Chapter 3
.The gnawing feeling of hatred in her throat intensified as the one they introduced as Alpha Leonard moved closer to her. He was her brother or so he explained to her but she couldn't help the feeling. Her mouth watered as she thought of elongating her canine but they never came. Something big was missing in her body and she shuddered as she thought about what it was.The heart monitor beeped faster as she started panicking. Her eyes grew wider as her heartbeat sped up, her body and mind were on opposite sides. Her instincts were directing her to do things but her body won't comply. Something was missing, she suddenly felt empty as the pack doctors tried to hold her down and stabilize her.Alpha Leonard was asked to leave but he protested trying to command them with his Alpha tone but he had to when he saw the crazy look on Diana's face. He shuddered at the amount of hatred that fumed in her eyes. Even as she fought her consciousness, she stared at him with a killer intent. The doctors finally put her to sleep to calm her down.“ Does she remember?” He muttered to himself on his way out. She wasn't supposed to remember anything about him or anyone at all. Even the pack doctors had confirmed that she lost her memories earlier. Why was she staring at him with that death gaze? The same gaze she gave him at the plains three years ago.“ She is harmless. I couldn't smell her wolf anywhere near, the witch did a clean job” His wolf Luca whispered in his mind. He breathed in a sigh of relief. He had promised to make everything better the moment they found her on the brink of losing herself to her wolf inside that forest three years ago. If they had found her later than that, the date of the entire werewolf race could have been disastrous if Decanal broke free from the seal the vampire king had placed on her.“ Your plan was stupid though” His wolf voiced out again but he shut off the link. He had to check if Decanal was still safely sealed away from Diana. He was gone for a while before he came back again when he was told that she regained consciousness again.Diana's eyes fluttered open, blinking away the haze of unconsciousness. The room was unfamiliar, bathed in the soft glow of muted moonlight.A sharp pang of fear gripped her heart as she struggled to make sense of her surroundings. She tried to move but found herself restrained by an array of tubes and wires connected to machines that monitored her vital signs. Panic began to well up within her."Easy, Diana," a calm, soothing voice said from her side. She turned her head, her vision blurry, and focused on the figure approaching her. It was a man, tall and imposing, with piercing blue eyes that held a hint of concern."You're safe now."Diana tried to speak, but her throat felt dry, and only a raspy whisper escaped her lips."Where am I? Who are you?"The man, dressed in a tailored suit that seemed oddly out of place in this sterile environment, offered a reassuring smile."My name is Leonard. You may not remember, but I'm your brother."Brother? Diana struggled to process the word. She tried to recall anything about her past, her family, but her mind was a blank slate. Panic crept back in as she grappled with the unsettling feeling of not knowing who she was. Leonard must have noticed her distress because he quickly continued,"It's okay, Diana. You've been through a traumatic experience. The doctors here are taking care of you. You're in our pack's territory.”"Pack?” Diana's mind raced, trying to make sense of the unfamiliar terminology. She glanced around the room, noting the presence of a heart monitor, the sterile scent of antiseptics, and the faint hum of medical equipment. Nothing felt right."Your memory," Leonard began, his voice gentle, "it's been affected by the attack."Attack? The word resonated in Diana's mind, sending shivers down her spine. Vague, disjointed images began to flicker in her thoughts – flashes of teeth and claws, snarling creatures, and pain. She clung to these fragmented memories like lifelines in a sea of confusion.“ The vampire attack. They took everything from us including my eyes” he said pointing to his eyes covered in a patch. She blinked in confusion. Who are the vampires and how could they do that to them? She believed his tales and he got braver to continue.“ I lost my eyes trying to save you from the vampire King. He was the one who led the attack. They killed so many that we couldn't continue with your wedding” He continued monitoring her expression closely to see how he would react to him mentioning the vampire king.“ Wedding? I was about to get married?” She breathed out slowly trying to push the pieces of the past roaming through her mind away. The vampires were so cruel.Leonard took a step closer, his eyes filled with an odd mix of relief and trepidation. "You were about to marry Howard," he said, his tone softening."He's our pack's Beta, and he loves you dearly. The two of you were inseparable."