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: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