"Uggh!" William groaned as he arched his back. He loosened his grip on Damien and staggered backwards. Damien coughed and sat up tiredly. He finally noticed that an arrow had pierced the back of William's head. There was not healing or coming back from that!Damien sighed in relief and looked around for the person who shot it. From the balcony on the second floor, he saw Elle standing there with her bow drawn. She seemed to be shocked by what she had just done as she stared wide eyes at her bow.Damien diverted his gaze back to William, who had now collapsed on the floor. He seemed to stare longingly in a particular direction as the light faded from his eyes and he went on a journey to the underworld. He looked in the direction William was looking and saw that he was staring at Ariel!Annoying prick! He just didn't want to let her go, even in death? Damien stood and walked towards where William lay. He used his feet to turn William's head in a different direction. He knew that his acti
Drenched in sweat, water, and fatigue, Ariel expelled a huge sigh for what ought to be the one hundredth time. It was way over that anyway, but sighing so much could not do a thing to change her circumstance.Being a slave was her life now and nothing she did and no matter how many damaged bones she got, she was still what she was. It would be repaired, and her suffering would continue.She let out another sigh and wiped the sweat on her forehead with the back of her hand.She stopped for a moment and stared at the sink. The dishes kept coming in. The pack was hosting a triumph party, and they invited an abundance of people.Not to add that, the alpha had conquered a different and small pack and blended them into theirs, making the numbers available, twice higher than what it used to be, and she was the only one in the kitchen doing the dishes.Her stomach growled, indicating how hollow it was, and her wolf whimpered in pain of her own. It’s been how many days already? She asked hersel
Alpha Damien, the great and prestigious Alpha of the red moon pack and one of the strongest, leading billionaires and businessmen of all time, stood right at the door of the kitchen, from which Courtney had just left. His cold gaze, glazed against the body of that woman and in comprehensive pain followed by rage, overwhelmed him.He wanted to just shred her into pieces.Ariel immediately cringed, knowing absolutely what it felt like to be close to him.It was like death, the hand of death clutching her, clawing at her and choking her. But, instead of it taking her, it toiled with her.She had suffered endless times by this hand, this traumatic mental torment to know instantly who it was—who had entered her presence.Her legs voluntarily carried her to the very edge of the kitchen, where her back hit against a wall. If she could run into it, she would…if only she could simply disappear.A whimper escaped her mouth, as her heart raced inside her chest and her body jolted with fear, fear
EPISODE 3: Darkness seems better FLASHBACK.The night was gloomy, and it was peculiarly cold. Little Ariel had a blanket over her body as she watched the streets while her mother carried her on her thighs. It was late, and she was waiting for her father. However, the family was complete and, unlike the other times, her father was late and had indeed missed dinner. Every single man, woman and kid was presence, it was regularly a ritual to have dinner together at least and he had missed it. It made her worry and sad that she wished to wait out for him with her mom.That was when they heard the chaos, the fire that quickly rose from a distant. Her mother hurled up from her sit and carried Ariel in her arms in alarm too. Everyone flew into the house for fear of what was happening. Werewolves were attacking and killing people, and they had to hide. "Everyone!! Get inside!" But her father wasn’t back yet and while her mother gave orders, she had mistakenly kept her little daughter dow
EPISODE 4: Searching for one Damien shook the hand of the man sitting opposite him and smiled. His eyes shone beneath the sky and his hair danced and bounced with each move he made. A business deal was done and dusted and once again, his territory had been expanded. It was something to be proud of, something to be excited about, something to want too merry for. And yes, he would feast again to celebrate this new expansion and let the world know that he wasn’t going to stop.Anyone can feel threatened, he didn't care. He must get what he wants and everyone knows better than to get in his way.He smirked to himself.Once the business deal was done, his beta, Alex stepped forward and started walking beside him while guards followed behind. As they stepped out of the busy and largest skyscrapers in Emerald city, reporters swoon in with excitement, flashlights and a lot of questions to ask and more news to spread. It was intoxicating to see them going to such length, but it was a life
EPISODE 5: Wishes and deathAriel was back at the kitchen and this time, her hands were all red and her skin itched with irritation and irrationality. Tears were dripping from her eyes and her nose dripped so much, it had further turned red. However, her tears weren’t for the pain she was feeling in her gut, due to the fact that she had not eaten for days, neither was it because of the pain and ache her chest and bones felt for laying on the cold, hard ground for days, it was not because of the thirst her throat felt that seemed like it was burning neither was it for the pathetic life she was living. It was because of the punishment she was serving. Rather than coming into the kitchen to work like every other slave was, she was being given a punishment for waking up late. Her eyes watered as she turned to the bag of chili pepper right before her. It had not gotten anyway yet. Her body was burning so much. How was she supposed to peel them all?“How can I ever finish this?” her though
Ariel slowly opened her heavy eyelids. Peeling them open took such a tremendous effort from her, that she immediately felt the little energy left in her veins drained off like water in a basket. She groaned, only able to open her eyes to a tiny squint. Not only were her eyes swollen, and in pain, but they were also bloodshot, from crying so hard from all the suffering the Alpha inflicted on her last night.She had cried so hard that her eyes ran dry, with the salty residue of her pain, leaving nasty crusts in her eyes that only added to the extreme discomfort.Slowly, she moved her head to the side, blinking to clear her blurry vision. It felt so cold around her, that she could not even tell her surroundings apart. The cold was permeating her head from beneath, soaking into her brain and scattering her senses. She could not even tell left apart from right.Slowly, she recognized where she lay as the floor of the Alpha’s room. She was in the Alpha’s room.That realisation sent the cold
Luckily for her, he walked past her like she didn't even exist. She was sure he had something to do in his room, if not, he would have stopped to hit her and for the first time, she was grateful for the fact that someone ignored her. Maybe he was storming into the room to look for her, her subconsciousness said. She quickly hurried to the kitchen.As she got back to the kitchen, the feeling of dread at what awaits her, befell upon her. She was still in pain over what he did to her, and she knew that there would be more work awaiting her as she got there.She was right, as she stepped into the kitchen, she saw the heap of plates awaiting her return, and the head maid was ever so kind to point it out."You have to finish up the dishes. I asked one of the girls to begin the work after your little fiasco," she said, sneering, as she obviously believed that she had no reason to have fainted upon hearing their great alpha's name."After you're done with them, let me know, so I can compile th