ATHENA’S POVI had told myself that I wasn’t afraid to die a few times ago. I had reminded myself that I would be much at peace dead than alive.With Nero gone having told me what the verdict could turn out as, I stared at the space in front of me. My mind didn’t even register that my eyes should keep at alert.I was gone in my mind, to a much quieter place that held the peace my soul needed.“Well lookie here boys. Told you she’s a fresh one, bet even the Prince hasn’t had a taste of her cunt yet.”I jolted awake from my day dream. I turned my head to the side and then lifted it to find three guards staring hungrily at me.I didn’t know if it was just the sound from the one I had heard, or the fact that they had come in and I wasn’t paying attention or the look on their eyes that caused my heart to set in a panicked state.“Been a while I had a cunt. Wouldn’t mind me having this royal one boys. I’ll take her first.”I stared at him with eyes filled with confusion and fear.I didn’t w
NERO’S POVI couldn’t contain my excitement knowing this was it. Freedom stood by my side, waiting to be granted.A part of me wanted Zavier around to bear witness to Athena’s demise and the fulfilment of my promise, where he could watch with satisfaction the justice Zara should have gotten a long time ago. But since he wasn’t, I took it as a responsibility to watch, taking in the details of today’s events so that I could tell him word for word how it happened.But to my greatest disappointed, my father chose to give her the easy way out. Something about us married being the reason she would not be banished nor killed.Why the fuck did he care about it? A man of his calibre should have keep to his word, to the laws of the pack irrespective of who broke them.What would whipping do to her? It surely wouldn’t take her life nor get us divorced for fucks sake!I had stayed in a corner ready to growl at my father and the fucking council. They had one fucking job today and they ruined it.“
ATHENA’S POV There was no difference to what death held and the pain I had to feel. Maybe then it could be said that death sometimes allows for one to transition without pain. “I hate him,” became a chant that echoed freely in my mind. Before everyone I had to go through being whipped with the very thing meant to kill a werewolf. Because of him. He wanted me to hate him right? Silver burned the skin like acid. It was painful to the bones yet it grazed my skin when it wanted to and plucked at it like it was a ripe fruit ready for harvesting. If I thought I was used to the degree in which the pain was, the next stroke turned out worse. At first I screamed, when it landed on my body but soon my mind drifted to a place that took the pain away from me for the time being. While in that state, my eyes somehow on their own found Nero. I shouldn’t have let them find him. Because then I saw an emotion so foreign in his eyes I hated it for him and me both. And even without realising it, I
NERO POVHearing my mother’s voice was like a wakeup call. I knew I had said something. I had called out to Athena before she fell on the floor, I just didn’t realise that I wasn’t moving.Running faster than my legs could carry me; I rushed over to her and scooped her in my hands. I didn’t care that the crowd stared at me with confused expressions; I just needed my wife safe. I needed her to be okay so that I could make things right between us.I had done too many wrong things that needed to be fixed and I wasn’t going to waste any time before making sure that happened. I should have known and recognised my feelings for her. I should have known that I had somehow fallen for her in the midst of my misplaced hate for her. When I thought that all I wanted was her body, I should have known that her heart was what I craved more.She never did anything wrong and I could see that now.With her in my arms, I hurried as fast as I could towards my room. I carefully placed her down on the bed,
ATHENA’S POVMy mind became alert, and I felt my hand twitch. I hadn’t the slightest idea for how long I had been asleep, but everywhere hurt. I was tired and a few seconds awake, I already wanted to go back to sleep.There was a lot of chaotic noise in the background that made my head bang. I started to get worried, not expecting that I would get memories from the time I lost my parents. It was something similar and it made my heart drop.I had forgotten about the reason I was on the bed and without even realising I was already on the edge of the bed, I stood to my feet.I should have known that I didn’t have strength in my legs as much as I used to. I wobbled my way out of the room with my heart racing seeing as there were people running here and there in panic.It didn’t take long for me to realize what was going on. I spotted one of them and from the scent too, I could tell it was a rogue attack.I felt adrenaline pump through my veins and I pushed myself off the wall. Something b
NERO’S POVIt didn’t take a genius to know that these rogues were the same Zavier and I arranged to have Athena handed to. And when my eyes met with the Leader, I thought he could be reasoned with, that was until I got to know what he did.I should have known that Athena’s return would make him desire revenge. Athena didn’t tell me all that happened that night, not that I gave her a chance to explain how she made it out and away alive. But maybe if I had known, I would have been able to do something about it.If I had known that his son tried to rape her and she managed to escape, I would have killed him a second time for touching her.“What a hypocrite.” I heard my wolf growl at the back of my mind. “What did you expect was going to happen when you agreed to give her up as a breeder?”I hated when he his points made me feel like the bad guy. And seeing as I have had a change of heart, I really did outdo myself each time.This time I was hell bent on ensuring her safety.But no matter
NERO’S POVAthena was still fighting for her life and it was safe to say that I was an asshole. I was still seated on the floor, waiting, hoping and praying to the moon goddess – an act I hadn’t done in a long time – that Athena would make it.She has to make it.Silver was no joke, and if I hadn’t made it get into her system on the day of her whipping then this would have been a much easier healing for her. But now that the doors were shut, there was no way to tell if the doctor has found a way to stop the bleeding.Tears continued to flow from my eyes, each bead holding the regret that I now carried. I should have known that my want for her was much deeper than having my face buried deep between her legs.And she tasted so fucking good I want that for the rest of my life.I heard footsteps, urgent and angry ones make their way to where I was seated.“Get up!” my mother snapped, pulling my arm. “You don’t get to be here, you do not have the right to, especially not when you have made
NERO’S POV After the doctor left, my mother made sure I was put away. I was made to stay away from going close to her or even getting a glance at her. “I don’t trust you not to kill her while she’s unconscious.” She had said to me while I begged for them to let me see her. It was on me, I did this to her and now everyone else knew she was not safe around me. While we all waited through the night, my mother and a few maids walked in and out of the room. It worried me to the point where I couldn’t sit and do nothing. I pulled one of the maids aside and demanded an explanation. “The Princess is still trying to fight off the rest of the poison in her system. She has high fever that’s why Luna demands that we bring bowls of cold water so that her body can be wiped with a cloth.” The night passed by slowly but Athena made it out. I didn’t sleep a wink, I just couldn’t get my eyes to close when I knew that she was still in a critical stage. Plus, I wanted to be the one awake when day fin