The night was still, windless and clear, as a result of which, every sound was distinct and intensified, the howl of a wolf all the way from the neighboring pack border, could be clearly heard in the woods. On this night, the natural black hugs the stars as a mother to her newborn, the road is midnight under the cloud, yet beyond is the dawn. A cold night, a lucid moon, heaven's eyes shine in the black as a divine watchful mother. It borrows body heat as if it were a cup of sugar, yet when the new light of day returns it with honeycomb.The sound of heavy footsteps rang in Ariel's ears, but she was too deep in her sleep to open her eyes. The cell door creaked open as a figure entered the dark room, closing it softly. He walked slowly to where Ariel layed on the floor and knelt down, running his hands through her legs, Ariel is startled as she opens her eyes wide ready to scream, only to be stopped by his large hands."Wh-" she mumbled, struggling against him. "Shut up Ariel , it's me,"
Damien paced restlessly around his room angry and frustrated. He had a bad temper which was almost impossible to subdue whenever triggered because of his wolf nature, apparently and also because he was Alpha. The rage, lust and anger that came with it was sometimes uncontrollable. That rage was taking its toll now on Damien with the thought of his parents’ murders constantly. He kept walking around from left to right and back around his room critically thinking of how to capture the Rogues’ Alpha.The Rogues wanted him dead equally for holding some of their people captive and making slaves out of them, but he did not intend to grant them such an opportunity. Most of his plans to capture him had failed and each time, he took it hard and exerted that frustration on anyone. The pack in training, Alex , Elle and even Ariel . Basically anyone but especially Ariel . He punished her every time he got frustrated by Rogues, saying that it was her people and that she should continue to suffer no
Layla smiled to herself. There was joy in her heart. Their plan of long ago was blossoming and almost close to succeeding. Who would have thought that it would? It showed that patience paid sometimes, even if it was hard to wait for some things to manifest. Waiting was grueling and tiring and frustrating too, but when doing some things, you just had to be patient. If you rushed into them without exercising any patience, things like that were doomed to fail. She understood that and it was why she'd exercised excruciating patience on this particular issue.Damien and Ariel 's relationship was crumbling. It was falling apart into crumbs and the two people involved in the relationship didn't seem like they wanted to salvage it, or rather, whatever was left of it but that didn't bother Layla. She was even happy about it. She was even overjoyed. The falling apart of their relationship showed that both of them were drifting apart day by day and it also signified one other thing.It signified
Fiddling with her fingers, Ariel trudged up the stairs, trying to calm all her nerves by taking a walk around the house. One thing she fervently prayed for was for her not to bump into anyone. Then, she suddenly remembered that no one was in the house except for her. She has been bothered by so many things that it slipped her mind that she was the only one in the huge mansion. She beamed with a smile, spinning along the hallway when her stomach made a growl.She contemplated either turning back to the kitchen to stuff her mouth with food or continuing her journey of exploring the mansion. Even though her life has been filled with nothing but misery, she still decided to create happiness in her sadness. She turned back to the kitchen, opened the fridge's door, and stuffed her mouth with the snacks preserved there. It was much so no one would notice that she picked something for herself.Heaving a sigh of relief, she ran up the stairs. This was the first time she would experience what it
She stood frozen in shock as she was unable to comprehend nor process his words. Damien was just watching for her expression in case he would see unwillingness to forgive him but she just stood there staring back at him. He cocked a brow. Finally, she snapped out of it and spoke. "What did you just say?" She questioned in disbelief. "I said I'm sorry!" He repeated more firmly and slowly this time."Wow! I never expected that but I have to ask, what exactly are you sorry for?" She responded."I... I'm sorry for everything." He replied tentatively.She sighed inwardly already defeated.She knew that as this was Damien's first rodeo when it came to apologizing, this was all she would get. She had no problem accepting it and forgiving him. The issue was trusting that he would not repeat his violent and abusive attitude towards her. How could she be sure that he wouldn't come back tomorrow and hit her again with the justification that he was angry or that he missed his dead parents. Even with
Damien stood in front of the palace maids whose loud wailing filled the air. The way they cried, even their sniffles annoyed him but he did nothing to stop them. He thought about lining them up to begin their torturing all over again but he thought against it. What if they were all saying the truth?His eyes quickly scanned their sweat and tears slicked face but he saw nothing aside from pain on their features. They also looked equally as confused as he was; the only difference was that their faces were contorted with pain.He was tremendously confused and angry too; and no matter how much he did to the palace maids, none of them seemed to know about Ariel ’s whereabouts.He has tortured them in every way possible, whipping, starvation ,threatening, you just name it but their answers were the same. None of them knew where she had gone to and hadn’t seen her since the previous day.Sighing in frustration, he angrily dismissed all of them and they all rushed away from him; seemingly happ
Damien's vision bled into red and every thought in his head eddied out. His focus turned razor-sharp and all he could see was her. Ariel. He didn't remember running. Or half-shifting. He didn't remember how he got there. All he knew, all he heard was her scream for help. All he could smell was her terror when the wolf raised its hand to attack her. All he could feel was rage. And his fury knew no bounds. No one, no one else touched her. No one. Not without consequence. In a blink of an eye, he was there, leaping on the wolf that attacked Ariel . The wolf was nearly as big as Damien but Damien was twice as deadly. He swiped at the wolf, drawing blood and though the wolf swiped back, he barely felt the pain register. The urge to hurt, to kill filled up his thoughts until he could see or hear no more. Until all he wanted was to stop hearing the wolf's pounding pulse. Damien saw an opening in the wolf's attack and he pounced without hesitation. He clamped his jaw around the neck of t
She felt suffocated as she reached for her room, guilt pouring through her head as she walked past rooms and different doors. Alex and Damien were fighting…. Two childhood friends were in such a fight and it was all because of her. She held onto her head as she made for the knob of the door of her room, she was done with all this, she had become extremely frustrated. If Elle were to ever find out about the fight between Alex and Damien, she was sure she would never hear the end of it. She twisted the knob and pushed the door open before walking into the room and then shutting the door right behind her. She inhaled deeply as she reached for a glass of water but then on the glass making contact with her lips, she realized she wasn’t even thirsty so she kept the glass back. She fell back on the bed as memories of their fight kept on troubling her. Was she that bad of a person? Was she so bad that a man had to go for someone else even when he knew she was alive? When he knew his mate was