In the world of werewolves, bloodlines and social status hold all the power. Ariel, the daughter of the Alpha of the Blue Moon pack, had always longed for her mate and all that comes with it but when she finds out her mate is a mere bodyguard, she rejects him without a second thought. Zeres, the bodyguard, is shocked and enraged by her rejection, but he's determined to get revenge. He has a secret power that only a select few are aware of - and he's ready to use it to his advantage. Ariel's father wanted to be one step ahead and appointed Zeres as Ariel's personal bodyguard, little did he know it was the perfect opportunity for Zeres to enact his revenge - and what better way to exact revenge than the proximity of the one you couldn't ignore. Besides the mate pull was still there even though she rejected him. But as Zeres spends more time with Ariel, he begins to wonder if his desire for revenge is clouding his judgment. Will his feelings for Ariel get in the way of his plans? And will Ariel's father's political ambitions stand in the way of their forbidden love?
View MoreStanding alone, she looks out into the expanse of trees. Her body shakes slightly from the nerves she is trying to ignore, her mind telling her to run while her heart tells her to continue. The young woman begins to walk forward hesitantly, the cold air wrapping itself around her like a shroud of ice. Her eyes linger on the rows of graves she passes, until eventually she reaches the edge of the forest. She should run; she knows she should run, but her body won’t allow her to. Someone is following her.
Soon, soon, she will tell them that she knows they are there. She continues into the trees, branches outstretched and welcoming her into the shadows. A few moments later the thundering sound of a wolf’s paws hitting the ground as it bounds into the trees causes her to turn around sharply. She watches something disappear into the forest.
This is hopeless, she thinks, and she abandons the twisted branches for the open grey sky. She will not discover anything today.
Back home she drops backwards onto the sofa, feeling annoyed that yet another trip has ended and she still knows nothing. Why would they run from her? She looks down at the news articles, each one etched in her mind with indelible ink: she knows she has to live with these images until she gets answers.
The next morning she awakens, her body aching from spending the night stretched out on the sofa cushions. She goes to work mindlessly, ignoring everything as she always does, completely focused on the answers she hopes to uncover tonight. She works because she has to, not because she wants to. She could be using this time to search, to find proof, to find anything which might help her find him.
5pm finally comes and she leaves work quickly, her feet carrying her to the cemetery without much thought needed. When she arrives she can feel a presence again. She will get the answers she needs today and nothing will stop her. In the distance she hears the snap of a twig breaking; her head jolting to face the direction of the noise in the hope that he will come out of the shadows. Although she doesn’t know the identity of her mystery follower, something is telling her it’s a man. Nothing happens.
“I know you’re following me,” she says as her eyes narrow, waiting for him to reveal himself. “You may as well come out and tell me why you’re following me.” Despite knowing that this person could be dangerous she remains defiant and unafraid. She hears movement and the man – definitely a man – starts walking towards her. He is nothing like what she expected. An involuntary smile spreads across her face as her eyes take in the figure before her: His dark hair matches his hazel eyes, and the thin t-shirt he wears outlines his well-defined muscles. How isn’t he cold?
“You shouldn’t be out here, it’s dangerous. You don’t know who you could meet in these woods.”
She laughs, too loudly to sound normal in the calm of the trees, but she’s been coming here for months and never had any problems. Inside, though, she knows he’s right. There’s something strange happening here, just never to her.
“Then what are you doing here? Why are you following me?” She looks at him expectantly but he just shakes his head.
“I’m just making sure you get out of here safe, that’s all.”
She nods, knowing he’s hiding something. That isn’t all he’s doing here and they both know it. Why is he here so late? She has a reason to be here; is he here for the same thing? Is he trying to find something? Someone?
“I can get home safe all by myself, thanks. Shouldn’t you be more worried about yourself than me?”
“Look, I don’t know why you keep walking through here or what you’re hoping to find, but maybe from now on you can walk around somewhere else?” He is praying that she listens.
“No thanks. I have to say, I’m surprised we’re both still alive, here or wherever else.” She is; she shouldn’t still be here. He looks at her surprised, her eyes seeing it clearly, so she continues. He obviously knows something and so he must be able to give her some sort of answer.
“I’ve read enough to know that something’s going on here. People disappear from this place; bodies show up with no cause of death. I thought it was all rubbish at first, just something invented by some journalist, but then it happened. Then he happened. He went missing from this exact spot, seen walking in but never seen leaving. This isn’t the only place in this town it happens, either. So why do I get out unscathed every time?”
She doesn’t understand. She’s been coming here for months and the only constant thing seems to be this man. What if he’s the reason these people go missing or die mysteriously?
“Look, I’m just trying to make sure no-one else gets hurt or goes missing. Promise me you won’t come back here at night: it isn’t safe, and you’re making my job a lot harder.”
She nods. Something is telling her he’s right, it’s been telling her the same thing since before she even spoke to him, since Dan went missing. Every day she’s been here his presence has screamed at her to run, to get out, but she never did, despite the persistent soundtrack of low growls and footsteps which admittedly terrified her a little. She had to keep coming back; she had to find out what was really happening.
“Okay, I won’t,” she lies, knowing she will return to find the answers she needs about Dan. There’s no way she can give up on him so easily, she owes him more than that.
