Rain’s povWe were a peaceful clan. Our pack, Moonlight, was one of the oldest, and strongest in the realm, paving the way for peace and settling disputes among other packs. My father, Wade, was the Alpha King, and he was loved by everyone. He ruled with love and patience. My mother, Luna, was known as Maya. She was a lowly omega who my father married regardless of her rank.We lived a simple life, and interacted with every other pack like we were one. It was a happy life until the arrival of his pack. They were known as Deathbringer, and for years they had been going around killing Alpha’s and taking over packs in the north, remaining undefeated and now they were here in the east, coming for us. They were every pack's greatest fear, even ours. The Deathbringers was a pack led by an incredibly powerful leader—Alpha Kane, but everyone called him the Devil Alpha.It was rumoured that his eyes were pitch black during transformation, a color that no Alpha had ever had. Some said he got
Rain’s povHe marched towards me, crouched down, coming face to face before me as he pulled down his hood, and my stomach tightened with dread. The rumours about him were always about his cruelty and the agony he'd caused but none ever warned or prepared me for how beautiful the devil looked like.His face looked like it had been sculpted after the word perfection. The detailed outline of his jawline, and that provocative stare he wore like a garment was alluring.My heart skipped a beat as I stared at him. How can a devil be this beautiful? Kane had long dark hair which flowed down his shoulders, hazel small eyes that pierce through mine, burning into the pit of my stomach as he took a long look at me. “What is your name?” He whispered gently almost like he wasn't all the brutality he had been made up to be.I didn't answer. “Her name is Rain. She's the princess or was the princess,” Alec answered for me still standing next to us.“I see,” Kane said, looking intrigued. “Rain. Did
Kane’s pov Quietly, I paced the room, back and forth repeatedly, my impatience growing with each second as it always did on days like this. What would be the outcome of today’s test? That was the one and only question on my mind. Will today mark the end of all my sufferings? Or will it be just like all the other times—another failure and despair, was that what awaited me again today?I shook the thought from my mind. I didn't even want to think of it, but I couldn't help it. I have had over fifty tests done already, and failure and disappointment is all I've ever gotten from each attempt to break the curse. It was kind of the only thing to expect. And though I tried to keep an open mind all this time, to have hope, I wouldn't deny the fact that my hope was waning with each failed test. I was even beginning to doubt if truly there was anyone who could break this curse or if I had been chasing the wind all this time.I barely had any hope left, but I also didn't want to give up tryin
Kane's povI tensed as I jumped upon Rain, my wolf shouting with unrestrained rage. My veins coursed with the power of the moon as liquid heat, my brain wild with hunger.She backed away, knocking against the cold wall of stone. Nowhere to escape. Nowhere to hide. Her chest was heaving with frightened breaths, her eyes frozen with fear as I towered over her trembling form."Please," she whispered, hardly making a sound.The monster within me reveled in her fear. It devoured the racing heart at the base of her neck, the trembling limbs, the smell of fear. My claws lengthened, prepared to tear muscle from bone.But then—something odd happened.When my claws were inches from her face, she was no longer the same. Between us, the smell had changed, charged with something... else. My flared nostrils gathered up the smell. She gazed up at me, no longer fearful, but defiant. She lifted up her chin, baring her neck not as a signal of surrender, but of resistance."Do it," she snarled through
Rain's POVI hadn't slept. I padded through the luxurious cell they'd placed me in, running my fingers over the gold-trimmed patterns of the furniture with a state of absent mind. Outside, the moon was suspended, its light a bitter reminder of what I'd witnessed down in the cellar.I was numb where I had felt Kane's touch. Every time I tried to shut my eyes, the memory of his eyes, shifting from hazel to dark, and back again, tormented me.A distant crash echoed within the manor, with shouting. I stiffened, my senses alert, listening for the slightest indication of what was happening. Were they coming back for me again?The clock with its carved statues marked off minutes spent in the passage of hours. My prison, while pretty, was a prison. I tested the door again, it was still secured. I tried the windows, they were too high to jump.Another collision, closer. My heart pounded against my chest as rapid footsteps echoed down the corridor beyond. I stepped back from the door of my own
Kane's POVDreams came to me the moment I closed my eyes, as they always do. This evening, however, they were different.Bloody marble floors. Raya's vacant eyes looking up at me, accusatory even as she had never been while living. Her warm lips only a matter of hours before against my mouth, now blue and lifeless."You've failed me," said the corpse, never even opening its mouth.I tried, I begged, holding my hands up to her. I didn't know—"You were supposed to protect me," she reproached. "Now see what you've become."I stared down at my hands, watching as they transformed into claws, as black fur erupted all over my body. The metamorphosis coursed through me—not merely physical, but spiritual as well. Darkness seeped through me, corrupting all it touched."This is your punishment," Raya's body continued, sitting up from the ground now, head tilting to one side unnaturally. "It is not sufficient."She stood, still bleeding from the open wound on her chest. "You will lose what you l
