vulnerable. "How could you do this to me, Xavier? After everything?" She cried, as more tears poured out of her eyes. Alpha Xavier balled his palms into fists, as he gritted his teeth. "Get the fuck out of here, Cassidy. Go back to your room. This is none of your business!" He shouted, frowning. Her eyes quickly left Xavier's, as she glared at me with so much hate in her eyes. I took a step back before Xavier held my hand to stop me. She averted her gaze and looked at the way our hands were linked. Then, she sniffed and wiped her eyes. "Fuck you, Xavier!" Xavier hissed with his teeth and spoke up. "It's Alpha Xavier to you. Now, leave!" I watched as Cassidy
Dawn’s POV With my mouth covering Xavier's dick, I sucked on it and straightened my back before I started bobbing my head on it. Xavier's grip around my hair tightened as he started moving my head for me. He increased the speed of his hand, making me gag a little but I kept on going. I suddenly stopped and watched as saliva dropped from my lips and landed on Xavier's length. I raised my brows to look at him, and he had a smirk stretched out on his face. I wiped my face and wrapped my hands around his length, moving them up and down in a fast motion. I moved my knees closer, and sucked the tip a little, still moving my hands on him. As I did that, I felt his toes curl under my knees. I took that as a good sign and continued with the torture. I continued and felt him stiff for a second, before he pushed my head and stepped back. "That's enough," he said and was about to walk away. I was so surprised at how things turned over in a second. "What's wrong? You don't wa
Dawn’s POV:The room broke into chaos.One minute, I was screaming, hoping that something in my voice would end this madness, but it didn’t, and the next minute, Xavier was pushing Xander off his Beta while he landed a fatal blow to the back of his neck.Xander growled in annoyance as he struggled to his feet with his hands clutching the back of his neck, and with eyes full with disdain, he snarled at Xavier; “Brother! You dare hit me?!”I rolled my eyes and so did Ryan. The room was too tense, so tense that one could cut the thickness in the atmosphere with a bread knife. My eyes widened when I noticed how Xander pushed toward Xavier but before he could lay a hand on him, Ryan inched closer, his nose bleeding.“Stay back,” he growled, eliciting an amused snicker from Xander.“And if I do not?” He snapped back threateningly but Ryan didn’t flinch even though it was obvious that the other man was stronger by the way he towered over him. “What will you do?”“I have no idea,” Ryan mutter
Dawn’s POV:“Go to your room!” Xavier barked at me and for the first time in a long time, I didn’t argue. I didn’t even need to be told twice as I dashed out of the dining area and ran up the stairs leading to Xavier’s chamber.When I arrived at my room, I slammed the door shut, fastened the locks into its place- so as not to take any chances- and crouched behind the bed. For some reason, I was scared… terrified even and I do not know why. For all I knew, Xander couldn’t be as bad as everyone was making him out to be, but whenever I remembered Autumn's words, and Ryan’s… and the way Xavier’s face had fallen at the news of his presence, I couldn’t help but think otherwise.My hands shook as I wrapped them around my knees and I even began to shake even more when I began to hear the sudden noises coming from downstairs. The shouts and the screams… and then the silence; The eerily intense silence that made my heart hammer against my chest as I couldn’t help but wonder why he was here… wh
Dawn’s POV:Ever since that incident with Cassidy the other night, my room was changed again, and this time, I was made to live in one of the rooms in Xavier’s private chamber. It was peaceful here… and beautiful too, but sometimes I couldn’t help but think that maybe now, I was trapped. Maybe there was no escaping him anymore. I knew that it was for my safety but I still felt weird thinking about it, especially whenever I remembered the way he had gone off on Cassidy that day.“Dawn… your food.” A deep rich masculine voice snapped me out of my train of thoughts and in shock, I lifted my head and blinked, surprised as I was met with two pairs of beautiful eyes… beautiful eyes that were all mine-‘if you think of it that way.I cleared my throat and sat up, and while I did, I never took my eyes off Xavier, not even for a second. You see, I wanted to talk to him, I wanted to ask him about my parents, about Cassidy’s situation, and I wanted to ask him who ‘Xander’ was, and in order to ena
Zade’s POV:It was silent… and cold, just the way I liked it whenever I wanted to think.As I lazed away in my indoor lounge with my favorite drink in hand- which was a sachet of blood type AB- I couldn’t help but think about what had happened earlier today. My people were going too far. I understood their anger at the fact that I had given Reagan away but retaliating by going after Dawn? That was too much! And I would make them pay for going after my mate!Sometimes, I couldn’t help but think about the possibilities of what would’ve been if Xavier, Ryan, and I hadn’t arrived there when we did. I couldn’t shake out the images that plagued my mind. Images of ‘what would haves’ that I struggled to shake off, and the more I thought about it, the angrier I became.Do you even know what is worse? The fact that I couldn’t talk to anyone about it… yet. I didn’t trust anyone here about issues relating to Dawn. Not my mother, and definitely not my friend, Micah. They hated humans with a passio
Dawn’s POV:As I laid in bed that night, I couldn’t stop thinking about what Ryan had said to me. It wasn’t a lot to process, but still, it had been shocking. I still wasn’t sure if the ‘murderer’ that plagued Autumn’s dreams was Xavier or his estranged brother, Xander, and at this point, I was sure that I ought to talk to Xavier about it in order to know the truth.Deciding that I would do just that when next I met him, I closed my eyes and snuggled into my duvet. It was night, I was tired and today had been an excruciatingly long day so it was only normal that I retired to bed.However just when I had slowly begun to doze off, a creaking noise by my door had me peeling my eyes wide open. It was so dark in here, as dark as a crow in a night’s sky, so I was certain that whoever must’ve come in could not see me. I took a sniff of the air, hoping to smell any one of my mates but to my surprise, the smell was foreign. It was feminine… and what stood out the most was the aura it gave off.
