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
Damon's POV As I left the place where I just finished punishing Aiden, I went straight to where Evie was kept captive.When I saw her, she was looking so lifeless, I was afraid she was already dead. Although I knew she wasn't. If she was, the mating bond would have pulled at my heart and I would have felt like dying. But then, I remembered that she was not given any food or water to drink when I first had her locked up, and that was five days ago. It has already been two days since the commotion of the invader happened.My eyes turned gold, then black as Leo and I began to struggle over dominance. I knew he wanted to be out because he hated seeing anything that would hurt the girl in front of me. But I couldn't give him that authority. Apart from the fact that people would see and they would start gossiping around, this was the same girl that had plotted my death with evil people. There was no way I would forgive her so easily.But then, I still needed to calm my wolf down, or he wou
Damon's POV I folded my hands on the table and rested my head on the space in between them. The heavens knew that I was tired. I was tired of myself. I was tired of my pack and not knowing who was going to betray me in the next second. I was tired of never thinking about anything other than work. And most especially, I was tired of being mated to a girl who knew nothing and just wanted me dead.Worse, I had allowed Leo to take over my body. And what had happened? He made me kiss that human girl. Just thinking about it disgusted me so much. I moved my hands to my lips and brushed at them severally as if that would erase the horrible memory away from my head.But it didn't. It kept replaying and replaying no manger how hard I tried to stop it. It was a good thing I sent the guard away before my wolf took over completely. Otherwise, I would have ended up being the entire pack's gossip source. *She gave in too. It means she likes us,* Leo said in my head.I winced at the excitement that