KIENA
“Excuse you?” I throw back immediately.The hell is wrong with him? He's the one going all unhinged caveman on me and he dares to ask me what is wrong with me?He pins me with a blank stare. The stare is filled with anger and so much darkness.I try to pull my hand away again but he refuses to free me.“Let go of me, Zedane.”“Answer my question.” His voice is low and intimidating.“The hell kind of question is that? How am I even supposed to know what you're talking about? You're the one who pulled me here so angrily and yet you're asking what's wrong with me? Isn't it obvious which one of us has something wrong with them?”“You're cursed.” His voice is so low that I am unsure if I heard him right.“What did you just say?” I ask.He drops my hand like it stung him and walks back a few steps. “You're cursed. You're a curse, Kiena.”I cannot believe my ears. I'm staring at him in shock while he stares at me with so much hatred that I almost shrivel up.“What do you mean by that?”“It's you. I was trying to figure out what the problem was and then I realized that it is you. You are the problem.”His words are mostly not explanatory, but they sting. I feel the burn in my spirit and I try to ignore the pain that comes with it.“I'm not cursed.” My reply sounds weak even to my ears.He looks at me. “You're the reason my she wolves are dying during childbirth. You're the reason for pups have now been left without their mother in the space of a single week.”“How is that even possible? I literally just joined your pack…”He interrupts me. “Exactly! That's exactly how. You just joined my pack and with your presence came a lot of sadness and bad news.”“You cannot seriously blame me for that. It's all a huge coincidence.”“Is it? Or is it a ploy between you and your father to drive you into my pack as a means of destroying it?”“What are you even saying? I didn't have any plots with my father or with anyone else.”He takes threatening steps towards me and his voice lowers even further until it is just a hum of dark energy.“I would kill you and anyone else who tries to tear my pack down, Kiena. Without hesitation and without remorse.”“I'm sure you would. But I'd have you know that I am not scared of death. Not when I have nothing to live for anyways.”I turn and start to walk away when I hear a soft voice from behind me.“Spare me a moment, Luna.”I turn back around so fast because something about that voice does a lot of things to my system.“Who are you?” I ask almost immediately, unable to curb my curiosity.“Sybil. What brings you here?” Zedane asks.Of course. It's his pack, so he has to know who everyone is.She's an elderly looking lady. Like someone who should be well into their sixties. Her hair is mostly white and so are her eyes. I wonder how it is that she can see anything with those eyeballs that look fried.“You incur the wrath of your peace.” She says this in such a small voice while holding eye contact with Zedane.“My peace?” He has a look on his face that asks the question ‘what are you talking about?’She nods. Then she turns to me with a small smile playing on her face. “Kiena Vocci. You hold so much power.”I almost laugh at the way she says it. Me and power do not go together in the same sentence.Zedane scoffs. “You have the wrong person.”The elderly lady, Sybil, turns to him with a glare. “Do you imply that my powers are weak and unreliable?”“No. But I doubt they are pointing you in the right direction now. This woman is cursed.” He points at me. “Her presence in my pack has been followed by a series of bad occurrences.”“Whatever fate the pack has met is no fault of hers.” The lady give him a pointed stare. “It is entirely on you what has become of the pack.”“I beg your pardon?” Zedane is looking at the lady like she has sprouted a second head somehow.“Kiena is a special force. She holds enough power to either make or break your pack, and you, my child, have not been careful enough to not wrong her.”“What does that mean?” I ask, deciding to join the conversation.She still doesn't look at me as she responds, instead she pays all of her attention to Zedane.“You are bound to her by magic and blood, that makes both of you a pair. That is why her anger at you causes harm to other pairs. Do you notice how only the mothers of twin pups are dying mysteriously?” She pauses and takes a deep breath before she looks at me and continues. “Her anger is dangerous to the survival of your pack. And you.”“I have a lot of respect for you, Sybil, but I'm afraid I cannot listen to you.”Sybil interrupts him. “You have to make peace with her or else… you risk losing everything you hold dear. Yourself included.”“She is worthless, Sybil. Utterly powerless. Even her own father thought of her as a pawn in his games and you want me to believe that she is something special and powerful?”My breath catches in my throat as he says those words, hurt stinging my chest and causing me pain. Tears gather in my eyes and I cannot do anything but stare at him in pain and disbelief.“She is merely an Omega wolf, that alone makes her powerless. That she is also latent makes her a lot more useless than the average Omega.” He turns to me. “You're evil. And I would destroy you before you can lay a single finger of hurt on my pack.”He turns away from us both and storms off.KIENA I have no idea where it is that I'm going, just that I'm upset enough and I'm going there.Screw Zedane Rhage! Screw my impulsive decision to get mated to a man I don't know! Screw Dimitri Vocci for using me as a pawn in his game of politics! And Screw Xhecon Luther for not being a man worth tolerating!I stomp onward in angry strides. My feet are screaming for a reprieve but I can't stop. I can't bring myself to go back to the unfair reality of my cursed existence so I continue to march forward. Oh, that reminds me. Screw the moon goddess for making me latent! It's all her fault. Everyone I've ever come in contact with thinks of me as a worthless liability and all I can do is fight every second of every day to prove that I am not.Screw every single one of them! I hate them all! Especially Zedane douchebag Rhage.“Ouch!” My foot gets caught on something that viny and I drop to the ground in a painful roll.Something warm trickles along the skin on my calf and I look down to s
