The mating ceremony's bustlings were finally over with everyone going back to his normal life.
Lauren had been all over the place with her newly acquired position as the soon-to-be Luna of the pack. She even flaunted it at me but I just looked at her expressionlessly with only me knowing what I was actually thinking. My mind had been so occupied with the stranger of that night. I finally remembered everything that happened that night and had been replaying it in mind and it seemed like memories of that night would never leave me. “Lena!!!.... Lena!!!” My uncle's wife called all over the house but I was still lost in my fantasies that I didn't even hear her or even my name. I felt something hit me on my head. I wanted to start refuting but I looked up to see a woman holding a long rod. I cried out in pain “Aunty good morning… afternoon…. Sorry good morning ma”. I didn't even know when I started stuttering “So you have been here and I've been calling your name since without receiving any response whatsoever “ “I'm sorry ma I didn't hear you” “You bastard!! How dare you pretend right before me in confidence”. I just bowed my head trembling. “Am I not talking to a human you bastard, you dare to snub me in my own house”. It wasn't even her house in the first place but I just kept mute instead. “Slappp!!” my face stinged once again from her heavy slaps. “You good for nothing bastard what is your main purpose in this house other than to frustrate me!!” She held her head dramatically making it look like I was the problem and then she eyed me suspiciously “ I've been observing you this days and it seems like you're off” I just mopped at her oblivious to what she was saying She came closer to me and I drifted away in fear. “Come back here let me check something” she said irritated at my behavior. And then I came closer and she checked my eye so closely as if she wanted to enter my eyes. “Lena who impregnated you” What did she mean by that. How!!! “Am I actually pregnant!!!”. I knew I was finally done for "You useless and shameless child, you want to bring shame to my household!" My uncle shouted as he gave me a dirty slap which sent me sprawling on the floor. I started seeing stars on the ceiling. The slap was too hot to handle!!! "Who is responsible?... Who is responsible for your pregnancy?!" His wife asked with so much contempt. "I don't know, it was a mistake, I do not know him." I explained in tears. How could I possibly tell them that I slept with a man from a bar I didn't even know it's name. It would obviously sound ridiculous to them. I would definitely look more like a joke to them. One month after the mating ceremony and my one night stand with the stranger, I found out that I was pregnant! I did not know what to do or who to tell since I was not close to anyone in the Pack. I felt that I could hide it which I did for some time until my baby bump begin to show. My Uncle's wife immediately alerted my uncle who decided to force the answer out of me. But why did they care so much about it even though Ethan had already declared me not worthy of being his wife but of course I couldn't speak out else this vicious family would definitely cut my tongue off. I only had the choice of cursing under my breath in tears. "You slut! What will Ethan say when he hears you are pregnant! How could you even be so stupid to get your useless self pregnant before my wedding.p Maybe he will decide to cut off his engagement with me!" Lauren spat out disgustingly. As usual she only cared about herself and her engagement. "It will not happen!" My uncle said and then turned to his wife. "Take her to the doctor tonight, and make sure that the abomination is taken out!" He ordered and walked away. An abortion !!! My mind screamed Nooo. Tears trickled down my cheeks as I looked up to my uncle for mercy. My Uncle's wife looked at me with disdain and hatred. "Get ready, tonight we are going to see the doctor and I will make sure that nonsense is taken out of you in the most painful way imaginable." She said and walked away dragging Lauren along with her. I was scared, I did not want my child to be killed. Though I still don't know the father, I had already formed a bond with the baby and I could not bear the thought of my baby