"What did you say about me, Eli? What did you say?" Darius asked him in anger.
"Nothing, Darius. I swear nothing." He replied, like the coward he was. His panicked voice almost made me laugh."He tried to kill me, Darius. I swear he did and I promise I was good." I cried out to him.Darius dealt him a hefty blow and his face fell sideways and when he angled his head back in position, blood had formulated round his teeth and he had blood coming out from his nostrils."It would take me nothing to drive a stake into this poor wretched heart of yours." Darius said to him."You would not dare." Eli finally spoke, finding his voice. He had the nerves to speak back at Darius.In flashes, Darius dealt him several blows and he fell to the ground.I held Darius. "Desist from disfiguring his face, Darius. Remember the groom must look very charming for the wedding." I said to him in sarcasm.He stared at me with a confused look and then he understood my sarcasm. He let go of Eli."I promise you Eli, I shall cut off any relationship you intend forming with my sister. As long as I am alive, you'd never get the opportunity to wed my sister and not to imagine bedding her. This is a vow a brother is making to his sister." He said in anger.Heat crept my cheeks at his words 'bedding' and disgust crept my skin at the thought of Eli touching me. Never.Darius held my hand. "Come now, dear sister. We must prepare for tonight's feast." He said sweetly and I nodded walking alongside with him. Oh, how I love this man! Not in the sense of romance, but in the sense that he was my brother who had my back while others did not.•How did your date go, my child?" Mother asked as we got closer to her. She had seen us walk in together and was full of smiles. Did she perhaps think Darius came to pick me up from Eli's?I immediately forced a smile. "It was indeed a delightful afternoon." I said to her.Her eyes brightened. "I'm so glad to hear that. You must have seen the qualities.." She began to say, but stopped as she narrowed her eyes. "What happened to your neck?" She asked with a frown.I touched my neck. Eli's fingers must have been imprinted on my skin. "Like I said mother, it was a delightful afternoon." I said still using a sarcastic tone. I did not care that she noticed the scar on my neck. What was the point of noticing my physical scar and not my emotional one?"Indeed it quite was and not only did Ash see the great qualities of a husband in Eli, I also did, mother. I saw it all." Darius said to her, also being sarcastic. She frowned at him. He held my hand again and brushed past her.I turned back to look at her and she had a worried expression on her face. Getting into my bedroom, Darius closed the door."I believe you have a plan so I do not have to go through with this wedding." I said to him and he nodded."Do not worry your head, little sister. It is my promise to you that you shall not marry Eli and I'll ensure it." He assured me and I went closer to him and hugged him. If it were not for him, my voice would never be heard in this family."I know you'd always protect me no matter what." I said, holding back my tears of joy.He stroked me in a brotherly way. "Now you must prepare for father's feast and watch the drama unfold." He replied as we pulled apart and I nodded and watched him leave.I removed the pins in my hair wondering what my brother had in mind. I had no idea that tonight would change my life forever. Tonight, I'd take a new course in another direction.At the struck of Nine, I walked down the stairs. The house was indeed beautified in various ways and explicitly exquisite. Such decorations that I have not seen for many years and it all happened due to mother's watchful eyes.The house was packed with people. Vampires, travelers, tourists, but mostly vampires. The humans were desert for the occasion.Some were seated while others stood and engaged in small talks. I still wondered what tonight's occasion was all about.Soon, I saw father standing before everyone and as soon as he did, the whole gathering became as silent as a cemetery. That was the impacts father made around people and I believe he thought he could command such submission from the Lycanthropes.He cleared his throat as he began to speak. "Tonight is a special night," he said and I paid no attention to him as I sought for my brother.I found Otis beside a blonde. He looked bored of the occasion and I knew he could not wait to compel this lady, feast on her and commit fornication with her. He's my brother and I knew what most of his thoughts were.At the other side was Josh, sipping whiskey. I did not see Darius. I turned to go in search of him when father's voice stopped me."The official engagement of my daughter, Ashlyn Ambrosia and Eli Manning." He said and I stopped moving. I was frozen on the spot.I was terrified and horrified. They did not tell me about