"Althea, Go" I ordered her firmly when I saw her rooted to the spot.
"She can't" Smirked my father and there is an evil smile on my younger brothers face.
"Althea" I looked at her with dread.
"He somehow locked me here. I cannot move" she whispered.
"Let her go father" I requested him softly.
"Why should I" his careless answer grated on my nerves.
I cannot let die, this is the reason why i left her in the human world, all those months ago. I was afraid that my reality will kill the dream of having her as mine. She dose'nt deserve this, she is cannot die today. I will be shatered if something happens to her. I simply cannot live with out her.
That realisation opened my eyes to the situation in a new way.
"I want her father" my brother Ornan asked my father, eying Althea with lust in his eyes.
I blocked his view from her and stood in between them.
"Like hell you will" I thundered.
I never yelled at him in my life. I always let everything he did slide, thinking that he is still young and will learn some day. But looking at him now, i realise that, my eyes were blinfolded with the love i hold for my younger brother, and refused to see the real him.
He is spoiled to his core and there is no turning back for him. First i have to send Althea away, then i will deal with him and my father. If i can send her away from the underworld, protecting her in the human world will be easy. Here they hold the power, there not so much.
"Let her go father" i demand firmly.
"No" he says delabrately pausing for a second giving me hope that he might consider my demand.
"She has nothing to do with any of this. She is an innocent girl i bought from the human world. Let her go. We can talk after she leaves" i try to make him understand that she is innocent.
"I always thought, we can solve things by talking. But the little display of anger you showed earlier, is not promising. So i need a bargaing chip, for which she serves the purpose just fine" he says with a cruel smile.
"She has nothing to do with us. Let her go" i say desperately.
"The fact that you are trying so hard to send her away is telling me otherwise"
So he is suspecting that she means something to me. If he believes that, then Althea will forever be stuck here. I cannot let that happen
I need to save her if it meant to sell my soul to Satan.
"If you let her go, I will do everything you want me to do without asking any questions. I will even take over after you and be an obedient son" I bargained with my father.
"No" Althea yelled horrified.
"Please keep quiet" I requested her, scared that my father might change his mind if she spoke wrongly.
"Hmmm.. interesting" hummed my father. His calculating eyes on Althea.
Just then Ornan blasted hell's fire on Althea, burning her body to ashes.
"No" I turned towards the place where once Althea stood and shouted, horrified and heartbroken. I stood there rooted to the spot.
"If I cannot have her, neither can you" he said nonchalantly.
"Have you lost your mind. He finally was willing to do what I always wanted and you blasted that idea because of your jealousy" my father snapped at my brother Ornan.
Nothing matters now, she is gone. My reason for breathing is gone. I am a spineless piece of shit who could'nt protect a girl who believed in the good in me. She is my only light in this dark world. We are forbidden from the start, i know it, she knew it, but love happened anyway.
She is a strong girl, she came after what she wanted even though she knew its out of her comfort zone. She stayed in the enemy territory for a long time knowing fully well that, she would be killed if she get caught.
Me being a asshole and a selfish prick, let her stay here, even thought it would cost her life. I kept craving her like an addict and postponed her departure. If i put my foot down, like i should have done she would have had no other choice left but to leave the underworld permanantly.
But i let her stay anyway, let her risk her life. Now she is no more. I don't deserve to live anymore either. I will give my father, what i am going through, pain.
I will let my brother experience the burden of expectations and responsibilities.
I did the only thing that would hurt my father most. Even though it's not he who blasted her, he is the one who groomed my brother. He is a culprit as well.
"You wanted me to obey your every whim like Ornan do, right father?" my father eyed me skeptically.
"What if you have only one son left. I failed her today. That one person who thought there is something left in me which is redeemable. That one person I loved the most. Let's see how you feel if you lose someone you need the most, now shall we father" he didn't say anything for a second, but soon realization of what I am about to do sank in.
"Don't you dare Azza..."
I jumped into the pit of the hellfire. It cannot kill me, but can hurt me all the same. It will keep burning me and my body keeps regenerating.
It will never stop hurting and I will never die. This is for forever, I cannot get out of here even if I wanted to. Even my father cannot get me out of here.
This physical pain though doesn't dull the pain of losing Althea. The thought of never seeing her again and never talking to her is much more painful than this.
It's better than the guilt I have after I kill the Innocents.
My eyes became moist at the thought of her. My lost love...
