LILITH’ POV
The hard cold stares are even much worse than it had been at my pack, and I walk past every single one of them, wondering why and yet keeping my distance.How exactly am I going to integrate into this system when no one wants to talk to me? There’s no chance of getting a good whiff of even a bit of gossip from anyone.I haven’t met a single soul here that isn’t hostile towards me, all taking after their psycho Alpha. I walk past a couple practically glaring bitterly at me.“Xenos bitch.” He growls ferally.It takes everything in me not to turn right back and go full wolf out on his ass, but I don’t.Years of tolerance helps me quell my blood thirsty burst of anger from the demeaning comment.He isn’t worth it, Lilith.Instead, I smile at the fucker, waving back at him and watching him flinch back like he suddenly has a stroke.Acting unaffected is the best way possible to deal with assholes, and my wolf nods in agreement. I walk a bit more, hoping to find something, perhaps someone that’s not staring daggers my way. Then I hear screaming coming.The next image I see has me halting at the spot.A group of boys, the oldest not past 14, all gathered around the littlest girl covered in mud.Something within me is instantly triggered.I dash forward without thinking, gripping the ears of the first tall child I see, pulling him aside with the lobe and then the next, till I reach her — the poor little angel covered in bruises.“Get away from her, you little runts.” I say to them, growling before turning back to the sobbing child crouched into a protective ball.From her size, she’s probably not older than 7 or 8, skinny and mostly not outspoken. Even when I gently touch her arm, she flinches away from me.“Hey… are you okay?” I call to her, and she barely looks up at me, giving me only a glance.“It’s okay, sweetheart. Where are your parents?” I ask the scared child as gently as I can.Who lets an unsupervised kid out alone, especially in this kind of neighborhood?Just when I begin thinking the situation is mildly settled, the first stone crashes into the side of my head harshly before I realize it, taking me off guard.It is followed by laughter and chanting by the rest of the little bastards.“Haha… get the old lady harder.” Another yells out loudly just before another stone hits, followed by a shower of rotten tomatoes from the rest of them.My patience has run thin. What kind of horrible people let their little devils roam free? I step up, ready to dish out a bit… just a little bit of my rage for the first time.Before I can though, someone suddenly runs into the scene, swinging a leaf rake in the air.“Get out!” She screams, swinging her rake viciously at them. “Get out of here before I report you!” She yells even louder.They all run off, scattering like ants, giggling as well.Once they're all gone, she tosses the rake aside, rushing towards the little girl and engulfing her in the warmest hug.“Mia!” She exclaims, taking a look at every cut and bruise on her fragile skin.“Kiki.” The little girl explodes into more tears now that she’s been saved by this new woman, bawling her eyes out uncontrollably.From the interaction, I can already tell that they are family. The whole scene reminds me of my brother Jonah instantly.The once little sickly kid bawling his eyes out at every chance he got, just for his sister to come save him every time. I had gotten more than a few bruises and cuts trying to save his ass, but regretted nothing, ever.The two finally turn to me once the whole crying session is over with thankful looks.“Thank you for protecting her from those little demons.” The older one speaks up, rising to my level. Seeing her now, it’s clear that we are almost similar in age.“You don’t have to thank me… I’m just shocked that no one else did something to those runts and just let them bully her. Is she okay?”Her smile quickly turns sad, holding the little girl's hand.“Hopefully she will be. I’m Kierra.” She extends her hands to me, and I reach forward, taking it.“Lilith, I’m sort of new here...”“Yeah, I can tell easily. Rumors about a new Xenos spreads pretty fast around here.”Again, that word. This is probably the fifth time I’m hearing it from someone.“Sorry, I hope you don’t mind me asking… What the hell is a Xenos? Is it some kind of disease? Is that why everyone’s been staring at me like I’ve committed murder?”She sighs, suddenly looking extremely dejected.“Xenos are basically outsiders, intruders. Here at Deathstone pack, most wolves aren’t too accepting of outsiders or anything new in particular. It’s like a sickness everyone’s got and spreading it to their kids.” She explains, caressing the little girl’s hair gently.Well, that explains a lot.