this. They knew if they did, I would have escaped. I would have been anywhere, but here. I turned around and father's eyes met mine.He smiled. "There she is." He said and the gathering turned to look at me and applauded.Joshua had a smirk on his face as he raised his glass at me in form of a toast. A toast?! I almost shrieked. How could he be raising a toast to me at this crucial end point of my life?"Come up here, daughter." Father said, more of a command that I dared not disobey. Meekly like a lamb for sacrifice, I walked to where father was"And you, Eli, my son. Come up here." Father gestured to Eli who smiled radiantly. The wounds Darius inflicted on him were healing. Perks of being an hybrid. He walked towards us. His father had huge smiles plastered on his face. Now he would be rubbing shoulders with the masters. How pathetic. Father smiled. I was sure he was glad. Not glad that I was getting married but glad he was getting rid of me in a flimsy excuse of a marriage.He would need not bother about my well-being any longer. My inability to act like a vampire will be less of a problem to him. He was handing me out. Practically, I was being sold to this pretentious pervert of a vampire."Tonight, I am glad to announce to y'all of this engagement that I am well pleased with. I'm sure with all the fatherly love in my heart that Eli will be a good husband to my Ashlyn." He said and the gathering applauded againFatherly love? I scoffed. Fatherly love indeed. He could not even see my pain or feel it. Worse, he was ignoring it.Where was Darius when I needed him the most?I forced a smile as father held my hand. "Tonight, I give my blessings and join my daughter and Eli inna...""Stop!" Darius voice echoed loudly as he interrupted father. Sweet relief washed over me. I've never felt this much glad to see my brother."What is the meaning of this, Darius? In my presence?" Father asked, trying not to sound angry, but he was. He was raging in fury and I was well pleased."Forgive my manners, father, but it is what it is." He replied with a rude curtsey. Classic Darius. "What is this insubordination, Darius? And in the presence of my subjects?!" Father said and clearly this time, he showed his anger. He felt downgraded by Darius actions. Darius bowed. "Pardon my manners again, father, but I must interfere in this matter. The marriage shall not hold." He said, his eyes holding father's in that same steadfast tenacity as his. Darius turned to the gathering. "I'm about to reveal the truth about this man here and the fake love he pretends to have for my sister." He said and I saw Joshua rolling out the kinetograph. He was in this too? I wondered. Despite making it look like he did not give a damn about me getting married to Eli. Perhaps Darius forced him to do so. Mother walked up to Darius. "What are
I scrambled on my knees towards Darius. "Please, do not let them take me away. Please, I beg you." I pleaded, tears spilling from my eyes as I wept at his feet.He did not move an inch and when I looked up at him, his eyes were red and I saw defeat in them. He could not save me this time. I was dragged off his feet by one of the Lycanthropes. His large paws encircling my waist as he placed me over his hairy shoulder like a lamb for sacrifice. I looked at my family and I felt a detest in my heart for them especially my father. Hatred for him was spreading in my heart like wildfire. Darius looked away from me unable to meet my gaze. He had saved me from the hands of Eli, but now he could not save me from the hands of this barbaric monster. No one could. I cried realizing my fate. ••Cardonald, Glasgow A tear finally slipped from my eyes as the rain drumming on the roof finally subsided. My tears did not drop for the fact that I was separated from my family. My tears dropped because
Ashlyn's POV I was shocked when he held me so closed to himself and said those words, but the moment he threw me aside, I knew he was just playing with my mind. The brute was making a mockery of me. I watched him walk away from me as I took in deep breaths. Someday I hoped to make him beg, beg at my feet for the ill treatments he was making me face. But, I knew that someday was far from me. What could an unwitting vampire like me do? Shaking the thoughts of Lucifer out of my head, I walked out of the house daring the freedom he did not let me have. For the first time since I was brought in here, I observed the environment I was in. Beautiful trees surrounded the house. A stony pavement that ran out in lines leading to different parts of the forest. One of the lines led to the stable and I followed it. I've had thrills for horses for a very long time, but I was never allowed on one. As a princess of the Clutch, one must not be seen participating in such things. I scoffed remember
