Ariana POV"Hey." There was awkwardness in the air. Darius continued to stare at me before blinking and wearing a smile on. "Gosh, don't tell me, you guys did it already." Damien chuckled."Did what?" I was confused. These two were speaking in a language I didn't understand."Sex.""Oh no! We still have a long way to go." I was already blushing hard."Relax, I was only messing with you." Darius said. "At least I know why you missed classes this morning.""I'm sorry I didn't show up. I slept, time went so fast."He nodded. "I would leave you two." He winked at his brother before exiting. I glared at Damien and ran out of his room and went to freshen up and dress in a sweatshirt and Jean. I wore light foot wear. I was sceptical to go at first because I didn't know where he was taking me and what he wanted to show me. No matter how hard I tried to picture what he might want me to see, there was nothing that came to mind. It was exactly twenty mins I used up in dressing up. I quickly d
Ariana POVI have never thought of being his Luna. I knew he was an alpha son and there was a lot of controversy surrounding his person. I was more focused on building a strong relationship with himI haven't really bothered about trying to tike by his side, not with what he still doesn't know yet. It was a lot of heaviness to be carrying all of that with me when he was busy planning our lives together."Ariana?""Yes, you were saying.""You seemed so lost in thought…" yeah i was, thinking of what it means for me to rule by your side when i do not even have a wolf."Yeah, I was thinking of what you said." I started. "Don't you think that it is too soon to be thinking about that?" He twitched his eyes a bit before he exhaled. Facing ahead, he notified me. "No, it is not too soon. You are my mate." I sighed internally, waiting for him to continue "An Alpha is not meant to rule a clan alone. He is supposed to do that with his mate or whoever he has chosen to get married to or live or c
Damien PovI shouldn't have allowed her to drink more wine. She has been saying gibberish for the past hour now. It was difficult for me to put her into the car without actually bursting into laughter. I understood how memory is a tricky thing, it comes in that full form and works coherently with your body when you are unaware of what's going on. There was a very huge chance that she might not remember what she had blurted out.I'm glad she has me. I would remember for the both of us. The drive to the house was a long one even when the distance was not long enough. This was the first time I have seen her so care free. She was always so uptight, around me as her mate before started letting her guard down little by little. I had a nagging feeling that there was more to her than just what she waa letting on.Mostly what I have for her was intrigue. Ariana gets scared but mostly because she overthinks everything. Now I know that alcohol lets her loosen up a bit. I should always introduc
Damien POV"That was all she said." I tried to convince Darius about what I heard. "That's a bit strange. Maybe she just said that in her sleep." He started. "You know how well people talk in their sleep." I shook my head, pouring more Irish wine into the glass. I was facing the window in my study. I have always loved the view from here, it was something I have admired over the years. Making this place my most favourite spot in the mansion. When we were picking rooms, after we first arrived here, i was the first to have chosen this room as my getaway place. Where I came to read, work and everything in between. I remembered that it was a long time since I had a run through the woods. I haven't taken any time off. Then I had a reason to, but now I do not. If I wanted to plan such a trip, I wanted to go with Ariana. Maybe the memories that were attached to my getaways have always been scary and too much for me. "I don't think so. I think she must be a gifted wolf." I continued. "Eit
Ariana POVI had to leave. I didn't know what I had done to warrant such backlash from him. There are a lot of questions that lingered in my mind. Tears couldn't stop strolling down my eyes, Darius tried to stop me from leaving but I couldn't stop because there was nothing to say. I tried to jog my memory of what had happened during our time at the field."Did i say something that annoyed him?"Maybe i had said something that i wasn't supposed to say. Nothing made sense after wine tasting my memory was blank. All i remembered after that was how i snuggled him before sleeping. Nothing else made sense to me because i had a lot of questions on what happened but all i got was his crude attitude. I finally got to the dorm room and rushed to my room. I promised myself I was not going to worry about it. I had a lot on my mind and I wasn't going to let that weigh me down.I came out to get some cereal, when I saw Diana sitting on the sofa upside down, lost in her own thoughts."What is
Ariana POV I smelled the blood first before I felt the warmth it brought to my arms. I didn't realise I was injured. It was the pain that drew my senses to it.I saw the claw marks tear my skin in four gruesome marks, filled with blood. The pain was unbearable. I have never seen him like that before, no matter how hard I tried to picture the monstrous act of his, I still was confused. My mind couldn't contain as I was reliving that tiny moment with him over and over. That moment was what I left out when I told Diana. I didn't want to stress their already strained friendship.It was like he was controlling himself not to snap in front of me. It made me think if I did anything to him, I just wanted to see how he was doing. I just wanted to make sure that he was fine, I didn't expect this snap from him that has caused an injury I might never recover from. It hurts too much, and I was still on the floor still trying to make sense of what just happened. The moment kept replaying itself
Damien POVI relived that moment a lot. When I had her close to me the night before and suddenly I drove her out of the lack of control I had over my wolf. I hear her words each time I go to bed knowing she was not beside me to warm my bed. I slept better when she was here, I could hear her laughter across the hall and everything would be right with the world again. I knew what I had done was wrong but I didn't know how to approach the situation. I haven't even marked her and everything was amplified. Her pain and sadness only made me feel worse. I had to race to the woods. That was one good thing about this pack, they have developed so much that there was always someplace to go. Some place you would want to be. I raced until I found a lake very far from the house, where I could think. At that time, it finally dawned on me just how much damage I had done.What if she doesn't reply to me any more.What if she rejects me? That would throw me off and I had heard stories about the p
Ariana POVI thought Damien was going to find out about my secret when he came to the gym. I wondered how he knew I was there at the gym, training. It was something he didn't know about me. I wanted to keep it that way. As my arm hurt, I found it difficult to throw punches towards the punching bag. I kept the injury a secret from Diana until she saw me when I exposed the wound. I had to cook up a lie at the very last minute but I guess that she already had an incentive but I decided not to confirm it. The wound wasn't healing as fast as I would like. Going to the infirmary with Damien, made me very scared because I felt the truth might be discovered again. Each moment where I didn't tell him the truth, he was closer to it and that scared me the most. I appreciated that he told me the issue he had with shifting. I felt very terrible that he trusted me with something like that and yet, I was finding it difficult to tell him what I had been hiding. After we made up, we made out in m