being killed and so I decided to run away. That night, as my Uncle's wife and I was going to the doctor's office, I distracted my Uncle's wife and I ran away. I knew that they would send people to look for me so I ran without stopping. I didn't mind at all. After running for a long time, I decided to rest a little bit to enable me to catch my breath. I tried to recount all that had happened but I had not even rested for up to five minutes when I saw a group of people coming towards me holding a fire touch. I was surprised that my Uncle's guards had caught up with me so quickly but then one of them spoke and I knew it was not my Uncle's guards. Even their dressing confirmed it. "Who are you?" The voice asked. My heart started beating so fast. I knew instantly that there were rouges. I did not wait to find out what they wanted from me, I started running away and when I tried to look back, I saw that they had started chasing me too. I'm doomed I never thought that my life would end up this badly. First it was my parents dying, then me becoming a slave to my own uncle and worst, my mate rejecting me in front of the entire pack. Now I am pregnant with the child of a stranger and currently being chased by rogues. How worse can my situation ever be. *******************************************************Lena's POV I opened my eyes to see Ethan lying lifeless beside me, almost dead. He was standing in between me and Zane as if he was trying to wait till I had woken up so I could continue from where he stopped. I looked at the place where Adrian was. He still lay down lifeless and almost dead. "Ethan, what are you doing facing Zane" but he couldn't hear me. The next thing I saw was an almost lifeless body lying in front, eyes wide open and staring at me. I felt a rage inside. I looked at both men, and the rage to protect those I loved just sparked in me.All of a sudden, light began to shine out from every part of my body. I was still wrapped by the tendrils, but as my light began to shine from my body, little by little, I started to feel the grip of the tendrils loosen up little by little until It loosened up completely."Oh I see you are finally awake, your boyfriend tried to delay me so you could wake up I will give him a plus for that but one thing I kn
**************************Lena's POV I was very angry about the whole thing, angry about how Ethan tried to convince me to go with him and leave Adrian. I couldn't believe he asked me to do something like that. Running through the tunnels, fueled by anger and desperation, I made up my mind to destroy Zane and make sure I saved Adrian. Ethan continued to beg me and try to change my mind, but I waivedamantm a. NT I listen to. All I could think of was saving Adrian no matter what. I wasn't going to do this; I was going to allow myself to be deceived by his selfishness. 'I don't care what Ethan says but I won't abandon Adrian and I will make sure I make Zane pay for what he has done' I said to myself I continued to move deeper into tunnels, meetings, and staircases. Everywhere I passed through, I came across Zane's minion. These dar,k evil creatures blocked my pain, and I showed them no mercy. I used every bit of anger I felt inside of me, channelling my growing rage into my attacks.
*********************Ethan's POV The sight of what I saw dreaded Me I could see the life being sniffed out from Lyla I controlled the urge to run into the middle of everything and just try to save her but I needed a plan I wouldn't want to go there and then I ended up being caught in the Web of what was going on without being able to save Lena. I tried to see if I could get signs of her alive, and I decided to use my hearing to check for a heartbeat. I was glad when I heard her heartbeat. Though it was slow, I was glad it was still beating. Leba was unconscious, with dark magic swirling around her as Zane kept on draining the power and life inside of her. Adrian was barely unconscious, chained and weakened. My heart pounded as I accessed the situation. I knew the time was running out, and I must act quickly to save both lena and Adrian. 'There's no way to win this fight outright. I need to overhang him,' I said to myself. I began to analyse and observe Zane's movement and powers.