ZEDANE"What is your problem? Why are you looking at me with so much disgust on your face? It was you who asked me to show you in the first place, so don't go acting irritated by the sight of it."She glances down at the injury in question and turns to glare at me again. "It's not even that gross. It's just a narrow cut that runs along my skin."I clench my fists tighter, trying to tame the beast that is pulling at me to take charge. Something is seriously wrong with this woman, it's like a she cared about is starting a war."Go, Kiena. Leave now!"Hurt flashes in her eyes for a second before she masks it and folds her arms over her chest in defiance."Why the hell am I the one who's expected to leave? If you're that grossed out, then get out!"I shake my head in a move that's meant to clear it, but instead it jumbles my thoughts even further. I pull at the hair on my head."You need to leave now, Kiena."She scoffs."I already told you, if someone needs to leave here, it's you. Now g
KIENAI didn't think twice about what I was doing after I got the parchment delivered directly to me. I woke up to the knocks on my chamber's door and found that I'd gotten a delivery - much to my surprise.As soon as I open the folded piece of cloth to see the familiar lines of writing that belongs to none other than Estina, I got into overdrive.There was no contemplating involved as I took a hurried bath and got into a car in the Alpha's garage or when I drove up to the huge gates and rolled the windows down to gain passage. They opened the gates for me with such swiftness and tons of head bows that for once I didn’t exactly hate the idea of being the Luna of Blackwater pack. But there seems to be an overabundance of second thoughts as I stand just a few steps away from the hidden gateway of Whitevalley pack that's only used in cases of serious emergency.I let out a heavy sigh and take a step forward, ready to step back into the territory of Alpha Dumitri Vocci, my former Alpha a
ZEDANEI haven't been in the same space as Kiena ever since the incident in the woods two nights ago, but all that changed the moment I got a call from pack security that she had just driven out of the pack.I contemplated letting her be for a while, thinking that she might have decided yo up and leave finally after the last stunt; but knowing how proud Kiena is, she definitely would not have left with anything that belonged to me or my pack - that includes the pack car.Hence my decision to go after the little fireball, and I couldn't be any more grateful that I did. Damn, the woman has a death wish, suicidal tendency and genocidal tendency all wrapped up in that delicately hot body of hers.I force in a harsh breath through my nose and turn to cast a glance at the flesh and blood representation of chaos sitting beside me. She has her face turned to the window and her expression is drawn into something terribly sad. The visual of her hunched shoulders, glossy eyes and sad face strik
KIENA“Luna,” a tentative voice calls from behind me and I turn around.I'm lying in my bed, my head tucked comfortably on my pillow and cushioned by the swaddling of sheets that pool at my neck.“May I help you?” My voice is soft even though I want to snap instead.It's not the fault of the little girl that she belongs to a pack with a jerk as the Alpha. Matter of fact, all Alphas are jerks. From Dimitri Vocci to Xhecon Luther and now, Zedane Rhage; every man is far worse than the last.She shows me her hand. “I brought you a plate of brownies, Luna. I didn't know what you liked so I also picked two cupcakes and two muffins just in case.”My forehead furrows in a mixture of confusion and suspicion.“Who are you?”“I'm Lina. I'm an Omega wolf and all the wolves tell me that I'm weak and…”“They tell you that?” I interrupt her, anger skimming my blood all of a sudden.She looks shocked by my reaction and her nod of affirmation is tentative. I raise myself up into a sitting position and
I had a simple saying, "never react in blind panic when you're faced with a scary situation."Guess what though? Fate had a saying too. "Never make rules without consulting me first."After its saying is a maniacal cackle that I would normally have found comical, not so much today.Panic, of the hot, blind and wild variety, is swimming through me; running along my veins on torrents of fire.My eyes scour the entire congregation of smiling faces, coming to rest on the one person I don't want to see today or ever, sitting ramrod straight in the first pew.Our eyes lock on each other and a veil of anger covers me from the inside. Proud and stubborn, regally dressed and oozing selfish success is none other than my traitorous Alpha - because I refuse to call him my father - Dimitri Vocci.His golden gaze burns on mine, a silent dare for me to question his authority. His lips are pressed in a flat line, awaiting patiently the submission he knows would come next.I lower my eyes, dropping t
KIENA"Ms. Vocci, last daughter of Alpha Dimitri, do you bind yourself to this man? To fight with, support, give heirs, and become flesh and blood with him, till death do you part?"Xhecon stares at me expectantly, an air of arrogant dominance pouring off him in violent waves. I can feel the stillness of the air as the entire combination of Whitevalley and Dark forest packs hold their breaths in anticipation. My response would be the key to securing an alliance that benefits no one but the Alphas involved, at least that's what it seems like to me.My mouth moves before I can stop it. "No." The sound is feeble though, barely audible even in the hush of the cathedral. I know the exact moment the pack priest catches my response. His breath hitches and his eyes widen to very large proportions. I would laugh, but that would mean death so..."What did you just say?" Xhecon asks in a cold hum, his voice menacingly low.I square my shoulders and raise my chin defiantly. I did say I would ra
KIENAHold the fuck up! Did he just say MATE? As in bound by magic, flesh, blood and pack? Surely even my imagination cannot be that good.When last did I get my ears cleaned? Oh curse my deformative memory! Dear Whatever powers that be, I promise to be thirty percent more awesome than I've been in my 24 years of existence; just let me hear clearly what this handsome rock is saying."What did you say?" There's a visible vein throbbing at the center of Xhecon's forehead, the tick tock rasp of the beast within him."Kiena Vocci is my mate, and I have come to claim her. I see no reason why you should even expect an explanation when she owes you none, and me even less."That's what he said. That's exactly what he said. But wait! Hold on a second."You have no idea what it is that you're getting yourself into, son." Dad's voice is laced with unsurpressed venom."I believe you would do me the honour of enlightening me.""You've been Alpha for how long exactly? A week? Trust me, you do not w