Lucifer's POV The over protective part of me had taken control when I sensed her falling from the horse the minute I walked into the stable.I hated that part of me, but I could not control it. It was something I had no power over. And now, she has angered me. Brutalized my ego. A few days ago, she had fear in her eyes for me and now that I have known her, taken her pride as a woman, she was no longer terrified of my darkness. How dare she? Punishment she deserved and punishment she would get. I pulled her by the hair out of the stables and she whimpered."Let go of me." She ordered. How dare she order me?!That infuriated me the more. I said not a word to her till we were back into the house and into her room. I pushed her unceremoniously on the bed and she gasped and began to vent."Stay away from me, you vulgar barbarian." Her shrew tongue lashed out.Steel was threatening to surface and tear her into pieces, but I held him in as I walked out of the room and returned few minutes
Ashlyn's POV And just as usual, he was gone right after he was done with me. I curled up on the bed, finally free from all the tools he had used on me. I was sore, stretched and ached. I did not know when I started to cry. Just like I had thought, his punishment was more cruel than before. Would I ever be able to survive in the hands of this man? Would I ever get freed from the hands of this devil? There was not a chance of that happening. I was his captive. His sex slave. His mistress. His whore. Whatever names one can think of, that was all I was to this devil, Lucifer. My body wracked in sobs and I tried to control them. I did not know why I cried. Was it because of the sexual intercourse or for the fact that I was the mate of a beast, yet I was treated like a whore? Being a slave was better than the life I was living I was sure. Despite the punishment, my body had betrayed me by responding to every touch of his cruel hands and igniting waves of ecstasy inside of me. I was st
Lucifer's POV I returned back to the pack house with Kill. We had gone scouting the land in Edinburgh that the warlords had taken over. We returned back home late to analyze our research, their weak points and their defense. We were yet to discover their strategies. From our own angle, they were getting very prepared for what was coming and they could prove very difficult to subdue. "Alpha." Sia said sweetly coming close to me. "We'll discuss about the warlords tomorrow, Kill. Get some rest." I said to him. He stared at me in surprise and then nodded. What baffled him was when I told him to rest. I was known in the pack not to give him or any of the warriors breathing space. They had to work tirelessly including the servants too. Everyone was to work for the pack without rest. "What is it, Sia? You do not have better things to do than disturb me?" I shot her an annoying look. "Oh, Lucifer, you should not say that to me." She said coming close to touch my arm. I brushed her asi
Ashlyn's POVI stared at Lucifer in horror. He was using me to punish someone else. He was using me as a punishment for Sia, the douchebag! The brute! How much of a beast could he be? I struggled to break free from his onslaught. I was still sore from my own punishment that took place this morning. Did he not consider that fact? If he hated me so much, did he not consider that I was his so called mate. He did not even reject me, but turned me into something else. Just like before, he was rough with me, giving no room for anything that hindered him from having access to my body. He tortured me with his tongue. With his hands. He set my whole body on fire. A fire only him had skilfully lit and only him could quench. I did not even get the opportunity to see Sia's face, but with the little moans that came out of her, I knew she had been turned on. He chuckled in my ears. This was pleasing to him. Sufferings and torture was what made this heartless bastard whole. Right now, I wished
Ashlyn's POV I walked down the stairs and went to the kitchen to seek Roselia, but she was nowhere to be found. I stood in the hallway wondering where she was when my ears picked the sound of Lucifer's voice. I was about to turn to the direction when I saw Ripper walking towards me with a smile. "Milady." He greeted. "Ripper. How are you today?" I said flashing him a smile. "Very well thank you. The alpha wants you in his study." He replied. "Oh, okay." I said with a puzzled expression as I followed him. I wondered why Lucifer wanted to see me. I was just waking up and I have not done anything wrong. Or was it a crime now to wake up by this time? With Lucifer, anything was possible. We got to the study and I saw three other men with Lucifer. I could identify only one and that was Killian, his second in command. I said not a word until I was finally spoken too. "Is she who we're really going to make use of?" One of the other two men asked scanning me from head to toe. "Yes, R