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This chapter takes place before and just after Luna Ashly's death. Okay! Now that's out of the way, let's dive in!
Victor's P.O.V
Finally. She was mine. I couldn't lie or hide just how happy I had been that night, seeing her all dolled up with a traditional flower crown. My mate, my Luna, she was spectacular. I could feel her nervousness and hesitation but knew in my heart she would not have agreed or been there if she did not feel the same as me. I knew, thanks to Anya's meddling, that Xander had well and truly mentally fucked her. And I wanted him dead for that. I wanted him dead for even daring to look upon her, to even think he could touch her or have her in any way. But I held back, knowing that she still for whatever reason cared for him. Even after the sick, disgusting mutt had tried to push himself on her she still worried for him. I swear I could read her thoughts in those big purple eyes. I couldn't bear to look at her, holding Xander in my grip. It would have been so easy at that moment to tear his head off from his body, to make sure he would never lay a finger on my Laura again. But I held back. I could tell she was unsure of me, that she still did not fully entrust me with her heart, I had to make sure I proved myself to her.
I had thrown Xander at his father's feet, just out of sight of the gathering. Clide let out a frustrated growl glaring at me with hatred, he did not hide this side of him when we were alone. I had thought of this man as nothing but a coward, a useless wolf that did not deserve the title of Alpha. And once I had learnt his secrets, well he changed. No longer pretending to be the bumbling idiot he portrayed. I couldn't help but wonder if his Luna had known the extent of his corruption.
"Victor." He snarled as Xander whimpered hiding behind his father.
"Cilde." I returned his glare, allowing my Alpha status to show.
The dumb man, he wasn't an Alpha. He did not come from a lie of Alphas. The only reason for his title was thanks to Luna Ashly. She was the power.
"I have warned you many times Victor, I have told you not to harm my pack..."
I growled interrupting him "and I told you that if anyone dared to touch my mate I would have their head."
Clide's eyes narrowed as he glared at his sorry excuse for a son.
"Xander, is this true?" He nodded at his father as Clide snarled again.
"That skank. This is the last time I will allow her to seduce my son. She is as disgusting as her mother."
I felt my hands clench in rage as my body begged to be allowed to shift at his words. He beamed at me before smirking.
"Now now, don't do something you will regret Victor. I am by the laws of our elders her father. She has rejected your claim of being your mate, only I have the power to allow your union."
I held back the intense urge to kill him, not yet. My Luna had to be named officially first, then I could protect her by killing this sick f**k.
"Xander, run along." He said without taking his eyes off of mine.
Xander gave me a second worried, terrified glance before running off to the party.
"Victor. I hope you know just what... what sort of demented life you are going to lead now."
"Demented?" I asked back through gritted teeth.
He laughed before nodding towards the cabin my Luna was.
"She will be the death of everything you love, everything you hold dear. All your dreams will burn in front of you."
His eyes were burning with pure rage and hatred.
"How? How could you despise her so much?"
He scoffed as if it was obvious.
"She is the reason my pack is in ruins, the reason my Luna is dying, the reason we are still being attacked and the reason my son can't seem to accept his own mate. She destroyed everything she touches, she is truly wicked."
"Alpha Clide. It's time." Sam, the disgusting up herself girl that claimed to be Xander's mate approached us.
I felt satisfied at her fearful glance at me as Clide's face returned to its fake joyish persona.
"Ah Alpha Victor! It is time!" He slapped my arm playfully as if we were friends and I held back the anger.
I followed them back to the clearing, taking my place at my table with Anya and her mate Bella. I found myself smiling internally at how adorable they were. My heart was so happy to see Anya with someone as beautiful, kind and sweet as Bella. Mother would have been proud.
But my heartbeat just a little faster when she caught my eye, my Luna. Laura. I was almost giddy knowing soon, so soon she would be mine for the rest of time. I couldn't bear it when Domini gave her complaints, seeing her smile at him with adoration. That should have been just for me. Anya gave me a warning look, I knew again thanks to her that there was nothing more than a brother-sister relationship between the two. But it still stung.
After everything was said and done, after officially she had been declared mine. Goddess, I thought I was going to burst with joy. And yet, she still seemed to push me away. She took every opportunity that night to dodge me. Even when she was literally tied to me she still looked away from me, frantic, almost fearful of me. I hated myself at that moment. To have the love of my life seem to fear me. I made sure not to touch her too much as I walked back to the room that Clide had given me. As much as I wanted to, as much as my heart begged to feel her flesh I resited.
That look of fear she gave me when we got inside, when she sat on the bed we were to share. I swear I died inside. I knew that Xander had f***ed her mentally but how could she assume I would be such a monster to take her without her consent? I rolled over quickly, feeling for the first time in many years tears well in my eyes not wanting her to see how weak she made me. I wished her goodnight, expecting her to leave me. So when she got up my heart sank, I frantically got up ready to chase her only to see her opening my cupboard.
Okay! So I did not think this would be as long as it ended up being, so I'm breaking this into 2 parts. Not to worry, the second part coming in the next few hours!