“Mia here is essentially my half-sister. Her mother was a Xenos before she died. Scorned and hated up until her death. Her body wasn’t even allowed to be buried anywhere within the pack. That hatred has been passed on to Mia now, I guess. Kids bully her with every chance they get in the meanest ways possible.”“That’s just sick, going after a little girl simply because she’s not fully a member of the pack.”“Yeah it is, but no one really cares. We can’t really complain to anyone here. While you’re here, you should probably be careful as well.” She looks at me pitifully, sympathizing with the future shit I’m going to have to live through, simply because I’m some fucking outsider?Bullshit.“Can’t anyone do something about this? I mean, if I had gotten here any later, only the goddess knows what could have happened to her.”“My bad, I didn’t know she had gotten out of the house…” She tries to explain herself to me.“No, you don’t need to apologize to me.” I groan, rubbing the temples of my head.I should mind my business and just stay focused on the mission in front of me.She’s the only friendly face I’ve seen since being here. This is the perfect opportunity to get info, the right amount of info I need.But no, my anger has already far gone reasoning at this point. I’ve tried to be nice with these crazy people — holding my tongue, and being polite. I’ve tried to be tolerant of that bastard of an Alpha without a shred of human emotions in his body, but no more.I’m going to take this up personally.I immediately begin heading towards the other direction.“Where are you going!” Kierra calls out to me.“To get something done about this.” I say, gnashing on my teeth.“But… but you’re injured!” She yells out to me before I’m out of hearing range.Regardless, I walk forward without any thought other than finally giving him a piece of my mind.I walk all the way back to the main pack building, right up to the front door, kicking it open and storming right in.However, the moment I set my foot in, a group of guards wasted no time in lifting me off my feet instantly.I’m taken aback at first before I begin kicking and screaming.“What the fuck? Let me go!” I fight against their holds, but it's relentless.I could take two, maybe ripping their eyes off with my claws, but not four.I consider shifting for a moment, but that would simply cause too much of a commotion, more than I need, and I definitely need to lay low till I get the blood scroll.Damn it all to shit.They don’t listen to me, ignoring all my squirming and drag me right across the hallway where more than enough eyes can watch me perfectly.There’s more whispering and mumbling than before. The entire scenario almost looks like an execution scene, while I let myself be dragged to wherever.“If it isn’t my little lost sheep.” His deep voice vibrates from his throat in this low growl that momentarily sends shivers down my spine.I look up at Alpha Kain, pissed off and almost bloodthirsty, staring down at me like the purest filth he has had the disadvantage of meeting.“It seems you’ve not been properly briefed on the rules around here. My leniency seems to have given you the effrontery to move about as you please, hasn’t it?” He snaps, almost wanting to bite my head off.That’s right, I had snuck out minutes ago and blatantly walked right through the front door.Oops.“Where the hell have you been?”His whole countenance is much different than before. An hour ago, he was desperately trying to get me away from him and now, he wants to know where I’ve been?It takes a moment for me to snap out of the momentary shock and remember why I am here again.“Away from you like you had requested.” I quip back uncontrollably, still pissed with our earlier encounter.I wasn’t one to hold grudges or let my distasteful emotions show. I have no idea what’s come over me, but I can’t take any of it anymore.“I see you’ve dropped the whole innocent act you’ve been going with and suddenly grown too much confidence.”“I see you’re as much of a devil as the rumors depict.” I snap back, my breath grows more rushed.Shut the fuck up, Lilith!“Are you aware of the kind of treatment your people dish out to others simply because they're different? Do you realize a little girl got stoned oday, thankfully not to death?” I open my mouth more against my control.He remains unaffected by more words, still livid about my defiance rather than actual pack matters going on right under his nose.“I see, that explains the filthy look you’re putting up right now.”“Excuse me?”“Listen here.” He grips onto my cheeks painfully.He limits my ability to speak again while his eyes turn animalistic.