Daryl had been certain about getting my wolf back and the last few days he had hardly been in the packhouse, whenever I saw him he hardly spoke or he would tell me off for being out of bed. Sometimes I would wake in the night and he would be sound asleep next to me yet by the time I woke in the morning he would be gone.
Jordan reassured me that Daryl was just busy but I didn’t like it, before he wanted to know where I was at all times and now he barely wanted to be in the same room as me.
For the fifth night in a row I woke up and he was already asleep next to me but now, now it was pissing me off and I carefully climbed out of bed trying not to wake him. Quietly sneaking out the room, I head down the corridor and too his office, if he was hiding something then it had to be in here.
I try the door handle but its locked, that was strange in itself as he never locked his office, sighing because it would be easier if he had left it open, maybe he had left the
“That will teach you for going out in the snow with no coat or foot wear”I rolled my eyes at Daryl’s comment and continue to shiver. He had piled loads of blankets on me but I was still ice cold and when I started sneezing he looks panicked. He holds the back of his hand against my head and I watch as his eyes glaze over.“Why didn’t you listen to Jordan?”, Again, I don’t answer him and he sighs “I will not take much more of this”“You going to mark me again?” I manage to get the words out between chattering teeth and I can see the recognition on his face when he makes the connection. I had woken up and he wasn’t there again.“Ashley, we have been through this. Are you determined to stay injured?”Turning my face away from him and closing my eyes, I didn’t hear the Doctor come in and when his hand touched my face, I jumped, smacking his hand away.&ldq
Loud banging woke me from my deep slumber and as I rubbed my eyes I realised that it was already morning, quite late actually because it was winter which meant the sun was fully up about 10ish and currently the bright winter sun was beaming in through my window.Images of the night before come back and I feel my cheeks heat. My body was doing strange things, I hated how easily I had given myself to Daryl when I still wasn’t sure if I could fully trust him.He had already gotten up and I take a few careful steps to the bathroom and let the hot water of the shower take my worries away. As I finished in the shower I heard my stomach rumble and I realised how hungry I was. I hadn’t felt like this in a long time and hurry to dress and head to the kitchen.I was alone in the kitchen and made myself a bowl of cereal but that wasn’t enough and by the time Daryl appears in the kitchen, I had eaten two bowls of cereal, an apple, an orange and a packet of
“Are you waking up today?” Daryl’s voice was loud and clear but I pull the covers up over my head, hiding myself from him whilst keeping my eyes tightly closed. I was not ready to get up, all those pack members had seen me making an idiot of myself in the snow.The covers get pulled off of me, a cold breeze hitting every inch of my skin and I become very aware that I am naked. Reaching out for the covers, I hear Daryl laugh at me “No, you need to get up” and I groan trying to hide myself with the pillows.“You don’t need to hide yourself from me, I have seen it all”The comment makes me sit up right, hugging the pillows. I knew he had seen me naked but it wasn’t about that, I didn’t like people looking at me and my disfigured body.“How is the heat this morning?”I nodded, I didn’t feel like I did last night which was something. I watch Daryl as he moves around the bedroo
I heard sniggers from behind and turned to see a bunch of school girls standing and watching us. Although Daryl doesn’t release his arms from me, he still refuses to let me have him. As Cole brings the car around, Daryl forces me inside and climbs in after me, mounting him, I waste no time in trying to unbutton his shirt, I didn’t care that Cole was sat in the front seat, I didn’t even care that I was still a virgin. I just wanted Daryl.As I reach for another button, he grabs my hands and tells me to stop but my body ignored every word and I whine like I was desperate. The whine stops me, I hated how I sounded, I had worked hard over the years to keep my emotions hidden and this urgency of desire and need was different. Daryl drops my hands and they instantly move to his buttons again, it was like I couldn’t control it and something else had taken over my body.“Please make me stop”I hadn’t begged up until now but I ha
Paige tries to reassure me but it doesn't work, right now, I didn’t know what was worse, staying a slave for Black night or being permanently without a wolf. Daryl tried to comfort me but when I pushed him away for the final time, he gets up and leaves, leaving me with someone I barely knew. Paige tells me that I was grieving for what I could have had, she also tells me she has been working on undoing the curse for nearly a decade and she feels she is getting closer. Her words do not make me feel any better and I stand to leave “Please don’t go. There will be no one to guard you” Her words fall flat as I open the door and step out into the darkness. Daryl or Cole were nowhere to be seen along with the car. Glancing back at Paige, I shrug and start walking into the night. Racing after me, she tells me that its not safe and to come back inside but I ignore her and start running, kicking off my shoes as I moved. Right now, in this moment, I didn’
Tana guided me to a group of women sitting around a smaller fire, away from those that were dancing around the bonfire, she introduces me as the princess and immediately they swarm me, asking questions that I couldn’t answer, running their fingers over my skin and hair, small gasps coming from the women as they spot the mark on my lower back “It’s really her”, “She is here”.The closeness of the women made me feel uncomfortable and when I look up Tana is gone and everyone continues to surround me “Princess, we will look after you”, “Princess are you hungry?” they kept throwing question after question at me when I just wanted to be alone.“Ladies, give the princess some space”I look up to see that Tana had returned, fully clothed in a long dark dress, boots and a cardigan. Immediately the women drop their fingers and leave a pathway between me and Tana. Rushing forward, Tana embraces me &ldq
Hours turned in to days and days turned into weeks, every time I saw Amber she couldn’t speak but she would drop notes either telling me Daryl was okay and he was working hard or saying that she was working on it but either way I was never allowed out my tiny room and guards stood at my door day and night.Daryl constantly talked to me, yet no matter how hard I tried, he couldn’t here a single word I was saying. I was growing desperate by the day and even begged the guards to let me out to stretch my legs, I didn’t even care if they came with me. At least at Black night even if I was confined as a punishment, they would allow me a guarded walk and then there were the times I was working, this though, this was pure hell.I hadn’t seen Tana either since I was put in this room and I still didn’t understand what they meant when they told me I had to stay here until I was old enough to take back control. I was old enough to be mated.Sin
The women from Tana’s pack were forced to join Daryl’s and any who didn't, risked their lives as they tried to flee, but as they registered me as his mate, the person they called a princess, they all took an oath to accept Daryl as their Alpha. It was weird though, they all had to take a sip of his blood and pledge their allegiance to him, yet watching these women take it in turns to lick the droplets of blood from his wrist had jealousy racing through my veins.Daryl’s eyes never left me as the women all took their oaths, more of Daryl’s pack had arrived to help round up the women and drive them back to Crescent pack, and as Amber was the final one to pledge her allegiance, Daryl nodded his head to her, telling her that he would be forever grateful for ensuring that I was safe. Amber bowed her head and rushed back to Cole’s side, who was only too happy to have her back in his arms.“Daryl?”, He turns to face me “Why can&