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 Alpha Xavier continued torturing me with his tongue, making me feel so good. I tried moving his head away from in between my legs, but he refused until he made my legs shake, licking my cum off. By the time we were done, I was already feeling a bit breathless. I threw my head to the back, catching my breaths. The study was so silent and the only sounds I could hear were my breathing and the constant hammering of my heart against my chest. Slowly, I pushed my body, raising my head. With the way I was surrounded by silence, I had thought that Xavier already left. But there he was, staring at me with so much intensity. I instantly felt naked, even when I wasn't. At least, not fully. I covered my body with my hands and jumped down from the table, making my legs wobble under me for a few seconds. "I... goodnight, alpha," I stuttered and made for the door, but before I could get to it, I felt his hand around my wrist. I looked at him, and gulped. His eyes got even darker
Dawn's POV After thinking about it for a long time, I finally made a decision. I breathed out and walked towards the door. My body shook a little, as I gripped the door knob, opening the door quickly. Just as I had predicted, the maids were all walking up and down the building, doing one thing or the other. I held my breath, as I walked to the hallway and went out through the back door. The guards that were standing there eyed me suspiciously as I ran towards the servants' quarters. When I got to the door, I finally breathed out, thankful that nobody that I cared about saw me. The building was almost empty as most of the maids already went to the main pack house to carry out their chores. I quickly dashed towards my door to get prepared also, before the head of the maids caught me. I entered my room and locked the door after myself, I turned around and the sight that welcomed me scared the living hell out of me. "What the hell are you doing here?" I asked Cassidy, who sat
Dawn's POV "Cassidy, who were those men that you were talking to a minute ago?" I asked immediately I got close enough to her. She looked a bit shocked, but shrugged it off like the shock was never there. "What do you mean? I thought I told you not to talk to me." Cassidy said, walking away from me, but I ran after her. "Yes, I know. But I have to know. They...looked dangerous, I hope you're not-" she suddenly stopped and turned to face me with a huge frown on her face. She took a step forward and raised her hand. I wasn't sure if she wanted to hit me, but I didn't wait to confirm, as I held her hand in place. "Don't you ever hold my hand again! And whatever I do in this pack house isn't any of your business, so get that straight!" With that, she left, with her hair bouncing against the wind, as she stomped into the servants' quarters. I stood there for a few minutes because I thought over everything she said. The men she was talking to...I didn't know why I just
Dawn's POV “You don't mean that.” Zade finally said after staring at me for a long time. I inched forward a little to speak, but he stopped me with a wave of his hand. "We'll talk about it later, okay?" He held my hand and started walking forward. But I stopped and folded my hands on my chest, with a small pout. "I want to talk about it now," I said, refusing to take any more steps. He stopped walking, and nodded. "We're already out here. So, why don't you just help me to my house or something? I really don't like it over there." I said, hoping he agreed. But the moment he started shaking his head, my heart sank. He moved closer and held my hand. "Dawn, you can't do that. You shouldn't do that. You're Xavier's prisoner and running away would do more harm to you than good." "I might not even be able to save you from him, if he finds out." He said and stepped back. He stretched his hand forward and without saying anything, I took it and we walked in silence. My mind kept
Dawn's POV The next day. I woke up, expecting Zade by my side like he promised, but he left already. I quickly got ready and slipped into my uniform and stepped out. Immediately I walked inside the house, I knew that something was wrong. I was used to most of the maids looking at me scornfully. But today, it was different. I went to the throne hall, and alpha Xavier was on his throne as usual. I was about to greet him, when he suddenly barked at me. "Come here!" Quietly, I obeyed and knelt before him, with my head bowed. My heart hammered against my chest, as I wondered what I had done again. "Dawn, I can see you really want to see my true colors!" He said, and I raised my head, feeling confused as hell. What was he talking about? I made an attempt to speak, but he stopped me again. "I was told that you snuck out of the pack house alone. I thought I warned you against that!" He barked again, standing up. He took steps towards me, and glared at me. I was so confused
Alpha Xavier's POV Immediately I got off the bed, I regretted the fact that I had woken up; my blood boiled with anger. It was probably because I slept angrily the night before. The moment Cassidy came into the main house against my orders to tell me that she saw Dawn running out of the house alone, my heart broke a little then anger overwhelmed me. So much effrontery! I had thought that she wouldn't come back and would probably go hide somewhere far away from the house. But I was a bit surprised when I heard that she came back. If she came back to the house, then why the hell did she leave in the first place? After rotting in the dungeon for a few days, the plan was to auction her off. I'd just get someone else for Zade. Even though she was my mate, I was willing to let her go. She was becoming annoying as each day passed by. My day was going slowly and I hated it already. I got ready and went to the throne hall to attend to any pending tasks. After going through everyth