Althea's POVPresentMy head feels like there is a heavyweight on it. My body aches everywhere. Max's constant chatter with Li is not helping my situation. I open my eyes and look at the direction from where I hear his noise."Hey..." my voice is barely a whisper.They must have heard me anyway, because suddenly My father, Li, Max and Amanda surround my bed with wide eyes and huge smiles."Thea...!""Oh my God you are awake..""Finally..""You scared us..."They all started to talk at once."Guys..." I try to tell them to stop talking but my voice comes out scratchy and dry.I motion with hand to give me some water. Luckily they understand and Amanda brings me water while my father helps me to drink it.There are unshed tears in my father's eyes which he tries to cover by looking down."Father..." I gently place my hand on his and try to smile. I wish it looked like one."You were s
I was discharged yesterday. His highness was with me the entire night. He signed all the papers and within 10 minutes I am in my room in the Mansion.Apparently, the royal pack has a hospital in which I was admitted.The doctor whom I met there, is the pack doctor and there are 4 more doctors for different problems.They treat both humans and shifters, as there are some humans who mated with the shifters and some of their children who are born humans as well.The royal pack has more than 2000 people residing in it. Both humans and shifters combined.What surprised me the most was, his highness. He was so caring and attentive. It was tough to stop myself from staring at him and once I felt like hugging him tightly and never let go.Stupid, I know. But I cannot explain these feelings. I am not emotional by nature or that's what I think. When I was with my grandfather, I know what to expect from him. So there was never any high expectations and no ro
I should push him away and run from there. I should feel repulsed that he is touching me without my permission and scream for help.I do neither, instead I feel more relaxed and peaceful."You should not let strangers touch you," he says after some time as if reading my thoughts."Will I look crazy, if I say I know it's you even before you sat behind me," I responded honestly.He stills behind me for a second and then relaxes completely. He brings me closer to him with a possessive hold around my waist."Darius""What?" I ask him confused."Call me Darius" he clarify"Oh.," I say lamely."How? " I know what he is asking. He is asking how I know that it's him. But I try to deflate the question."I thought you will run away thinking that I am crazy." I avoid his question."I have been here for a long time to know which is truly crazy. And this is not that. You truly are crazy though, standing in front of me
I wake up with an irritating sound of someone knocking on my door. When I open my eyes, instead of bright blue walls, I face black and grey walls. It's like a mini apartment.The bedroom and living room are separated with a glass wall with a sliding glass door. There are black and grey drapes covering the glass wall. The wall behind the bed is also a glass wall that goes all the way to the living room. The view of the lake can be appreciated from both the bedroom and the living room.Cream color rug greets my feet as soon as I get down from the huge bed. The living area is tastefully decorated with black color furniture and a glass coffee table and incredible artwork adorn the walls here and there.I know who's room it is. His cologne still lingers in the air. I must of fallen asleep last night, how embarrassing. I close my eyes and decide to leave his room before he comes back.I bath and dress up in my room. I need to get out of here to clear my head.
"Leave her Melanie" Amber tries to reason with her, but she is not having any of it.She keeps dragging me behind her and I am struggling to keep Pace with her long strides. Everyone is watching the scene she is making and her minions are filling the people on the way about the pendant I apparently stole.As soon as they hear this, they glare at me. Apparently everyone is believing what she is saying, and the pendant is not helping my cause.My wound started to hurt with the way she is dragging me behind her like a dog. My breath is labored. It's hurting to even breathe."Her father is a respectable man, she turned out to be a thief?""How can she steal from His highness?""What a shameless girl""Is she for real? Stealing from our Alpha?""Our king should make an example out of her""She should be exiled from the pack"People started throwing insults my way. My eyes well up with unshed tears. But I won't gi
He is Furious. As soon as we reach his room, he gently placed me on his bed and arranged the pillows so that I can lean on them.He called a maid and ordered her to send some breakfast for me with none other than Melanie.He checked my wound, I hissed with pain when he touched a particular tender area on the right side of my stomach.After a few minutes Doctor Judy came to check on me. Apparently I had an appointment with her today. She checked my wound and recommended rest.She raised her eyebrows in question when she looked at the now visible handprints of Melanie on my forearm. I just shrugged my shoulders and she Applies some cream without probing further.The good doctor left after she exchanged few words with Darius.Darius is yet to change back to his human self. His eyes still blazing with anger. Just then someone knocked on the door."Come in " Darius called.A very scared Melanie appeared with breakfast. D
It's been a week since I last saw Darius. I am the one who asked for some space and I am the one who is missing our time together.Is it possible to miss anyone with whom we just spoke thrice? Apparently the answer seems to be yes.After that Melanie fiasco, I firmly planted my self in my room. My new maid Melanie brings me food and all the essential items I need.She was instructed to sample all my meals in front of me before I can eat them. When I looked at Max when it happened the first time, he simply said"Precaution"I just nodded my head and let them do whatever they want. I am not interested in arguing anyways.Max gave me my new mobile 6 days ago, with Darius's number already saved into the contacts.Everyday Amber, Li and Max comes to my room to keep me company.Amber and Li bombarded me with questions about Darius. I told them bits and pieces, and tucked away all our private moments in my heart.They
I close my mouth to stop myself from making any sound. I am scared is an understatement. I am terrified. That guy is holding her neck and she seems to be losing the battle with her life.I take my mobile out and start recording everything. I gather my courage and yell at that guy."Let her go" my palms are sweaty and I am shaking all over.His blood-red eyes turn my way and he slowly stares at me from top to bottom, when his eyes reach my chest area he licks his lips suggestively."I think I will take you with me tonight, after I am done here" he squeezes her neck harder all the while looking at me.That girls face is turning pale. She will die soon if he doesn't stop."I said let her go" I command him more firmly this time."What if I don't" he momentarily loosen his grip on the girl."I will make sure you regret that" I warn him.What the hell is taking you so long Max?He laughs loudly, his shoulders shaking." You