Her behavior was so, odd. Why would I have her clothes? Why didn't she bring her own? I felt agitated as she slammed the bathroom door but that quickly turned to remorse when I heard her sobs. How, how could I fix this? Why was she crying? Had I hurt her unintentionally? I had every intention of talking this out with her as soon as she came out, but I had passed out before she could return to the bed. I was pleasantly surprised when I woke up to have her cuddled up to me. My heart swelled as I felt my face break into a grin, her face buried into my neck, her light breathing caressing my skin. I refused to move in case I would wake her, and to try and stop my morning wood from getting too excited. She shifted slightly, murmuring in her sleep before I felt her lips against the nape of my neck. My entire body shivering with anticipation and excitement as I felt her tongue flick against the muscle in my neck. My mind was racing, was she awake and ready to accept me? I felt
Ellen led the way through the packhouse, Bella at my rear. It was so surreal. I felt empty looking at each area as memories of my life passed by. Thankfully it was the dead of night so no one else was wandering around. I still couldn’t believe everything that had happened to me so quickly, how fast things had changed. I kind of wished that I could go back, warn myself of Xander’s intentions, tell myself to be kinder to Ashly. As we walked out the large wooden front doors I felt myself inhale deeply, pausing to look at the packhouse one last time. Giving myself just that moment to mourn, mourn the person I used to be. “Luna?” Bella whispered nervously, she was darting around as if frightened we were to be attacked. I closed my eyes and said my goodbyes to the place that I had thought was my home for so long, my heart hurt thinking about never seeing this place again. “Laura. We have to go.” Ellen barked, I opened my eyes to see the same mourning look in
“What about your eye?” I asked Ellen, she looked at me with shame. “Ah. Well, it seems the forest wanted to keep a piece of me…” Both Bella and I gasped as Ellen pulled up her right eyelid, showing just flesh left. “It’s okay, it doesn’t really hurt. Thanks to the wolf blood I think it’s already basically healed. Guess I was lucky the tree pulled it out…” “Ellen…” I stammered not sure what to say, she just shrugged before turning to collect the bag she had thrown. Forcing me to remember that needle. “Ellen, what did you inject me with?” Ellen’s body stiffened as she stopped moving, Bella sharing my curious expression. She turned and gave us both a nervous smile. “Ah, just something Doctor Herman gave me… to calm you down…” I frowned at how she seemed to almost dodge the question, I knew she was holding something back. “Ellen…” I breathed with a tinge of agitation, why would she be keeping something from me?
The room was oddly silent as the strange men brought in two chairs from outside the room and sitting on them staring at us. Stacy gave them a suspicious look before turning her attention back to us.“Okay, so. You are refusing to take an x-ray, at least allow me to give you something for the pain and maybe a new sling?”Bella smiled as I felt reassured at her kindness, she nodded and Stacy returned my smile.After Bella was taken care of Stacy focused on me.“Okay, so I know that you probably don’t have any physical wounds but we do have a psychologist on staff to talk to… about… what happened at home.” She spoke carefully, her eyes darting to the men as she spoke.I felt a little better knowing that Stacy seemed to not trust these men, from child protective services. Something about them just seemed off, I wasn’t sure if it was due to the red-haired man’s staring or the other’s strange
I felt powerless as one of them lifted my paralyzed body off the ground. Honestly, I wished I had been knocked out, being mentally aware was sickening. My heart fluttered for a moment remembering the number of people that were here, surely one of them would see this and do something? I couldn’t believe that the human world would allow this! Although, what did I even know about this world? I barely knew anything about my own world. “She’s heavier than she looks” Monty gasped as he flung me across his shoulder, I heard Simon chuckle dryly. “As she should be, she’s grown so much…” His tone almost seemed pained. “The last time I saw her, she was so small… so innocent…” He sighed deeply. “I wish… I wish things were different.” He finished softly before both of them fell silent. So, he was my apparent uncle. I guess that made sense, but… But why would he seemingly kidnap us? Why wouldn’t he just talk to me? Whatever his reason was, it surely could have just
Hello everyone! As mentioned previously, this is a free chapter in Victor's P.O.V :) Please remember these will be every 5th chapter. Victors P.O.V I stared blankly forwards as we walked out of the packhouse, fighting against my own self not to stay and protect her. My love, my mate. Dimitri was right, we needed to leave, but we really had to leave without her? “Alpha, please.” Dimitri almost commanded as I stopped moving, staring back at Clide’s packhouse, arguing with myself to not run back in and take her with us. “Alpha Victor. We need to go, you know she will be safe.” I growled glaring at my Beta. “And how can you of all people trust his word? Trust that she will not be harmed? Look at What Clide has done? Can you believe Herman?” “Yes,” Dimitri responded without missing a beat, his eyes glued to mine. I knew he wasn’t lying, he truly believed in the man. “What is he?” I demanded as Di
Hello dear readers! So, I am starting to hesitate with this story as we are closely approaching 100k words and I feel like we are only about halfway through Laura's journey. So, can I get a show of hands-on who would prefer I just keep going even if the book gets to 100k plus words or break this down into 2 books? My thinking is that I add an authors note a the end of 'book' 1 so to speak and re-write the synopsis to advise any new readers that it will be 2 books in one. Alternatively, the other idea I had was to just have a longer book, but I don't want the length to scare off new readers. Thanks in advance! :)
My heart was racing in joy as I felt Victor scoop me up into his arms, his own heartbeat matching my own.“My love.” He whispered into my ear, his tone a mix of joy and bitterness. “I’m sorry I left you, never again will I.”If I could smile I would be grinning from ear to ear, in that moment I thought perhaps this was the feeling. The mate bond.“Let’s get her back” Domini said gruffly as my heart sunk, he sounded hurt and I knew why.I tried to move my lips, to tell them that Ellen and Bella were back at the human hospital but I still couldn’t move.“Do… do you think…” Domini started to ask but stopped himself sighing deeply. “Anya, let’s see if we can track them.”Anya was sobbing still, I didn’t hear her speak but hear two sets of footsteps walk away.“My Laura… don’t you worry, they will pay.”Vi