~Viola pov~“Is this okay?” He asked as we moved closer to the lake, he intertwined her fingers with mine and it fit perfectly. I nods and smiled at him. “I used to come here a lot, with my dad, the young me. We came here to fish every Saturday, we would have a camp, lit fires and eat up the fish we caught and go home with nothing with her book tagging along.” Damien smiled at the end, his smile was breathtaking. I barely smiles and he was smiling now at the memories. “How long was that?” I asked with curiosity burning in my gaze. “About hundreds of years ago?” He chuckled at his reply. My jaw is slacked as I stared at him, it couldn’t be he was that old. His eyes were around, viewing the spot we were. “Come.” He walked away from there, there was a blanket spread on the ground where he took me, I wondered how it got there. He kicks off his shoes and sat down, I sat down beside him. And looked around where he took me, it was gorgeous and seemed unreal like we were covered in fa
~Damien Pov~I wanted to test her, that was why I took her there, I wanted to know what connection she had with Cranon and the kind of life she lived with him. I simply used her to get what I wanted. I hope she doesn’t fail me. Now I know why she hasn’t wolfed yet, she has shown me her scars, and she was still traumatized. That was why she hadn’t been able to shift. She is scared of herself. Probably because of everything she went through with Cranon. Lucas pulled up on the lawn and we got out of the car. Viola followed us in and I had Lucas shows her, her room at the end of the corridor. That would be where she would be staying. I had gone to town earlier, buying some clothes. I don’t know what she would prefer so I bought everything the lady at the store throw at me. I had almost bought the entire clothes in the store but there won’t be any room to keep them. Her room was stuck with clothes of different sizes, I don’t want to see her in rags so that was better. She would b
~Viola~I was wide awake even before the alarm sounded, I took the covers off my body and washed my face. My wardrobe was filled up with clothes, that I would never get to worry about what to wear. “I had better hurry,” And get Damien’s need in place before I could think of doing anything else, he hadn’t been out of his room for three days now. Neither did he touch any of his meals. I would call and knock on his door but there wasn’t anyone answering me. Lucas eventually told me to let him be. And today, I’m gonna try and call him out for breakfast and take the breakfast to his room. I was staring through the window when I saw Damien driving out of the house. He seems to be in haste. I sighed and walked to the door to get to the kitchen, it was six in the morning. I had to tell the cook not to prepare Damien’s breakfast since he wasn’t home. “Hey!” Bianca hissed. “Hey, come back here.” She called me back to her with her hands, she was leaning beside the wall of her room and h
~Viola~ “What’s the commotion about?” Damien stared at Bianca before taking his gaze back to me. Bianca walked to his side and stood close to him and she started to cry pitifully in front of him. Damien held her face and stared at her, asking her what was wrong. While I was there on the ground with a few bruises on my skin. “She...” She hiccuped, pointing at me. “She stole from me, Damien. She took the diamond jewelry. I searched the room after she cleaned it and I couldn’t find it.” She sobs into her hands. Damien’s eyes darkened at me. “It’s precious, Damien and it cannot be replaced.”“That’s enough, stop crying.” Damien wiped her tears. Bianca nodded as a five-year-old stood close to Damien. “Did you take the diamond?” His voice is cold and devoid of emotion as he speaks to me. “I did not take any diamond,” I said defensively. “I kept them on the bed, you didn’t see it?” Bianca questioned. “It was on the bed, I didn’t take anything from it or opened it.” I tried to mak
~Lucas Pov~I was gloomy when I met with Damien. Did Viola listens to gossip now and she believes them? That Damien was a beast as everyone thought. They had no clue what made him go crazy, I had almost thought I would lose him too. I had to stay strong for him and pull him back to his feet when he falls. Take care of him when he was sick and nurse him back to health. I make sure he eats and never stays hungry, and when he starts having nightmares of dead people and his own dead families he couldn’t sleep at night anymore. Each night he’s woken up with a start. Screams and cries, he sees Jolene, he sees his sister Mila and the baby he had pictured in his mind, they were having. Damien almost went nuts. It was devastating. And a few years he stayed alone in the woods, killing rogues. That was how it went for a few years ago, we came back to our homelands and Damien became King. Only now, he smiles faintly, he makes a little joke though the nightmares never stop and it led to h
~Viola~ I met Damien just where Lucas said I would meet him. He’s standing by the fountain, his looks are expressionless. Even in his causal wears he looks good on it. I cleared my throat when I got close. Damien didn’t seem startled, he must’ve seen me coming. “What are you doing here?” His voice is toneless. I keep my hands in my pocket and brought out the diamond. “I want to return this...” He twirled his head to the side and stared at the diamond in my hands. “You can give it back to Bianca. I don’t want this, and I can’t even wear it. Where would I wear it to by the way...” I ended my rasp with a nervous laugh. Damien took it from me, he stared briefly at it for a moment and looked over at me. He half smiled and kept them in his pocket. I exhaled, I’m glad he took them. It feels like a burden has been lifted from my chest, I had practiced how I was gonna return the diamond to him. Damien walks slower away from the fountain. I stare at the sky.“There’s a lot of stars t
~Viola~I stopped walking when the voice got closer. It was some of the pack warriors who goes patrols at night. What do they want this time?“Where are you coming from?” The one in the middle grins at me. What should I say? Where have I been? I can’t say I was with Damien, he wasn’t even here. “What? You don’t know where you’ve been?” He smirked. I chew on my lower lips taking my eyes away from his face. “Who knows what you’ve gone to do this time, sending words to your accomplices? Telling them about us? Are you planning your next attack?” He knocked me in the head. “You couldn’t have been the one who killed those ladies, you’re not strong enough, who did you send to do it?” What was he talking about, the ladies were killed, does he means the ladies from the harem? They thought I was the one who had something to do with their death. I had an accomplice? “Isn’t she the one bewitching the king?” The one at the side scoffed and pushed me backward with his wagon.“King Damien ha
~Damien~What was that?I chuckled amusing with a hand on my lips, I turned watching her run towards her room and shut the door without a glance at me. There was a smile plastered on my face when I walked into my room and closed the door. “She’s cute,” Dugan said taking my thoughts away from her for a brief moment. “Do not start Dugan,” I warned him, taking off my coat and keeping them on the rack. I know where this was headed. I lay down on the bed and all I could see was her face when she smiles. “Oh, I haven’t said a thing.” Dugan taunts. “And you’re thinking of her.” “It doesn’t mean anything.” I denied it, I won’t let him force words out of me. “I want her!” Dugan growls. “We can’t have her, Dugan!” Not now, I was certain of what I was feeling, I don’t want to regret any decision I was gonna make. “Why?” He sneered. “I’m not going over this with you,” I said dismissively. I didn’t leave her intentionally on the way, I heard a strange sound close to us, and that was wh