“Howard.” The name echoed in her mind, triggering more elusive memories. She could almost grasp them, but they slipped through her fingers like sand."The wedding," Leonard continued,"It was just days away when the vampires attacked.”"Vampires.” The word sent a chill coursing through her veins. Images of fanged figures, their eyes burning with hunger, surged in her mind. She couldn't remember the details, but the fear they invoked was palpable."You were injured," Leonard went on, his voice growing somber."And it's because of that injury that you can't recall your past. The trauma erased your memories."Diana's heart pounded in her chest as she tried to absorb the weight of his words. She felt like a character in a story she couldn't quite grasp, her past a foggy enigma. She looked into Leonard's eyes, searching for the truth, but they held a sincerity that was difficult to doubt."You're safe now, Diana," he reassured her."We'll help you remember everything. You're with family."“Family.” The word resonated deep within her, tugging at something primal. She nodded, trying to reconcile the warmth in Leonard's eyes with the unsettling feeling that her memories were locked behind a door she couldn't access.As Leonard continued to speak, weaving a tale of her past, of love and happiness that had been stolen by cruel vampires, Diana clung to his words as the only semblance of truth in this bewildering world.But deep down, beneath the surface of her uncertainty, a nagging feeling persisted – a feeling that the truth was far more complex and dangerous than the story she was being told. Her heart ached with a sense of loss she couldn't quite place. She had no choice but to accept this new identity and the web of lies that surrounded her, unaware that the threads of deceit were growing thicker, concealing the dark secrets of her past.“ Lies lies lies ” a very faint voice whispered in her mind. The voices sounded like they were scratching their way onto her mind. It was really low like someone turned their volume to the Lowest at the back of her mind.Chapter 4.She tried to reach out to the voice in her mind again but the faded away as if it was never there before. She wanted to grab her head to make the silly headache go away but she couldn't because of the wires and all.She wished she could remember a thing or someone would just tell her something but instead her headache worsened. She was tired of everything around her, she didn't trust Leonard and the pack doctors were not telling her a thing. Brittany was the nicest among all of them. Sometimes she brings books and reads them to her but she says nothing to her. Her company was always nice like a form of escape from the mysterious world she woke up in.Brittany explained to her that they were werewolves, including Diana and they all used to live in a very big pack house before the vampire incidents. Her brother Leonard was the alpha and Howard the Beta was betrothed to Diana because the Alpha wouldn't allow her to be mated to a weakling or a coward. The girl was talkative bu
Chapter 5.The grand chamber within the vampire king's castle was bathed in an eerie, crimson glow as candles flickered in their ornate holders. The air was thick with a sense of unease, a palpable tension that clung to the walls like a dark shroud. The king himself sat upon his obsidian throne, his regal form a stark contrast to the haunting atmosphere. In the shadowy corners of the chamber, his loyal friend Maurice watched with bated breath.“ Your Highness” He breathed out, careful with choosing his next words in front of the brooding king.“ We have searched around the plains, it was as if the pack disappeared from the face of the Earth. We couldn't locate them Your Highness” Maurice explained to the king who was paying no attention to what he was saying.“ I shouldn't have left her alone. I did it again” He whispered with a heartbroken tone. He looked pale and ragged because he hadn't fed very well in a very long time, ever since he lost Diana in the forest three years ago. The
Chapter 6.Diana couldn't help but stare into space as she awaited the arrival of either her brother or Howard. She was to be discharged from the hospital today and none of them were yet to show up. The man in her dreams didn't show up last night and that bothered and placed her on high alert. She couldn't even reply to Brittany's cheerful greetings and the latter didn't seem to mind. Diana was always in one mood or the other so she understood.She was dressed in a plain white gown and Brittany had braided her hair into a fishbone braid. She wore a pair of low black pumps as she started moving around more on her own. Every part of her has healed physically except for her unreachable memories.Suddenly the door opened to reveal her brother, the Alpha, dressed in a crisp black suit. His hair was brushed to the side of his blind eye to mask both his scar and his eye patch. Diana just noticed that they share many resemblances. They had the same brown hazel eyes but Diana's were flecked w
