(Lena’s POV)Something was definitely wrong; three days passed, and I don’t even have a clue where Damien was.Diego had told me to give him some space; he was dealing with so much, and that was strange. Diego was never one to speak to me in that way, but maybe he was right; maybe Damien had been injured and didn’t want me bothered, but it clearly wasn’t working. I hadn’t slept well for three days, and it was affecting me. Something was going on, and I had to find out what exactly was going on.Six times I had gone to search for him, but he was nowhere to be found. Where are you, Damien?I tried mind-linking him, but he had plainly told me he wanted space; could it be he had found out? A part of me refused to believe that; I just couldn’t.Once I crossed paths with Isis, and I had anticipated some more insults thrown at me, but she passed with no comments, and the weirdity—"if that’s even a word"—of the past few days was draining me. I made up my mind that if he wasn’t home today, I w
“Wake up, Lena." I heard Konstantin’s voice call out.“Wake up, Lena!” This time, it was my mother’s voice.I woke up with a start. I noticed it was Damien calling my name; he was no longer on the bed, but he was fully dressed—not with his regular work clothes, but something entirely different, he had just a black pants and a jacket—at the sides of his pant was a holster, where he stocked one gun at each side of his waist. I had this feeling that he had more weapons hidden somewhere.“Where are you going to?’I asked, dizzily standing from the bed to go after him.“I would take you somewhere safe.”“I don’t want to be somewhere safe; I want to be with you, Damien.”“I do not have time to argue about this now, Lena. The vampires are here and waiting.”“You said they would be here in two days; it had only been hours.”He was shoving more weapons into his body, and then he took a rifle—that’s what it looked like—but it wasn’t quite it; for one, this only shot out silver bullets, which wer
(Lena’s POV)Damien ran at Konstantin with an inhumane speed, so did the rest of the wolves.One of the vampire’s weaknesses was silver, but somehow Konstantin was still on his feet, even after being shot three times.I stood and watched, frozen in my spot. Now I understood why I should have stayed away, why Damien thought I didn’t belong here, and why he thought I should be hidden from all this; it wasn’t in my nature. There was so much blood; the vampire’s blood was a dark red color, almost black.I spotted Diego and Nate amongst many of our soldiers, all at war. Nate stabbed a wooden stake into the heart of his attacker, and to my surprise, the common wood penetrated into the vampire’s thick skin and right into his heart. I never realized that those could work too, but the vampires weren’t the only issues at hand; so were the Silver Moon Pack soldiers. The Blood Moon Pack were merciless when at war; they ripped open their opponents, not caring about gender. Now I understand how the
When I saw Damien for the first time, I thought he was scary, but the closer I got, the less scared I became of him.Today, all that changed, because standing before me was not my Damien. No. He was anything but that. He walked towards me, not caring how many eyes were watching. I backed away.“He escaped. You helped him escape!” He roared at me. I was scared of this man; my whole body wanted me to run, but that was a foolish move; he would still catch up with me. Soon he was close—so close I could perceive his scent—all covered in blood, some of it, his blood.His hands trailed on my cheeks, but there was no look of affection in his eyes. I tried backing away, but then his hands went lower to my neck and wrapped around it."Damien, let me go!” I plead, but he is not listening. Slowly, he lifts me up, and his hands close harder around my throat. I choke. I struggle, but all my struggles are futile. A single tear slipped down my eyes. I remembered what had happened to his first mate—th
(Lena’s POV)Damien pushed me against the cold floor; his eyes stared at me with nothing but pure disgust.Every time I had sex with Damien, I always anticipated the moment, but now I dreaded it.Too soon I felt him in me, hard, and he thrust in and out fast, his pace getting faster and rougher. He held me down on a choke hold, and I struggled to breathe. The feeling of being pounded and chocked was too much, and just when I thought it was almost over, he lifted me up and slammed me down against an old wooden table. Everything about the place was old. His hands were in my hair again, gripping hard and pulling as he slammed into me for the second time. I groan out in pain, my head slammed against the table, and blood pulled down my nose. He pulls out of me, and I feel a spank, hard, against my clit.“For the rest of your task, you would be on your knees. He says and places me back on the floor; it takes too long for me to balance. He grips me by the hair and steadies me. “Now open your
“Do you trust me?” Konstantin asked. He was so close to me that I could perceive his scent.For the past few days, I had made myself numb; I didn’t let myself think about what would happen to me or how I would be used till death; I didn’t let myself think of how I had fallen so low from being a Luna and a daughter to an Alpha to being a traitor and a sex slave; I didn’t let myself think of the new way Diego looked at me; I thought of nothing till now. Now all I wanted was a chance to start again; this couldn’t be my end; maybe I had made bad choices; maybe I should have never loved Damien; but I needed a chance to right my wrongs.“Yes, I trust you,” I say to him, but it doesn’t sound like the truth. I do not trust anyone, not the Gamma or the Beta, not even Damien; they would always turn on me. Damien never believed me. This love, this love- whatever it was, was doomed from the start. I should have never fought to go past those walls he placed around himself.Konstantin’s hands come
(Damien’s POV)I had watched her vanish before my eyes.Maybe I should have traced her; I could have done that. But a part of me wanted her to escape. I was expected to kill her, and this would give me a reason not to. Every part of me didn’t want to.“Alpha, we can go in search of them." My beta said to me, but I shook my head, and I walked out of her cell.Her promises rang through my mind. She betrayed me, but now the anger was all gone. All I could feel was pain from losing her—the life we should have had—all taken away. For a moment, I had to admit that it had been too good to be true. Was she faking it all this while? Was everything all a lie?I found it so hard to believe that it had all been fake. It was possible to love two people; I discovered that, but she must have known I do not like sharing what belongs to me.Still, after all she had done to me, I didn’t hate her; I wanted to punish her; I wanted to fuck her till she could not walk, yet, I didn’t like the idea of hurtin
(Damien’s POV)Beneath all those shades of darkness, there was once an innocent boy.~The Past~My father took me back to the basement, the same place I had grown to dread.“You know why you are here?” He asks me“Because I spoke out of turn,” I respond, but deep down, I knew it wasn’t that; he just wanted to punish me. I felt the metal-built whip against my skin, and I grit my teeth. All the pain I felt had been building inside of me for years; the anger made me stronger; the punishment—it all contributed to that. My father believed he knew everything, but there were things he didn't, and his pride would never allow him to. He always kept his gun on the desk. He keeps it there because he believed none of us could ever get to it before he did; he keeps it there to taunt us. My hands were chained to a pole as more hits landed on my back.“You know why I do this?” he asks.“Yes. To make me stronger, to make me worthy of the Alpha title,” I answered dully.What my father hadn’t known was