Chapter FifteenAres povI was pissed. More than pissed. Even with the warning I gave, Atlas decided to go off and do the hell he wanted without thinking of consequences. It scared me a bit which was an alien feeling even for me, I didn't know fear, I only know how to put it on others and not myself. When she got out of the car, I tried to not look at her but it was impossible. I spared her a glance which caught in her eyes, I traced fear, and intimidation. After she left with Ayesha I poured out my concern to my brother who was also beating himself about it, he wouldn't say it but it was clear that he knew. He messed up big time. It's been twelve hours since the entire incident and Atlas was out on patrol duty. I paced around my room while thinking about the report from earlier, Morgana’s guys were breaking the rules and going to the town in the daytime which was against their jurisdiction. “What the hell are you planning?” I muttered to myself while I raked my hands through my h
Chapter SixteenLaila Pov“Again!” Ayesha yelled at me and I stumbled forward with sweat dotted around my face. I adjusted my posture and stared at her. Ayesha was dressed in a black two piece gym wear, she was bare footed and had no weapon in hand. “You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?” I charged again and this time she hit my spine knocking me to the ground.“Of course I am,” she remarked and charged again towards me. I got off the ground in a back tumble, I moved away from her just in time. She struck her hands again and I ducked out of the way and hit her legs. she groaned and moved backwards.“I didn’t think I'd see the day you’ll get hit.” I turned at the sound of Atlas' voice, a smile broke out on my lips at the sight of him. He was dressed in jeans and a plain shirt but his hair was ruffled and his shirt crinkled which means he was out on a mission.“Hey Lai-” the rest of his words died out as my body tipped over with Ayesha hovering over me. “Ugh- what the hell?” I groaned at
Chapter SeventeenAtlas Pov“Atlas-” a soft voice whispered next to me and I stirred in my sleep. My head hurt a ton and my eyes were too heavy to open, but without seeing who it was I could perceive the scent and it belonged to only Laila.“Lai-” her fingers traced over my face, stroking my face gently with her thin soft fingers. I leaned into her touch and sighed when she played with my lobes.“Atlas!” my eyes just opened and i stared at Laila who had a worried expression on her face as she stared down at me, she wasn’t alone. Beside her stood my brother who had his hands crossed over his chest. “s**T, What happened?'' I asked as I adjusted on the bed and leaned my back on the headboard. I groaned as the pounding headache came back and held my head between my palms. “you don’t remember anything from last night?” Laila asked with furrowed brows. When I didn't reply she turned to Ares who sighed and raked his hands through his hair. “What happened last night?” I finally asked.“Wel
Chapter EighteenLaila PovWith what happened earlier in the morning with Atlas, it was difficult to focus when knowing that i had the thought of Atlas kissing me in my head. I left the house when Ares and Atlas went up to the office to finish up some things. I was grateful for being away from them, after I tugged on my ash hoodie and some running shoes I was ready to go out by myself.It was cold and the cold air whipped against my face. I rubbed my hands together as I walked down the trail towards the garden. It had been a while since I last dropped by and I was curious to see what it looked like.I passed by some older men who paid no attention to me as i walked past, they looked like guards and walked like i wasn't there. I stopped by the green house and smiled in relief when i noticed that the door to the enclosure was opened. I turned to the flowers outside which seemed to flourish better under the cold weather. “They are very pretty, don’t you think?” My head snapped up to the
Chapter NineteenLAILA POVKevin stayed by my side while we passed through the people in the hallway, most of the younger girls giggled when their eyes landed on Kevin who didn’t seem in the bit fazed by the attention.“Hey Kevin,” One of the girls stopped in front of him to greet us, she looked no older than fourteen and had pink streaks in her black hair. Her eyes were large blue orbs that stared dreamingly at Kevin like an angel from heaven.“Hey Beatrice,” Kevin replied clearly not interested but remained polite.“You went out to the gardens again?” she asked. “I would’ve come with you-”“You’re allergic to the yellow sop.” Kevin pointed out and Beatrice's eyes widened in awe, like she wasn’t aware of her own allergies, This girl clearly was losing it.“You remembered- but”“But nothing, you could get hurt and I'm not sure I want your sister breathing down my neck for being inconsiderate.” he reprimanded and she recoiled. Kevin sighed.“Besides I had a friend around-” I raised my
Chapter TwentyLaila POVThe boy's eyes widened and his entire body tensed up. “What do you think you’re doing?” Ares asked the kid who looked like he could shit his pants any minute.“Uh-Alpha -” The kid stuttered and Ares' hands tightened around the boy’s arms and he winced at the pain.“What do you think you’re doing? You were going to hit her.” Ares said angrily. “No-n-” the kid was too frightened to finish his sentence.“Ar- Alpha Ares, please let him go.” i said softly in hope that Ares would listen and the boy would listen to me. Ares eyes found mine and the narrowed slits softened a bit and as requested he let the boy go. The boy nursed the red bruise around his wrist.“Desmond- where are you? did you find-” Two boys who looked older than the kid stopped when they caught sight of me and Ares with the boy between us.“Oh s-”“Alpha Ares, we didn't know you were visiting.” One of them with freckles on his face said he had slicked back hair, and a small tattoo at the base of hi
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Lailai Pov The man in front of me had a scar on his eye which had sealed it closed. He was bulky and hairy with a mean snarl, the sleeves of his flannel shirt had rolled up to his elbow showing a band of tattoo. I remember him, he was there when I got initiated to the pack. I almost missed the fact but i could remember the face, it was caught on from a brief glance but he was there. “U-I was just asking hi-” he snarled at me interrupting my line of speech. “That didn’t seem like you were asking him any questions, you were harassing him for answers he doesn’t have to give.” The man responded. My eye narrowed and my lips formed in a thin line. “I wasn’t bullying him,” I answered again. “In fact, i’
Chapter Twenty-TwoLaila POVIt was bigger than expected. In fact, i had no solid expectation but this surpassed it. The single tower stood tall and i tilted my head backwards to see all of it. There was a slight whooshing from beside me and i turned in time to see a half naked Ares beside me.“Geez, warn me next time.” i hissed using my hands to block the side of face. “You should know that every time a wolf transforms they end up naked, you should get used to it.” He said. “You can look now.” he had his short on this time and i glared at his bare chest. He raked his hands through his hair and glanced up at the castle, he sniffed the place and as if he could tell, he frowned.“What is it?” i asked and watched as he stalked towards the entrance.“Someone’s here.” he said and walked inside, i followed and paid attention to how cold the insides were. My fingers traced the insides to find my way in the darkness, just a considerate amount of the moon light washed into the place. It had