Zirah's POV He cleared his throat before speaking. "I'm sorry for my actions earlier today, I was angry and upset, however, that's no excuse for how I behaved. I'm sorry." he looked so down and contrite, I didn't have it in me to be angry any longer. "It's okay, I understand." I tried to smile at him but I wasn't in the mood to even fake it so it just went flat. "Um, I uh.." he paused, looking at the floor for a moment before staring at me. "When I left, I had some time to think about things. About what you said, and you're right Zirah. I messed up, okay?" He blew out a breath, looking so anxious and partly troubled that I felt for him. It seemed he had something to get off his chest but he didn't know how to. "When you came, I was drunk or..or partly intoxicated and all I wanted to do was to have a good time with you when I saw you. Okay? I-i, I, I never thought that you were my mate, it never crossed my mind. That's why when I woke up in the morning and I realized what I had done
One Year LaterZirah's POVRemoving my hand. I kept on pushing the stroller, enjoying the warm afternoon air while I chatted with my babies even though it was one-sided. I read somewhere that talking to your kids made them develop faster.A tall, dark-haired man that was walking fast towards me with his head bore such a similar build to Damon that it made me stop in my tracks, causing people to bump into me.I hurriedly apologized and moved out of the way, still looking at the man but when he raised his head, I breathed a small sigh of relief it was him. Just someone who looked like him but unfortunately the damage was done.I had managed to keep any thoughts of Damon out of my head for the past year, no matter how difficult it was. For the first few months, I brooded and sulked and refused to do anything, just thinking and wondering what I might have done to make him act like that toward me. I listened intently, hungry for any scrap of news about him until I saw an article about him
Damon's POV"One, two, and three!" The sounds of Tristan drilling into the young pups and their sweaty, grumbling form normally would make him smile or put me in an upbeat mood, but right now I just stared blankly at them, watching them go over their drills again when Tristan wasn't satisfied with how they did it before. "Come on, you lazy asses get your butt off the floor and do this! " He yelled.Somehow I felt that the last part of his sentence wasn't only directed to the pup's training but also to me. Fates know I haven't been my top-notch self lately, for a couple of months actually and if not for Tristan I refuse to wonder what would have happened to my people."Yo, yo, put more energy! Come on!" He shouted. "Some of you want to be powerful alphas, betas, and enforcers. The only way to do that is to be strong." Tristan said, as he went over to a large boulder and picked it up effortlessly, his muscles straining with the weight.The young ones oohed and ahhed at that little displ
Zirah's POV My feet were tapping against the black-marbled floor continuously in a steady rhythm. My lower lip was tucked between my teeth as I chewed it deep in thought. An idea had been brewing in my mind for the past couple of days, refusing to let go. I didn't but it seemed like I had no choice not but to give in. It's been two weeks, TWO weeks since my kids had gone missing and I haven't heard anything about their whereabouts. Noah says he's got his best men working tirelessly day and night to find them but yet, no news. It was a wonder how highly skilled and trained werewolf shifters couldn't find three, little children.It was now apparent that whoever had taken them had help from someone inside the house because I kept wondering how they knew my movements that morning unless they followed me. I have berated myself times without a number about how I could carelessly sleep off like that but I guess in the back of my mind, it has been a whole long ass year.So I forgot or tempor
Zirah's POV Without overthinking too much about it, I uploaded the video and turned my phone down on the bed not wanting to look at what I'd done. I went into the shower quickly, to not be tempted by checking what I did and perhaps taking it down. I bathed, dressed up, and went downstairs to get something for breakfast. Greeting the cook with a smile on my face in a much better mood than before, I walked over to where she was and peered over her shoulder to see what was smelling so deliciously. I decided to help around instead of bread or worry some more about my predicament and soon enough, we were both giggling at laughing at my silly attempts to properly mix in the filling for the pie we were about to make when I heard an angry, loud voice stomping up the stairs yelling my name. It was Noah. Hmm, he took longer than I expected him to. "Zirah, WHAT THE HELL?!" His loud voice as he stomped into the pristine white kitchen made the cook jump up in fear, even his face was all scrunc
Damon's POVNot here." Samael yelled from where he was several meters away from us.Shit. That means we had to turn back because there was no use going ahead since he had already told us nothing was here.This is the third fruitless search we had undertaken this week after we uncovered some leads.I had to dodge a twig before it came back to smack me in the face. The sound of dead and dry leaves crunching under our feet was the only sound I heard for hours as we all made our way back to where we had abandoned the vehicle in haste to get here. My men's faces were drawn with disappointment as we were all highly hopeful that this might be the one. I told them some little ones had been taken and we needed to invest all our time and energy in unmasking the culprits and getting to the button of this. I thought about telling them the truth but decided against it. We were already in a fragile period at the moment, I didn't want to cause more friction but I suspected some of them already knew.
Damon's POVI HAD been liaising with Zirah so I could have information about it. Studying this particular issue has left me with no other conclusion than it was someone from her pack and also this was carefully planned. If not for that I had asked Zirah repeatedly if she drank or ate anything during her walk to the park and she replied in the negative, I would have thought that they also drugged her.Everything was too well planned, too organized.They made sure not to leave any prints on the stroller, either cleaning it off meticulously or making sure not to come in contact with the stroller. Also, nobody saw them taking the children away. If it was just one child, I wouldn't have been surprised but these are *three* children we're talking about, it's not easy to lug three kids about without being noticed. They cleared up their tracks too well. I had asked Zirah if it could be one of Noah's enemies but she says she doesn't know and her face is always strained or closed off whenever
Damon's POV "Please don't kill me!" The woman squealed as she fell to her knees, her whole body trembling with fear.I cocked my large head to the side, trying to figure the woman out. Yes, those wolves were attacking her and possibly they were the ones behind the shooting.That reminds me, we're sitting ducks out here. We need to move to a more sheltered area so I can ask questions here. I turned around, walking to the tree I was hiding behind earlier, my paws sinking into the soft earth. Reaching behind it, I changed seamlessly back to my human form and bent down to pick up the pack I had clutched between my teeth when I set out for this journey.Traveling in my wolf form was faster and easier so I changed when I had passed the border to my city and raced here.Quickly wiping the blood off my body, I dressed in loose-fitting pants and a shirt and walked around the tree.The woman was still there, kneeling on the floor with her hair covering her face. She was smart not to run while