*********************Adrian's POVI woke up to see a bunch of rocks lying on my body; I awakened my alpha strength and then used it to push off the rocks that had fallen on me. I was angry at myself for what I had done. The last thing I remember was Lena lashing out at me, sending me flying. The thoughts of that scenario just made me more angry at myself it made me feel so stupid. I didn't know how long that was.'She couldn't have gone far' I said to myself I moved the last rock on my leg and started moving forward. As I moved further, I began to see packs of Zane's minions dead on the floor. I checked for their pulses, and it seemed like they had been dead for a while. I was shocked; I wondered, how long they had died for. I left them and moved forward down the tunnel. Nel, I met more and more minions that appeared to be dead along the line bu, but I didn't see a sign of Lena. I decided to follow the trail of dead bodies and continued going further and further until I came close
*********************ETHAN'S POV we had come so far, but we finally got to where Lebs felt Adrian was, but we didn't find him there. Zane outsmarted us. He had beaten us to it. In a way, he was able to see through Lena's scanning to find Adrian too, and now Lena wants to go save Adrian.I wasn't going to allow them to face Zane unprepared; she had not learned enough to be able to defeat Zane. It was a dangerous thing. I was not also going to slow the risk of her life because of Adrian. She means more to me than the life of Adrian.Yes, call me selfish if you want, but I don't mind being selfish when it comes to the matters of Lena. Besides, I already listed her once; I wasn't going to lose her again to Zane, and this felt like a good way to eliminate my competition. I know that deep down in that innocent heart of yours, you are judging me, saying I am wicked, and seriously... I don't mind at all. You can think whatever you want to. All I was trying to do was just to make sure I did
***********************Lena's POV I signalled to him to hurry so we coukd go find Adrian. He ran fast enough but what he did I wasn't expecting it he kissed me. It was a very brief one but I wondered how he was still able to think about doing something like that in this present situation we were in. A situation of life abd death, I actually liked the way he did it, it brought a quick smile on my face but It was immediately changed to an angry face when zabe spoke out again. "Fool you think you would win because you have this little trick" he said "I will come for you when I am done saving Adrian" I said angrily I forgot again that he was talking to me telepathically and ethsn wouldn't hear what we were saying but I ended up saying my reply our angrily. "No you are not facing him today you are not ready to do that lena" ye said worriedly.I ignored him, I kept walking down to the place where I saw Adrian while scanning through the tunnels. On reaching there I couldn't find him a
*********************Lena's POV As we navigated our way through the forest, trying to locate where I had seen Adrian while I was scanning the maze with my powers, the fortress became serious and dead quiet. It was a dangerous sign that we were entering a heavily guarded area, but I was slightly confused. I didn't see this place where I was scanning. Getting closer, I got to understand that it was because the dark magic covering this particular area was a very thick and strong one that my light couldn't penetrate through, probably because I didn't tap into the right amount of light magic. I just felt like I didn't need much of it to scan through it's why I didn't tap into much light. But I then understood that I was supposed to tap into as much as I could. We were fixed to confront a smaller group of minions in a very brief but intense fight.Ethan was the one who handled most of the combat combining his wolf strength with his skills of handling a weapon. I used my magical powers t
****************************Lena's POV I and Ethan carefully moved through the darkness, sticking to the shadows to avoid detection. The tension became more heightened as we began to hear the sound of footsteps and the constant growling of Zaes minions. My heart pounded, and I tried to keep myself composed, knowing Adrian was somewhere nearby. There was a serious debate in my mind. I was wondering if I could use my magic to cloak my presence, but I feared I might alert Zane if I couldn't get it right. I knew that every step we took brought us closer to the danger we would eventually have to face. I still had a deep contemplation of the matter, wondering if there was a way I could avoid Zane and not fight him. The whole fortress seemed to be fortified with his dark magic. I could feel the weight of its presence weighing strongly on me.As we continued deeper into the fortress, we began to see more groups of Zane's minions. Now it was really obvious that Zane had already felt my pre
***************************Adrian's POV I tried removing my hands, but he held on tight his grip was strong. He twisted my hands. I groaned in pain. I could hear my bones crack and the sound of my muscles tearing. He used his other hand to give me a hard blow on my belle. It sent me flying over and falling to the ground. He rushed at me on the ground with his vamp speed, hitting me on the ground and brushing me against the wall of the tunnel. I could sense my soul almost slipping away from my body I felt like I was going to die but my mind flashed back to LenaImmediately I felt a sudden wave of strength flow through me it was like the thought of Lena had just sparked new strength within me as I was being dragged around the walls of the tunnel in a circle I managed to bring out my claws using then them to forcefully hit the vampire making sure my claws passed through his skin.The pain he felt made him throw me down forcefully. But he was a vampire. They heal faster than werewolves