“Once again, I will forgive your disobedience, blame it on your ignorance. You’re new, you don’t know the rules. You don’t realize how things work around here. As a benevolent ruler, I’ll personally give you a bit of advice.” He loosens his grip, giving me the chance to forcefully pull away from him.My cheeks sting painfully and I already know it’s going to bruise, but I don’t whimper away or bow my head in fear. I look him straight in the eye.“The first rule you need to know is, my word is law… and by that very same law, you abide by everything I tell you without questioning or talking back.”He raises the bloodied finger, taking his time to lick up every bit of the liquid from my injury, sucking on his thumb till it’s completely gone.Like a psychopath. His green eyes glint dangerously at me.“Secondly, do not entertain any kind of independent thought. You’re nothing but an object whose sole duty is pleasure. If you fail your purpose, you’re useless to me and we all know where useless things belong.”“The trash.” I mutter.“Good.” He says coldly, leaning close and pressing his lips against mine forcefully.He takes them like I’m nothing, like I’m just a chunk of flesh made for his own satisfaction.Disgust churns within my belly.He finally lets me go, pulling away from my lips and dropping my face roughly.“Lock her up in her room till whenever I call for her again.” He says one last time just before he walks away.The guards pick me up effortlessly, dragging me back to my room and from the corner of my eye I see her, Yvonne, hiding amidst the crowd of onlookers, snickering from her own enjoyment.LILITH’S POV: Alpha Kain Gerard is just as the rumors say, even worse.His cold dead cruel eyes stared down at me as though my worth was nothing more than a piece of copper he could easily crush between his fists.Those eyes are the last thing staring back at me as I’m being dragged very disgracefully back to my room and tossed in like a rag doll.Once the doors are shut, the next sound that follows is the door being bolted together, sealing me in.Shit.My pride is wounded with nothing worthwhile to show for it, while that pretentious narcisstic prick entertains himself at my own expense.What I would give to smack that look off his fucking face.I sigh, falling back onto the soft covers of my bed, feeling heavily exhausted.Now that the adrenaline rush is gone, I can feel the blood pumping in my head, followed by the mindshattering headache seeking to ruin my mind.The pain of the bruise is more evident than ever.Damn those little rats that should never have been let out of their
LILITH’S POVI pass Ariel a constricted nervous smile before following Ivan out.He occupies the next high role after Alpha Kain and a potential source of information, that is if I ever get on his good side.He seems like the smart type that easily sees right through any possible façade I could whip up.Having him as a target is a potential risk, seeing as he could figure me out in seconds, yet I don’t completely scratch him off my list.“A piece of advice I’m sure you’ve heard more than a couple of times since coming here; if you want to keep that pretty head of yours on, it’d be best to hold your tongue and follow every single thing Alpha says.” Ivan says indifferently.Not necessarily wicked, yet not caring if I drop dead right this second.“You think I’m pretty?” I say, teasing instead of giving a serious response.He stares right back at me blankly, coming to a sudden halt in front of the wide double doors of Alpha Kain’s office and pushing the doors open.I pass one last sweet s
LILITH’S POV:Sleeping in a cell is a very uncomfortable experience.From the chilling draft coming from only goddess knows, to the cold hard wet floors, the leaking ceiling and the roaches and rodents that casually pass by me; every bit of it is horrible.I’m used to adapting to the worst of situations due to the nature of my job, but I never appreciated moments like this. I could, however, live with them, knowing my plans were falling into place.In this situation, however, with my plans all ruined, none of this is worth anything.I’m cranky as hell and the sound of the gates leading to this dungeon wing being pulled open echoes down the hall to my cell room and has me waking up with annoyance.I really want to scream their ears off until I see who it is. I first notice the very familiar annoying snicker from the entitled bitch herself, Yvonne.“Well, well, well…” she begins like every evil villain does, having had an upper hand on their victims.“If it isn’t the new slut Alpha Kain
