Romane von Lavender ink

Kaidon’s POVI have faced beasts, rogues, and rival alphas.None of them have ever unsettled me the way that filthy human girl did.I stood by the tall window in my chamber, staring at the fading moon in the sky.My fingers tightened against the stone wall.For years, the beast inside me had been nothing but a raging storm.Every full moon, it clawed its way out of my body like a demon breaking free from hell.Nothing could calm it.Not chains.Not silver.Not the strongest sedatives the priestess had prepared for me.Yet last night… it stopped.Kanan had stopped.The memory replayed in my mind like a haunting echo.The moment that girl stepped into the underground chamber.The moment her scent touched my nose.The beast had paused.Not growled.Not lurched.Paused.I clenched my jaw so hard my teeth nearly cracked.“How is that possible?” I muttered to myself.“A human.”My lips curled in disgust.A weak, dirty, trembling human.That girl looked like she could barely lift a bucket of

Bella's povThere was no use trying to resist the guards, my small muscles were no match for theirs to begin with.The one thing that flashed through my mind was an instant death sentence by the matron.Instead, they dragged me back into the very passageway I just came out from.Two other guards carried the naked man from the ground.“Wait, where are you taking him?”No one answered, I was pulled further into the darkness.“If I were you, I'd be worried about the kind of punishment I'd receive when the alpha finds out.” Matron spat.I was thrown into the very cell that the beast was locked in.I ran to the door but it was already clanged shut.This isn't good in anyway, I don't know what would happen to that young manIt's all my fault, I should have left him in here, at least they wouldn't kill him.I can't think of any other punishment Alpha Kaidon would pass on someone.He was known for passing the cruel judgement with the flick of his fingersThe bodies of those ladies I saw throu

Bella's pov.A good number of the female tributes were put into a single room for the night.Two out of us were handpicked by the matron to be served to the Alpha from the night.I wonder if that's how we'd be picked one after the other.Loud screams drifted from the upper floor and the room was filled with frenzy.It was definitely from those females that were chosen earlier.Their screams came like from a nightmare, reaching for one's soul and wretching it.With all the commotion and noise rising in the room, my brain was too mashed up to think of an escape.I went to the only window of the room and pushed it open.Below, I saw two guards carrying a stretcher, on a closer look I gasped in horror.It was one of those girls that was taking out of the room earlier, I fell back inside, dazed by the ugly sight.I won't stay here another second to be served to that cannibal alpha.Barely a night here and he has killed the two women taken to him.No one paid attention to me as I used my ha

Kaidon’s povAnother full moon was coming up, it would soon be a night of unending torture.A night that I would lose my sanity and the beast would take control.It has been going on for two decades now, if only the moon goddess had not placed such a destiny on me.“Tell me, priestess, what do you see?” AThe moon priestess glared at me through the dark veil covering her face.Her eyes shone brighter than the moon itself.“Am I going to die tonight?”This was the question I ask every full moon.Her eyes rolled into its socket as though she were in a trance.“Not tonight, but you have to mark your mate before your thirtieth birthday, or you shall die.”I have heard those sentences so many times before, but anytime she repeats it.It's like everything comes tumbling downI grabbed the edge of the table in between us.“Tell me priestess, where can I find a mate that would be able to bear my markings without dying.”“I don't know.” She said,I slapped the cups that were arranged on the ta

Bella's pov.“Look at her, so pathetic.” Reilly, my step sister sneered as I was being bundled with the rest of the servants meant for the yearly tribute.My feet and hands were clamped in cold silver chains, bristles covered my legs like a bookmark design.Even my lips were parched and dry.“I didn't do anything to deserve this.” I whispered, a painful knot formed in my chest Reilly stepped forward, her hand raised for a strike.Before I could dodge, it landed sharp, tearing the side of my lips letting blood to spill out.“You should be grateful we show you such mercy. A very useless human like yourself doesn't deserve to be a part of this pack.”“I will die if you send me there. Please.” My voice croaked.My father, Alpha North. He stood watching the scene, his hands toying with step mother's hair.“Father, please!” As I fell on my knees, the chains rattled, gnashing into my bones.I ignored the pain , crawled on my knees and hands like an animal.Father did not even spare me a pi