His face was his usual neutral, controlled mask as he took her in, his eyes lingering for a split second on her shaking hands before coming back to hers. God, she couldn’t do this. This intense eye contact game they played. She just couldn’t do it right now, not with the way she was barely keeping down the scream that had been building in her throat. It wasn’t a scream of fear, or devastation, or desperation. Not even frustration, truly. It was trapped somewhere between them all, bouncing from one to the other while they laughed in her face— she'd been kidnapped and he was here to save her. Zeres was the last person she was expecting but somehow she knew he'd come. And that feeling of knowing he'd come for her— she didn't like it. “Did they hurt you?” The question, in that low, rough tone, caught her off guard. He was angry. Naturally, his face had this controlled and neutral expression but right now there was an edge to it, a murderous glint. And maybe she was hyperventilating
ONE OF THE WORST THINGS ABOUT HAVING A ROUND-THE-CLOCK bodyguard was having them in one's space everytime of the day. Well, it wouldn't be that bad if it was anyone else other than Zeres. Suddenly, he was everywhere within Ariel's space, and it turned out that breathing air was quite taxing when one's mate was close by. A new discovery she had to make was: who knew such a side effect existed, or maybe it was guilt? Now, everywhere she moved, Zeres was right behind her. From spa day to shopping and even the littlest trip in the forest, it all felt strangely domestic in a way it hadn’t felt before with anyone, but today was different. She hadn't seen him throughout breakfast, and it was almost mid-afternoon. It was quite unlike him. Though they hardly said a word to each other after the club incident, he was always almost there. 'Maybe he got fed up with your incensants and thought it wise to leave your cowardly ass alone.' A thought had popped into her head, but she'd shoved it back
“N-nothing.” The asshole said finally catching up with the mess he had landed.That took a while, Zeres had to admit but what was he expecting from a twerp— no— brained asshole anyways. The boys face had reddened with panic just from the little hold of Zeres. Zeres was sure the boy would have peed his pants if he carried out his wolf’s threat..“I don’t think it was nothing.” Zeres uttered tightening his hold on him, and the boy whimpered in pain. “You used a very derogatory word on my lady here, don't you think you need to apologize?.” Another tightening, another whimper. “Or would you prefer we do it my style, hmm?” Zeres didn’t need to spell out what his style was. “I’m sorry,” The boy mumbled begrudgingly to Ariel, who passed a stony look back to him She didn’t respond.“I didn’t hear you, say it like you mean it.” Zeres uttered adding a smile that made him look more unhinged. The smile contained more threat than humour. The boy’s eyes flashed with unmistakable hate, but he wasn’t
Zeres had known. He'd known she would be trouble the minute he'd set his eyes on her and when Alpha Damon had asked for a guard to keep an eye on his daughter and he had opted to do it himself, he knew he was f”cked. Well he wasn't exactly asked, but told, because Alpha Damon dealt in orders, not requests. But Zeres could have easily given the assignment to one of the lesser guards but he had wanted to.Him guarding the daughter of his enemy and the mate who rejected him, when all he wanted was to do was forget she ever existed? Worst idea in the history of bad ideas but he didn't have time for regrets. Then, he’d looked at her beside Alpha Xander and he saw something in her eyes that tugged at him unfortunately. Maybe it was the hint of loneliness or the vulnerability she tried to hide.Whatever it was, it was enough for him to say yes, albeit having vengeance in his mind— what better way to get revenge than punishing her with his proximity. Crazy, how she'd thought rejecting him wa
Just when Ariel was about to open the car door, she realized her hands had brushed against something, Zeres had also made the same attempt and while doing so their hands brushed against each other for a brief moment.There was a sudden surge of electricity within her over the brief contact. She wondered if it was him or static. She retracted her hands back and quickly said."You don't have to open the car door for me, I'm not incapable of doing so myself."Zeres didn't comment, he just blatantly ignored her and she knew it was intentional. "Rude." She muttered underneath her breath and rolled her eyes. For some unknown reason he was undeniably quiet than usual, he couldn't compliment her. Hailey had putting enough efforts in dressing her up for the goddamned club or whatever. Why was she even expecting a compliment from him? She definitely was dumb.The driver rev the car engine ready to start, when Zeres stepped into the car beside her."Wait! Wait! What are you doing?" She shrieked.
"I would excuse you ladies to do your business. Just contact me through the mind link if you need anything, Milady." Said Zeres. "You know you are a weird one right? So now you believe they should be given privacy." Midnight tsked, he couldn't fully understand how the mind of this specie worked. Zeres only rolled his eyes at his supposed wolf and bowed at the two nobles before exiting the room. Midnight wasn't satisfied with Zeres nonchalant attitude towards him."So you are just going to keep ignoring me! I wonder how I ended up with you of all people anyways. The moon goddess tends to be unfair sometimes." He uttered soberly, he was trying to play the sympathy card even though he had known fully well that it won't struck a chord in this nuthead werewolf. "Yes, she's quite unfair for making you a wolf rather than a bird. You are better off as a noise maker, Nightmare." Zeres dull voice responded, his shoes clicking softly on the floor as he walked through the hallway. "For the one
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