Dawn’s POV:Tears streamed down my face uncontrollably, momentarily obstructing my vision. Even my head had begun to bang so terribly and my body trembled; but none of these could be compared to the turmoil happening inside my heart.My heart squeezed, the pain nearly bringing me to my knees but I pushed forward, grabbed Xavier by his shirt and cried; “How? When?”The room was silent and no one tried to break the silence. Amidst this chaos, the only thing I could hear was the sound of my blood rushing through my ears and the way my heart pounded against my chest. I couldn’t bring myself to control my tremor but despite this, I couldn’t help but notice how difficult it was for Xavier to look at me.“Dawn…”“When did he take them?”“I don’t know… I just got a text from him some minutes ago. But I promise you, I’ll get them back safely. I’ll bring them here where they’ll be safe and I’ll protect—”“That was the same thing you said the last time before taking them to wherever it is that y
Dawn’s POV:“I only asked to see Zade, not you. So you should return to your room.” Xavier snapped as soon as his eyes landed on me and for a minute, I was stunned to silence. I didn’t move nor speak as I was too shocked. Besides his words, another thing that enraged me was the tone of voice with which he spoke to me. It was sharp, almost dismissing and I couldn’t help but wonder if he was still mad at me for refusing to go with Zade.Angrily, I crossed my arms over my chest and snarled; “No.”“Dawn… don’t be stupid.”That insult slapped across my face so hard that I felt tears spring into my eyes. He probably caught himself immediately because then he added; “This isn’t about me wanting you to move to Zade’s house for the meantime, it’s about something else. Something more important.”“So there’s something more important than my safety to you right now, right?” I growled. I knew that I sounded selfish right now, pompous even but I couldn’t help it. I was mad… and way beyond reasoning
Xavier’s POV:My blood sizzled with rage as I stormed through the halls, only stopping when I arrived at the throne room and sat down.I was angry and frustrated, but most of all, I was mad. I was mad at Xander for suddenly resurfacing after several years of being out of reach. I hated that he was still so prideful and entitled even after everything he’s done in the past.. including the deaths of our parents. What hurt me the most was his claim on Dawn, and even though we all knew that she was never going to entertain him, I couldn’t say for sure what he was going to do as regards that or the lengths he would go just to have her.A frown etched its way to my face as I there about the one thousand and one despicable things he could have up his sleeves and the more I thought about it, the angrier I became. I was only snapped out of my reverie when I heard the sound of glass shattering and in shock, I sat up, surprised to see that I had squashed the wine glass in my hands from squeezing
Dawn’s POV:My encounter with Xavier and his estranged brother, Xander, had me so shaken up that I couldn’t bring myself to come down for dinner several hours later. I no longer wanted to see him nor Ryan because for some reason, I feared that something would come up. It might be Xavier trying to convince me into going with Zade or something, and at this point, it was the last thing I wanted.I even contemplated asking him to take me to the bunker where my family was at but seeing as ‘some vampires’ were still after my life, I quickly decided against it.However, I was soon snapped out of my this when I heard the sound of the door creaking open and with wide eyes, I turned in the direction of the sound, gasping when the pungent smell of rotten flesh wafted into my nostrils.“Zade?” I called out in surprise or should I say shock and when Zade stepped into the room, I let out a surprised squeal. “Zade!!!”He chuckled. “Dawn,”“I missed you!” I exclaimed, wrapping my arms around him as I
Dawn’s POV:“She doesn’t want to go with you!” Xavier snarled at his brother who simply licked his lips, ignoring him with his eyes trained on me.“I don’t care,” he spat. “I just know that I am not leaving here without her.”As soon as he said that, my blood curdled. Fear like no other sizzled through my veins, causing my breath to hitch in my chest. I didn’t like this… the thought of this, everything. I hated how I was in the middle of it all and how it seemed as though Xander was firm on his decision to not leave without me.“Do you not think she’s old enough to make that decision herself?” Xavier growled but Xander only shrugged.“I don’t care!” He gritted out; “she’s my mate! And that’s all that matters.” Xander growled as he let out a string of profanities from his mouth. The words spewed from his lips almost deafened me, and I shivered, more from disgust than fear. He threatened to kill Xavier… and Ryan, and then even went as far as promising to fuck me close to their graves af
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