Diana POV The rest of the night, I wasn’t able to sleep. I thought about a lot of things. Marcus’s words were continuously repeating in my head. He was right. I must get strong to stand beside Darren, my tormentor. It won’t matter if I had a wolf once or not if I got sturdy. I recalled yesterday’s dream where Darren wanted me to get strong. I assured myself Darren wanted me. He just wanted me to get powerful. Once I’m fit and hefty, he’d accept me as his mate, as his Luna. I was happy I met Marcus, and he saved me. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have thought about this aspect and ended my life. What if I didn’t have a wolf? I could spend my life with my people by other means as well. Today, I was determined to work on myself for me and Darren because he was everything to me, and I could do anything to live with him. Thinking about him, I closed my eyes, but Raymond’s face flashed. ‘He had some positive energy around him that attracted me.’ I thought, and the rest of my night went thinking ab
Diana POV “What happened? Are you alright?” He looked at me from head to toe, creasing his forehead with obvious lines of wrinkles. “That mark on your neck.” I gestured towards his neck. He touched it. His expression changed. “Why do you have this? Is there any meaning to it? I also had one on the back of my neck.” I turned my back to him and showed him my mark of lotus and arrow. “Do you see it? We have the same mark.” I was astonished and confused. “No, it’s not the same. Your lotus is glowing while my arrow is. They’re not the same.” I frowned. “Don’t you find it strange?” “No, let’s go. We’re getting late. Alpha would be angry.” He said, holding my hand and pulling me towards the cottage. “But you didn’t tell me why we had this mark,” I asked again, trying to remove his hold, but his grasp tightened, and he halted to look at me. "Tell me,” I asked, staring into his black orbs. He sighed and said. “How would I know? Early when you came to the ground, and I was staring at y
Raymond POVDiana exited the room, but Alpha lowered his eyebrows at me and I knew what was coming towards me.“I’m sorry, Alpha.” I immediately fell to my knees.“I told you to hide this mark and not reveal it to her. Didn’t you listen?” He hit the table with his fist so hard that his knuckles turned white.“Sorry, Alpha, I have hidden it, but earlier, when my wolf tried to take over me, the spell broke. The powder I used to hide the mark disappeared, and I didn’t acknowledge it. I’m sorry. Please forgive me.” I bowed, touching the ground with my forehead.“Get up Raymond. I have already told you we can’t tell her. She had to know everything on her own. It’s her destiny. We can’t help her. We only need to protect her.” Saying this, he stood up from his seat and walked towards the window.“But Alpha, why do we need to hide it from her? It is only fair that she is aware of her circumstances.” I was worried about her. Her innocent eyes and face showed the situation of her heart. She was
Diana POVOne year later,On the edge of the lake,It’s been one year since I was here. I learned a lot and my relationship with Clara, Alpha Marcus, and Raymond had increased to another level. Now they were my small little family that protected me and helped me to be a better version of myself and I loved them. I couldn’t say I forgot Grandpa or the nanny, but now my pain had reduced. Darren still haunted me in my dreams, but I never looked back and fought to go forward to achieve something that was mine, written in my destiny, and conferred to me by the moon goddess. I was way fitter than Diana one year ago and all credit went to Raymond, my best friend. Even though he was weird sometimes, he had become my best buddy in the last year. He trained me physically and mentally, but emotionally, I knew I still lacked. Whenever I dreamt about Darren the next day, I couldn’t focus on my training.“What are you thinking?” he pulled me out of my thoughts. I saw him. He was playing with the wat
Diana POV“Jasper,” I called again. He was also my best friend, like Raymond. The only difference was Jasper’s more caring behavior towards me. He was a more obsessed type of wolf and Raymond told me wolves were always obsessed type of beings for their family and friends.“I’m sorry. Jasper became worried for you.” Raymond told me, leaving my hand and standing on his feet. I could see his eyes were back to normal. “Your wound is healed.” He spoke again, turning his back to me. I looked at my hand. It was healed, but Raymond’s saliva was still present on my arm. I was confused as to why he licked my arm when only my hand was injured. Maybe Jasper was worried, so Raymond didn’t notice. I shrugged my thoughts and stood on my feet. “It’s okay. I’m fine. Don’t worry.” I said, putting my hand on his shoulder. He took a deep breath and turned towards me. “I know. Jasper is calm now.” I nodded, and we walked back to the cottage, unaware that someone had watched us with his dark blood-red
Diana’s POV“Darren, please listen to me. Why are you getting mad? I’m telling you, there is nothing between us. Please calm down. Listen to me.” I begged him.“No, don’t go. Come here.” I yelled, trying to stop him, but he walked away.“No, don’t go, no, Darren.” I woke up screaming his name.“Darren.” I instantly looked around. However, I was alone in the room. I tried to sit up.“Darren, where are you? Come out. I know you’re hiding here.” I said, but he didn’t come out, so I forced myself out of bed and moved towards the washroom because I knew he would be there. We were there when we kissed. I wouldn’t let him go this time. With great difficulty, I reached the washroom and opened the door.“Ren,” I called out, but he was not there. I saw in the shower cubicle but the tap was off and he was not even there.I immediately noticed my clothes that had dried and were in suitable form. The last thing I wanted was intact lips because I clearly remembered he bit me and my blood oozed out.
Raymond’s POVUpon my return from gathering herbs, I didn’t find Diana in her room, so I went to Clara.“Clara, where is Diana? She’s not in her room.” I was worried because she was still weak and needed rest.“Alpha Marcus had called her in grounds.” Her voice was low.“Why? What happened? Is everything alright? What is she doing there? You know she’s still weak.” I asked a lot of questions at once before going towards the door.“Alpha Marcus had ordered her to run ten rounds around the ground.”I halted on my steps and turned towards her.“What? Are you serious?”She nodded.“No, it can’t be. How can Alpha? You know she’s, Argh.” I got frustrated and ran to the ground without listening or saying anything more.‘How can he do this?’ Jasper was also annoyed.‘We’ll talk to him later. First, we need to see her.’ I ran there and found her on her knees. She was panting badly. Her heart rate had increased, and she was drenched in sweat. My heart ached.Forgetting what she said yesterday, I
Diana POVTwo years later,Two years more had passed, and these years were tough for me. Soon after that fire incident, Alpha Marcus introduced me to a witch Amelia, whom Raymond had also seen two times here. She stayed with us for two weeks and helped me with my abilities.According to her, I was a witch with multiple aura but something was peculiar. She tried to read my aura for more information, but something was suppressing my abilities and hindering her from digging for information.She told me she’d help me figure it out once she got back to her territory, but more than a year and a half passed. She didn’t return. I asked Alpha Marcus to summon her or tell me her address, but he didn’t listen to me. However, with Amelia’s instructions and my practice of two years, I had control over water and fire effortlessly.I’ve accepted the truth that I was a witch, not a werewolf. Maybe Grandpa didn’t know when he adopted me and considered me a wolf pup, but in reality, I was a witch’s daug