Ariana POV I smelled the blood first before I felt the warmth it brought to my arms. I didn't realise I was injured. It was the pain that drew my senses to it.I saw the claw marks tear my skin in four gruesome marks, filled with blood. The pain was unbearable. I have never seen him like that before, no matter how hard I tried to picture the monstrous act of his, I still was confused. My mind couldn't contain as I was reliving that tiny moment with him over and over. That moment was what I left out when I told Diana. I didn't want to stress their already strained friendship.It was like he was controlling himself not to snap in front of me. It made me think if I did anything to him, I just wanted to see how he was doing. I just wanted to make sure that he was fine, I didn't expect this snap from him that has caused an injury I might never recover from. It hurts too much, and I was still on the floor still trying to make sense of what just happened. The moment kept replaying itself
Damien POVI relived that moment a lot. When I had her close to me the night before and suddenly I drove her out of the lack of control I had over my wolf. I hear her words each time I go to bed knowing she was not beside me to warm my bed. I slept better when she was here, I could hear her laughter across the hall and everything would be right with the world again. I knew what I had done was wrong but I didn't know how to approach the situation. I haven't even marked her and everything was amplified. Her pain and sadness only made me feel worse. I had to race to the woods. That was one good thing about this pack, they have developed so much that there was always someplace to go. Some place you would want to be. I raced until I found a lake very far from the house, where I could think. At that time, it finally dawned on me just how much damage I had done.What if she doesn't reply to me any more.What if she rejects me? That would throw me off and I had heard stories about the p
Ariana POVI thought Damien was going to find out about my secret when he came to the gym. I wondered how he knew I was there at the gym, training. It was something he didn't know about me. I wanted to keep it that way. As my arm hurt, I found it difficult to throw punches towards the punching bag. I kept the injury a secret from Diana until she saw me when I exposed the wound. I had to cook up a lie at the very last minute but I guess that she already had an incentive but I decided not to confirm it. The wound wasn't healing as fast as I would like. Going to the infirmary with Damien, made me very scared because I felt the truth might be discovered again. Each moment where I didn't tell him the truth, he was closer to it and that scared me the most. I appreciated that he told me the issue he had with shifting. I felt very terrible that he trusted me with something like that and yet, I was finding it difficult to tell him what I had been hiding. After we made up, we made out in m
Ariana POVThere was the news of a party everywhere, I had never been popular enough to attend one but I wanted to try and attend. I thought about not being able to attend and it wasn't a good feeling being left out even when you were a mate to one of the popular guys.I fought through the pain I had in my arms. The pain I felt was more than the tear in my skin.I tugged at the rope a little tighter as Diana ordered. I have been training a little hard on this day and the cold weather wasn't looking like it any further. I was sweating as I entered the last round of my training for the day. "You hit hard. If I don't know any better I would tell you you've done it before." Diana told me but I rolled my eyes."I have. I have been training a little recently but I think now things have gotten a little bit serious.""Yeah, it has. You have a lot of drive, and a lot of anger to process. I'm glad you are channelling that into the best way you know how." She had little idea that most of the a
Damien POVI wanted her to have a good time. There was nothing I wouldn't do for her. seeing her smile as she ate was the best thing. Sometimes, I hated myself and told myself why I sometimes pushed her away. I didn't like the way she complained. The project we were to handle was taking most of my time. I dreamt of her when the day was almost over. I loved her so much, I knew it was a bit too early but I was so sure about her. Although I felt like there were a lot of layers to her still I was happy that she was in my life.The park was a bit scanty, so I made the staff prepare for a smooth picnic. I just wanted a quiet day with just her, not with Diana hovering around me. A few times, I have wanted everyone to stay clear of me. The way I tried to move away from everyone, someone would think I had something going on. I just wanted to be by myself and when she came everything became easier. She was always in my mind every hour of the day."Ever since I have been here, studying, I have
Ariana POV"I'm so doomed." I quietly told myself as I recalled everything that had happened at the mini-date with Damien. I knew the time was drawing closer. was becoming unbearable to see him through the lens of love without having to be scared. I was shaking in my boots. I didn't know how to react or how to curb the issue to remain a secret. If he hated lies how would he react if he realised that I had been lying to him from the beginning? I asked myself. I knew all was going to break loose if he found out that I had no wolf. He asked so many questions, I kept wondering why we couldn't just be like other couples that didn't rush things. I tried to avoid most of his questions but I was no fool. I knew that he was getting suspicious and even when I tried to soften the atmosphere, it felt like I didn't want him or our future together. It hurt me that we kept having the same conversation and everything else kept falling apart even more."Ariana?" He nudged me. "I snapped out of my t
Damien POV"What do you mean she collapsed?" I rushed out of my bed. It was too early to be listening to this kind of news. I wanted to hear her voice again. Suddenly, I wanted to fill myself with her scent of jasmine. Hide my face in her hair. All that went to shit with just one phone call."I was still asleep when she went to the gym and on getting there, they were trying to revive him," Diana explained to me as I put on some clothing."Fuck. I'm coming right away." I ended the call before she could say another word. As I stepped out of the car, the driver was ready to drive but I grabbed the keys from him."Where are you rushing to this early?" Darius interrupted."I'm going to take care of something, I will be back soon." There was no point in giving him the details because it was going to raise more panic and I didn't want that. Since she collapsed in an open area, the whole school might have beens aware. The gossip blogs may even intervene with their gracious self trying to plug
Damien POVI have never seen Ariana so weak before. Her eyes were threatening to sleep after every word. Each sentence was slurred. I continued to feel pain just watching how much she was struggling to hide the pain. She could deceive Diana just she couldn't deceive me. I could feel her emotions. "I'm a little too tired." She managed to say. I kissed her forehead as Diana came forward with open arms and gently pulled her to herself. I gave them some time as questions continued tugging my sleeves.What was wrong with her exactly that she needed blood? I knew I had to save her life the moment they asked for it. It was sad that the entirety of what was wrong was still a mystery. Several. The question continued to divert my thoughts into a spiral of doubt."Please stay." I heard her whisper as Diana turned to stare at me. "I will be back, baby. I am just leaving you two to catch up. We have plenty of time." I assured her. With her losing consciousness, I had so much fear that I was losi