LILITH’S POV:His hand suddenly rips through his chest, pulling a pumping heart that beats for 5 seconds before stopping; the same amount of time it takes for his lifeless body to hang over me before he finally drops onto the floor.The guard moves away from my vision and the real perpetrator stands over me, holding the dead heart in his hands, staring at the amount of blood dripping down his fingers like it’s nothing.He tosses the heart aside like trash, turning to the other person right behind him, Ivan“Gouge out his eyes and put it on the display for disrespectful members of my guards to see and remember to keep their personal desires in check.”“Yes, Alpha.” Ivan says right before he pulls out a small dagger and leaves my field of vision.I’m gasping for air now, still falling into unconsciousness when he finally looks down at my limp body with an emotionless gaze. He stares at my almost naked chest just before he takes off the jacket hanging over his shoulders and drops it ov
LILITH’S POV:Alpha fucking Kain Gerard, the most unreadable bastard I have ever had the displeasure of meeting.Everything about him annoys the hell out of me.From his hellish attitude and the obnoxious gaze he passes on every one, like they are simply his underlings placed in this world to do just his bidding.Then, there’s the annoying yet drop dead gorgeous face of his that drives me completely mad.How anyone can be so unreasonable and cold, I will never know.I groan heavily, now shifting away from Ariel that sits behind me, gently applying a soothing balm to my now healing bruises.“I’m sorry to bother you, but can you say still for a moment?” She says with her timid voice, trying her best not to show her annoyance.I sigh.“Sorry, these past few days just haven’t been the best.” I say.Having fully given up on the ‘using the Alpha to succeed in my mission’ route, I have to spend much more time gathering enough information I can from other members of his court and his people a
LILITH’S POV“What the fuck are you doing here?”I unconsciously flinch at the sound of his voice raised at me, suddenly unable to look up into his eyes.Where had this all gone wrong?The plan had been almost perfect, in and out with no detection and yet, the Alpha just had to show up from nowhere. I wasn’t even able to detect his presence.Just what breed of wolf is this bastard?“I can explain.” I start, stalling to think up something.“You better start talking now before I really lose my temper and lock you up somewhere you’d never see the rays of the sun ever again.” He warns while lowering his voice.I gulp, taking a step away from his threatening aura that’s suddenly choking me.“Well… well, I was just trying to—”I stop mid-sentence just when rustling in the hedges around us becomes evident, drawing my attention away from the Alpha only momentarily.From the corner of my eyes, I see a reflection of light from something metallic. Before I can put everything together, Alpha Kain
LILITH’S POVDespite his cold and uncaring exterior, his lips are soft and warm against mine and unlike the first kiss we had shared that had been hard and demanding, this is the complete opposite.He presses gently against mine, showing just as much need as before but with a softness to it, switching off all logical thoughts hanging in my brain in the process.I let him into my mouth while he takes the opportunity to quickly suckle on my tongue now.With the strength I had no idea he still had, he lifts me up my butt while still sitting up in bed, dropping me right on his lap.And immediately, I feel his hard rod right underneath me, poking at my unclothed core through the thick blanket.An unconscious moan passes through my lips before I can stop myself.His hands slide up my thighs beneath the large shirt hanging over my naked body, feeling up my curves, squeezing my ass in the process.I bit hard on my lower lip to stop the moan from escaping but he forces his tongue deeper in my
LILITH’S POV:The very first useful information I’ve been able to get is written in the tiniest piece of paper, perfectly encrypted in case of interception.The paper lies in the pocket of my jeans but I just need to find a way to get it outside and pass it via bird to the Riverstone pack.The only problem now is Ivan standing right in my room, watching my every step.“Don’t you have other things to handle besides hanging around me? You are the Beta of this pack.” I say, trying to instigate some sort of warrior pride in him.He looks back at me dully.“Don’t worry, love, I have someone handling most of it while I work here.”“Aren’t you pissed off that your Alpha assigned you to be the guard of some defiant annoying girl?” I pry further, trying to get into his head.He should be as annoyed as I am, being stuck together despite our obvious dislike of one another.“Ah, so you do know that you’re annoying.” He quips back without even batting an eyelash.“That’s not the point…” I snap now