Chapter 7.“ My beta, Howard will take my sister Diana as his wife and mate at the next crescent ball”The words of the Alpha dropped like a bomb inside Diana's mind. Why would her brother suddenly decide that she needs to marry Howard? Howard was a nice person and he was very sweet to her but she needed to collect her thoughts and focus on gaining her lost memories before thinking of taking that big step. Anger washed over as a new feeling of resentment overtook her emotions.“ How dare he make decisions for me?” She thought as she gathered her palm into a strong fist. She shook with so much anger she could rival an erupting volcano. She gasped as she realized, where did that powerful rage come from? She was confused. She thought she was just a weak, tiny girl who needed protection from her brother and her supposed mate but there she was feeling powerful all of a sudden. She breathed out to calm herself down. Her mind went to the strange woman the Alpha just killed and she pondered
Chapter 8.“ I have been waiting for you little one,” He said the moment Diana appeared at the clearing again. He moved closer to her and held her in his arms. He appeared to be sniffing her but suddenly remembered he wouldn't get anything from her since it was a dream.“ Wait are you a real person? Or you are just a figment of your imagination?” She asked slowly removing his arms from her body. He looked shocked and more hurt by her actions. He knew of her memory loss, that was why she kept using his dream-walking abilities on her but seeing her rejecting his touch felt like a torch against his bare skin.He put his emotions and damned mate bond aside as he masked his expression. He took another step towards again as he cornered her against the tree. He bends a little bit as he whispered“ Let me be your imagination for now”She shook her head angrily, tired of everyone keeping one or two things away from her. She hated both the dream world and the real world. No one tells her anyth
Chapter 9"They have been feeding her lies," Darryl said absentmindedly to Maurice, who stared at him with growing worry. The relentless weight of concern had settled on Maurice's shoulders like an oppressive cloak. His best friend, his king, was slipping away from him, consumed by bitterness and anger. Over the past three years, he had watched Darryl transform from the compassionate, respected leader Diana had shaped him into, back into the hard-hearted ruler he once was.Darryl's mate had been his beacon of light, the one who softened his rough edges, but now her race had torn that away from him. The transformation pained Maurice deeply; he hated seeing the king everyone once feared rather than the respected one Diana had made him.Maurice's mouth twisted with remembered resentment. He couldn't forget how those people had exploited Darryl's vulnerability, his soft side. He yearned for the Darryl who had shown patience in taming Decanal, the most feral of all the wolves."When the he
Chapter 10.Diana's eyes flew open when the sun hit her face. She wasn't asleep because she was thinking about her wolf and trying to bring back her memories at the same time. Howard had left her on the bed over an hour ago to take care of pack duties. She felt oddly uncomfortable in his arms but like always she said nothing.She stood up lazily from the bed, making her way to the bathroom to brush her teeth and take a bath. After washing her hair, she threw it into a bun allowing it to self dry. She made her way into the kitchen where she almost choked on her spit because Howard was cooking without a shirt on. She swallowed as she watched his perfectly sculpted back move following his arms muscles.Sensing her presence with his wolf instincts, he turned around almost giving her a brutal heart attack. She averted her gaze and stared at the floor but another part of her just wanted to look up and stare at his chiseled abs and six packs, and the v below his tummy which disappeared into
Chapter 11.Taking the advice of the strange voice, she left the passageway and made her way back to where Brittany left her but she couldn't recognize the spot again as she wandered around the second building. The words of that voice weighed heavily on her mind. She wondered why she could hear it and if the voice was trapped inside that locked storage room.Nothing ever makes sense since she woke up from that coma without her memories, she has two voices that invade her mind now and then but she is surrounded by people who will never tell her the truth and hide a lot of things from her. Even her supposed mate who was not supposed to hide anything from her hides many things from her. She made up her mind to come back and find a way to open that door even if she had to break it down. As she wandered around, she stopped in front of a large door at the sound of her brother's voice. Behind the large door was the Alpha's office. He sounded really angry as he yelled at Howard.“ Leonard I