"Damon?" she let out a small voice. Her body shivered in fright. The aura of his wolf was almost unbearable to her own small, powerless wolf. The way he peered down at her was even more frightening. She had never expected to encounter his wolf once again like this. Alone, scared the hell out of her mind, and in the middle of an emotional breakdown. "Are you afraid of me?" he grunted.Bella could feel the blood trickling down from her neck to her back and down to her breast. The throbbing pain was making her aware that this was not a nightmare. She was actually, in reality, alone with Damon's 'True Alpha' form, with no one to save her from anything that was going to happen next.He leaned forward, his face bending down until it was a breath away from hers, "You are terrified." he

"Has he returned yet?" Alina asked worriedly as her hand shot to her neck to caress as a nervous gesture she had unknowingly picked up over the years.Roman shook his head in refusal and continued to pace inside the room. He did not want to leave Bella alone with Alina in a room. His mind was racing as he thought about what action to take next. Or what else to do except to guard Bella in her room while she slept on the bed with bandages on her whole body. He did not know what had happened two nights ago or how Bella had gotten so much injured by Damon. He would never had expected for Damon to be so much ruthless to even hurt his own mate so severely, even if he did not have any intention of mating with her. But the truth was in front of his eyes along with the injured girl that laid in the bed without moving even a finger.The whole pac

Bella's eyes widened at their words, but she already knew that arguing or asking them any question is going to be of no use since in this pack, Damon's word is the law. Without saying anything she went back inside the room while closing the doors behind her. She slowly limped back towards the bed and sat down. Her eyes stared at her knees and her mind started going back to everything that had happened.She had so many questions, so many confusions. But the only person who could hear and settle them was Damon who had refused to even show up in front of her. She would be lying if she said she was not worried about him. The face she had seen that day was of a wild, savage monster who did not give a damn about emotions or words. Damon's wolf was a Demon in its wild form. And just thinking about that day made her shudder. And then that feeling of dread? That deep, excruciating pain, anxiety?

Bella was too shocked by Alina's innocently spoken words that she even forgot to speak up and refute Alina's words. Damon's eyes shot to Bella with an furious glance. Alina walked over towards Bella and bent down, hugging her in an extremely delicate, and feather light embrace, "I hope you get better soon, Bella. I am heartbroken to see you like this."Bella's hands stayed down flat on each side of her on the bed, and she did not even try to hug Alina back. Alina seemed like an expert in faking things, while Bella could not do that even as a pretence. Alina pulled back, gave her a tender smile, and sauntered over to Damon. She put her hand on his arm with extremely concerned expression on her face, "Bella looks bad, doesn't she? There are even dark circles under her eyes. I wonder if she is still feeling pain."And with that, she walked

For a minute there was complete silence in the room. Alina was not blind, after all. She could see the compromising position that Damon and Bella were sitting in despite of the darkness in the room. And Bella could feel Alina's eyes on them. The burning gaze that she was too familiar with because of having the same one in her own eyes numerous times."You lied to me." Alina said in a flat tone. It was not a question."What are you doing here?" Damon asked without giving her any explanation and slid out of the bed, standing on his feet. His heavy build towered over the small frame of Alina intimidatingly."You are not going to explain to me about this? You said she did not mean anything to you."Damon stepped forward in Alina's space,