Dawn’s POV:I didn’t stop wailing as I packed up my suitcase and got into one of Xavier’s waiting cars, that is after explaining to my parents what was happening, and I still didn’t stop crying even as the car drove out of the dirt road leading out of the woods and into the city.I could remember their frightened faces. It was the only thing latched into my memory as I climbed into the car, and when Xavier promised to take them to a different bunker at a more secure location, they chickened out. They didn’t trust him, and that was understandable… but they trusted me and I couldn’t afford to bring them down.My tears continued to stream down my face and I didn’t notice until I felt something warm against my left cheek, brushing away the stray tear that had streaked that spot, and when I turned to the person to see that it was Ryan, I barely smiled. I only nodded.The ride continued in silence and when Ryan probably could no longer stand how quiet it was, he turned to me. His voice was
Dawn’s POV:I waited for the commotion outside to die down before I climbed up the ladder and unfastened the several locks to the bunker’s door. When I pushed the door open, I was suddenly hit with the metallic smell of blood and that wasn’t all. There were bodies scattered everywhere. And now, I know I may sound like I was exaggerating but more than ten corpses were lying on the floor, and while some were decapitated, the rest were just… dead.Another thing that I couldn’t shake out was the pungent smell of rotten flesh. It smelled disgusting and it emanated from the bodies on the floor, and now that I thought about it, it was the same as those I had smelled on those men back at Xavier’s pack, and in disgust, I scrunched up my nose.“Hey, Dawn! Good to see you.” Ryan greeted me with a sweet smile, and for a minute, I almost forgot about the corpses scattered around until I smelled them again. I smiled back; “Hi Ryan, good to see you too!”Silence…“What happened here?” I resorted to
Dawn’s POV: Autumn’s words wouldn’t stop playing in my head and the more I tried to shake it off, the more it plagued my mind. She wasn’t making it up. It didn’t look like she was. Even now, I could still feel the fear that radiated off her, could still see the way her body shook violently and how she had almost hyperventilated. I could still see the sweat… smell them too and none of those actions, none of those body languages showed that she was lying in any way. So it was true. I tossed and turned in bed that night, unable to sleep. I also knew that I needed to take a walk outside, or a run, but I couldn’t. It was late at night and knowing that everyone was fast asleep by now, and that there was no one to fasten the locks on the bunker’s door into place after I’ve left, I didn’t leave. Leaving meant putting them in danger and I would hate myself so much if I accidentally exposed them to more dangers than I have already at this point. I shook my head and sat up. Glancin
Dawn’s POV:My heart pounded in my chest as I slowly walked up to him and while I did, I couldn’t bring myself to look at him… to look at his beautiful eyes… so I watched the floor instead.The hammering of my heart turned into full palpitations when I arrived at where he stood with the wrapped gift and I was just about to beam a smile up at him when I remembered that he could hear my heartbeat. He had a sharp sense of hearing, one that was even sharper than mine, and this thought made me bow my head in embarrassment.“Hello to you too, Dawn.” He greeted teasingly, “How have you been?”His demeanor, his words… His actions made me very confused. I was so certain that he was mad at me and I could’ve sworn that he was only here to punish me for sending Alan back alone the time he came for me, so it was surprising that he was being playful right now. Hell, he’d even come with a present!“Dawn…?” His rich drawl snapped me out of my thoughts and I looked up at him slowly. I wasn’t sure what