Rain's POVA year. Three hundred and sixty- days of imprisonment inside a golden cage. I stroked the scar on my neck, the mark of my slavery to the monster who had killed my family. Before me, a foreign face stared back from the mirror-curves sharper, eyes sharper, the plumpness of childhood replaced by the hard lines of survival.The servants had spread a midnight blue silk gown over my bed, candlelight-catching silk that sparkled, a none-too-subtle reminder of the evening's intention. Kane's birthday celebration. As if such a being were worthy of celebration.A knocking at my door broke me from somber reflections."Come in," I said, recognizing who it was even as I heard the door open.Alec entered, hallway light picking up the silver strands now interwoven with darkened hair-mementos of the evening Kane had won me. His eyes, though still ocean-blue, ranged over me with wary examination I'd grown accustomed to."You're not dressed," he said, standing against the doorframe.I shrugge
Kane's POVDreams came to me the moment I closed my eyes, as they always do. This evening, however, they were different.Bloody marble floors. Raya's vacant eyes looking up at me, accusatory even as she had never been while living. Her warm lips only a matter of hours before against my mouth, now blue and lifeless."You've failed me," said the corpse, never even opening its mouth.I tried, I begged, holding my hands up to her. I didn't know—"You were supposed to protect me," she reproached. "Now see what you've become."I stared down at my hands, watching as they transformed into claws, as black fur erupted all over my body. The metamorphosis coursed through me—not merely physical, but spiritual as well. Darkness seeped through me, corrupting all it touched."This is your punishment," Raya's body continued, sitting up from the ground now, head tilting to one side unnaturally. "It is not sufficient."She stood, still bleeding from the open wound on her chest. "You will lose what you l
Rain's POVI hadn't slept. I padded through the luxurious cell they'd placed me in, running my fingers over the gold-trimmed patterns of the furniture with a state of absent mind. Outside, the moon was suspended, its light a bitter reminder of what I'd witnessed down in the cellar.I was numb where I had felt Kane's touch. Every time I tried to shut my eyes, the memory of his eyes, shifting from hazel to dark, and back again, tormented me.A distant crash echoed within the manor, with shouting. I stiffened, my senses alert, listening for the slightest indication of what was happening. Were they coming back for me again?The clock with its carved statues marked off minutes spent in the passage of hours. My prison, while pretty, was a prison. I tested the door again, it was still secured. I tried the windows, they were too high to jump.Another collision, closer. My heart pounded against my chest as rapid footsteps echoed down the corridor beyond. I stepped back from the door of my own
Kane's povI tensed as I jumped upon Rain, my wolf shouting with unrestrained rage. My veins coursed with the power of the moon as liquid heat, my brain wild with hunger.She backed away, knocking against the cold wall of stone. Nowhere to escape. Nowhere to hide. Her chest was heaving with frightened breaths, her eyes frozen with fear as I towered over her trembling form."Please," she whispered, hardly making a sound.The monster within me reveled in her fear. It devoured the racing heart at the base of her neck, the trembling limbs, the smell of fear. My claws lengthened, prepared to tear muscle from bone.But then—something odd happened.When my claws were inches from her face, she was no longer the same. Between us, the smell had changed, charged with something... else. My flared nostrils gathered up the smell. She gazed up at me, no longer fearful, but defiant. She lifted up her chin, baring her neck not as a signal of surrender, but of resistance."Do it," she snarled through
Kane’s pov Quietly, I paced the room, back and forth repeatedly, my impatience growing with each second as it always did on days like this. What would be the outcome of today’s test? That was the one and only question on my mind. Will today mark the end of all my sufferings? Or will it be just like all the other times—another failure and despair, was that what awaited me again today?I shook the thought from my mind. I didn't even want to think of it, but I couldn't help it. I have had over fifty tests done already, and failure and disappointment is all I've ever gotten from each attempt to break the curse. It was kind of the only thing to expect. And though I tried to keep an open mind all this time, to have hope, I wouldn't deny the fact that my hope was waning with each failed test. I was even beginning to doubt if truly there was anyone who could break this curse or if I had been chasing the wind all this time.I barely had any hope left, but I also didn't want to give up tryin
Rain’s povHe marched towards me, crouched down, coming face to face before me as he pulled down his hood, and my stomach tightened with dread. The rumours about him were always about his cruelty and the agony he'd caused but none ever warned or prepared me for how beautiful the devil looked like.His face looked like it had been sculpted after the word perfection. The detailed outline of his jawline, and that provocative stare he wore like a garment was alluring.My heart skipped a beat as I stared at him. How can a devil be this beautiful? Kane had long dark hair which flowed down his shoulders, hazel small eyes that pierce through mine, burning into the pit of my stomach as he took a long look at me. “What is your name?” He whispered gently almost like he wasn't all the brutality he had been made up to be.I didn't answer. “Her name is Rain. She's the princess or was the princess,” Alec answered for me still standing next to us.“I see,” Kane said, looking intrigued. “Rain. Did
Rain’s povWe were a peaceful clan. Our pack, Moonlight, was one of the oldest, and strongest in the realm, paving the way for peace and settling disputes among other packs. My father, Wade, was the Alpha King, and he was loved by everyone. He ruled with love and patience. My mother, Luna, was known as Maya. She was a lowly omega who my father married regardless of her rank.We lived a simple life, and interacted with every other pack like we were one. It was a happy life until the arrival of his pack. They were known as Deathbringer, and for years they had been going around killing Alpha’s and taking over packs in the north, remaining undefeated and now they were here in the east, coming for us. They were every pack's greatest fear, even ours. The Deathbringers was a pack led by an incredibly powerful leader—Alpha Kane, but everyone called him the Devil Alpha.It was rumoured that his eyes were pitch black during transformation, a color that no Alpha had ever had. Some said he got