Selene's povMy senses returned with a bang. What the hell was I doing here? My lips were interlocked in a passionate embrace with the guy who was supposed to be my new family. I withdrew my lips from him, and to my uttermost disgust, I felt myself hesitate. “Stop,” I muttered. He withdrew away away hesitantly too and stared at me with those golden eyes. I turned away as the blood flew up to my face and I blushed madly. This guy was going to think I'm some naive countryside girl.“My goodness.” He exclaimed, “I'm so sorry.” He looked as if he was drowning in his shame. Both of us were entitled to this shame. Had he no manners? To force himself on me was unacceptable. “But he didn't force himself on you. You allowed him.” A cool voice within me. The voice had been so loud I turned around to see if there were any other people inside the room.“It's ok,” I muttered while wriggling my fingers together. What would Alex think of Magnus? Yes, he was hot and her type but what would she th
Selene's pov “Hello, My flower.” The all too familiar voice said. I sat up from my bed and turned to look at the face I thought I had lost forever.“Mom?” I asked, fearing that it was not her, fearing I was imagining it all.“Yes dear, it's me. Get up, you'll be late for work.” She said and opened the door to my room. She walked inside and stood next to me. My mother was walking!! I stared at her with open eyes. Wait I was back in my room, I was back home. Confusion began to set in quickly. Why was I back here? And how was she whole and hearty? My mother had been I'll…my mother was…“Are you alright, flower?” she asked. She bent down and felt my forehead. “You don't have a fever.” “Mom,” I muttered in awe. She continued her work around me. “ Yes, darling?” She replied.I could feel something tugging at the back of my mind. I could feel someone trying to reach me. “Get up Seli, before your breakfast grows cold.” I lay on the bed and continued gaping at her.“Get up young lady.” My m
Magnus’s pov.All my life I have known pain. You are not considered to be an alpha if you are a weakling. The Lycan gene is poison to those who cannot wield its power, it corrupts you, weakens you more because you need strength to fight, and if you have no strength for the fight you are beaten. Pain has been my friend for a long time for I am an ancient, I am feral, I am one with nature. The pain that seared through my entire body was not something I was familiar with though. Tears threatened to escape my eyes as Selene pressed down on the wound with a piece of her cloth and a mixture of herbs.“Hmmm.” I groaned. The tears were now close, I bit down hard on my lips to stop myself from screaming.“Please, stay still.” Selene pleaded. Her icy blue eyes were filled with fear and concern. She wrapped the cloth around the wound in a bid to stop the bleeding. I watched her hands as she walked quickly but her face soon called to me and the memory of the moment we had shared. No, now was not
Gabriel's pov“Stupid, stupid stupid!!” I yelled while kicking at the bucket in front of me. What was wrong with me, why do I always mess things up?“We'll find her,” Mira said. She placed a hand on my shoulder and squeezed. I turned to her and despite my fear and anger, I forced a smile for her. It was nice seeing her show concern over the matter. The both of us had caused this and it was our responsibility to bring Selene back home. “We don't even need to find her,” Mira added to my disappointment. I should have known she couldn't think of anybody other than herself.“Why would you say that,” I asked angrily. Mira rolled her eyes and walked away to the living room.“It wasn't our fault. Why did she have to come spying on us? I wonder what kind of mother she must have had.” She said the last set of words with an air of disdain.I turned to her and stared at her, uncertain of what I had heard.“What did you just say?” I growled as I advanced towards her with slow steps.“Your daught
Selene's povFor the first time since I met him, I was seeing my father. Sure I have looked at him before, and stared at him a few times too but I have never really seen him, or acknowledged him. But there he stood, with a piece of iron sticking out of his leg, blood dripping from his lips, his body a battered mess, all caused by the mother of the man he was going to rescue so selflessly.I nodded to him and he nodded back at me. He grimaced a little and turned to Mira. “Do you still want to stand here fighting, when your son is out there wounded?”“LIES!!!” Mira screamed madly. “It's a lie.”“You're doing whatever you can to escape my wrath! Bunch of spineless cunts, that's what you are!” She looked at me but I could no longer see anger in her eyes. His furry chest heaved with breath and I could see tears at the edge of her eyelids. She wanted it to be a lie.“There's no time for this!” I cried, “Magnus is hurt and I fear other demons are still out there!”“Shut up!!” She yelled a
Selene's povMagnus was hardly moving, hell he was hardly breathing.“It's the poison,” Gabriel whispered. “The venom of the succubus.” Although I was ignorant to what he meant I could see the truth in them. Long tendrils of green lines traveled through the entire contour of his skin.Fuck what have I done? A sense of guilt rushed through me with violent force. All this, Magnus's and my father's wounds were because of my foolishness. I brought this woe on all of us. If only I had stayed at home.If only I minded my business.If only I had the decency to face them after I was caught.Magnus groaned in pain once again and held out his hand to me.“He needs help,” Gabriel whispered worriedly. Yeah, I could see that.“Help me get him up,” I said to Gabriel. My father grabbed one hand while I grabbed another.“Ahhh!!!” Magnus groaned in pain.“Easy Magnus.” My father was coaxed. I could see that he was not In a good condition himself. His wounds still bled and he still had issues walkin
Selene's pov.The demon by the right had a huge green scar running from his eye to his chin. He turned to the other and smiled.“It's been a long time since I've had a good meal.” He said with a smile. The other Demon looked back at him and giggled madly. “Oui. These counts don't know what they've gotten themselves into.” He said.My father kept on walking until he was right in front of them.“By the order of the moonstone pack, you are hereby placed under arrest.” My father yelled for all to hear.The demons looked at him with shocked expressions on their faces.“Under arrest?” The ancient one asked.“The future is a weird place.” The other one said with an almost sad tone.“You are outnumbered and outmatched! Surrender now!!” Gabriel yelled. I could see his muscles flexing and his grip tightening. The joke was revealed to me suddenly. He was not expecting them to surrender. It was a joke the demons did not understand.“And what happens if we choose not to sur
Selene's Pov.“Selene!!!” Ansari's voice echoed through the room. I rose to my feet, my heart beating as fast as was biologically possible. Goddess help me, what was I going to say? I could feel the eyes of the crowd on my back. The urge to turn was almost irresistible but the Ansari woman held me with her gaze. She was a striking-looking woman, especially for someone her age. Her silver hair shone on her head like a magnificent crown, her eyes green embers of wildfire. Her skin was still surprisingly taunt and she was the prettiest person there.But her looks were secondary to me, I could feel her boring into me, searching through my soul in a way that reminded me of the succubus. I turned my eyes away.“Selene you were attacked in the woods by a creature. Please tell this council everything that had happened.” Ansari said. I had no idea where to begin. Asking this of me so soon after the ordeal was … I did not have the words to describe it, but I knew I hated it.I cleared my t