Damon's POV I quickly held the girl as she placed her hands on her ears and staggered forward. If I hadn't been fast with my reflex, I could tell that she would have hit her head on the tabletop in the kitchen. Or even worse, she could have hit her head on the ceramic plates and cups and injured herself severely.Her death didn't matter to me. But the letter I got the previous day stated that if I wanted to break the mating bond between the girl and me, then I needed to do just one thing. That one thing was the reason why I was here.My right arm hurt, and I winced in pain, nearly cursing out loud. Or maybe I did curse out loud because she let go of me instantly and shuffled backward like she was being chased. I looked at the area where I felt the pain to see what injured me there, but there was not a single scratch. When I realized that I just got into pain because of the emotion Evie was feeling, I got annoyed.Before I could take action against her, I felt a heavy pain in my chest
Damon's POV "No, no, no. Don't you dare, Evie!" I screamed at her. Whether she heard my voice or not, I couldn't tell. She didn't give any reaction whatsoever to what I said.Instead, she crooked a smile at me. Before I could tell what was going on, she walked over to where a knife was lying among the dirty dishes she was supposed to be doing. She picked up the knife and swung it in my face. Before I could dodge, the knife swiped at my face. Without touching the spot, I knew that I was nicked, especially since the place burned."Hank!" She yelled all of a sudden. "You think I wouldn't seek justice for her?" She gave a harsh laugh. "Meet your creator in hell, you demon!" Those words were another clue I had that she was truly not in her senses. Whatever it was she was feeling, she was feeling them from somewhere in her mind. I was reminded about the fact that she couldn't recollect anything about her past when I found her, and I began to wonder if what she was currently experiencing w
Damon's POV "And what exactly do you want?" I asked my Gamma who refused to leave my presence for five minutes now even after we were done with our meeting. Even though I asked him what he wanted, my attitude showed that I was not ready to listen to whatever it was that he wanted to say. Probably because I knew what he was going to start talking about."For how long are you going to lock her in there, Alpha? It's been a day already." Gamma Samuel said, confirming my thoughts. I still refused to grant him the audience, and just continued to work on the fire in front of me. My hope was that the man would take the silent clue I was giving him and just leave my presence. No such luck there because he refused to move even an inch. I sighed and dropped the pen in my hand on the file I was working on."She caused damage to the people of this pack, Samuel. If I let her off so easily, what do you think would happen to the morale of the rest of the pack members?" I asked the man.Samuel shrugg
Evie's POVThe fact that I was tied up with chains like an animal did little to nothing in disorganizing me. I didn't know if it was because it was something that I had already expected or because it was something I was used to.The only thing that was currently pissing me off was not knowing why I was tied up. I wanted to know the crime these people were accusing me of this time. But then, none of them - neither Miss Kardashian nor Alpha Damon - came over to shout at my head and ask me why I did what I did. I wouldn't be so surprised if I later found out that I had done nothing to warrant the hatred they were setting me up for.But I did do something. Somehow, I knew that I must have done something that brought this fate upon me. A part of my memory was gone. All I remembered was the time when I saw a knife, then when the Alpha ordered me to be taken to the prison. Whatever happened in between those two moments was gone from my memory like a puff, exactly the same way I could not re
Damon's POV The three of us - I, my Beta, and my Gamma - were still facing each other off, waiting for who would break the battle of stares that we had involuntarily started when someone knocked just once. Before I could give my permission for the person to come in, a guard busted in, panting and sweating as if his life depended on whatever reason made him barge in. And maybe his life did since I wouldn't be sparing him if he didn't have enough reasons to justify his action."Explain yourself right now!" My Beta shouted at the guard. Beta Stephan was known for his strict ways. I couldn't even tell who was stricter between myself and the man. "Are you deaf? Explain yourself!" Gamma Samuel shouted at the man also. I could tell that the reason for the Gamma's action was because of how he was troubled for Evie though. "I... I... Beta..." The guard stammered, taking in deep short breaths to regain his composure. "If you don't start speaking up this instant...!" I let the rest of my wor
Evie's POV The moment I broke free from the prison wall that held me bounded to a spot, I raced for the woods. The forest was one that didn't have many guards around. As a matter of fact, I didn't spot a single guard as I made my way through the thick and dense forest.Of course, I could understand why little to no security was given to the place. There were too many rocks and hills and big trees that has large branches and deep roots situated around for any sane person to try to go over them.Since I was trying to cross over them, I deemed myself as someone that was not in my right frame of mind either. How could I when I was trying to survive? When I was trying to fight for my life and my ultimate survival. I ignored the branch that slapped my thigh roughly as I climbed another form of hills. My breaths became raspy and shaky from too much climbing but I couldn't let that deter me.I had to leave the pack. If I didn't now, there was a high chance that I would never be able to do th
Damon's POV.I stalked toward where the stone that hit me came from. It was one of the places where I and my people had strategically placed a man-made cave to blend with the rest of our environments.Even though I didn't turn back to look at the guards with me, I could hear their footsteps as they followed after me. A part of me wanted to turn around and not walk to the cave, thinking that it might be some kind of plot from whoever the intruder was just to distract my mind. If that were the case, I realized that I might be giving away one of our sheltered locations to the person.But what if it was not a hoax? Another voice battled within me. What if it was not a ploy to distract me and I walked away? That meant that I just lost the opportunity to get whoever the spy was. That was one chance that I was not willing to risk no matter how tiny the chance was.I knew that whether this was real or not, this particular cave was already at risk. If it was real, then the intruder already dis
Damon's POV My mind couldn't comprehend how it was possible. How could my guard - my personal guard at that- be the one to shoot an arrow at me without any regard for my life? Now, I knew why Leo was very angry with the man and had wanted to kill him at a glance. Worse, the arrow he shot at me had killed the guard who took the blow immediately.If that was the only charge against the man, perhaps I might have been lenient. But, in the cave where we found the man and Evie, the guards and I discovered that they had stored weapons and ammunition meant for war at the hole they dug in the cave also.The thought that there were betrayals in my camp made me nervous. For the first time since I ascended the throne of the Alpha, I became unsure of myself and how I thought I was doing a good job at being an Alpha.My own personal guard? The one who knew about where I went to? When I slept and woke up? Things I did and would do? Yet, he betrayed me?Even though I couldn't understand everything t