CELESTEAlpha Kieran gripped a strand of my hair, twirling it between his index finger and thumb, and he leaned into my neck, his breath hot, and I found it somewhat repulsive.Do not get me wrong, he smelled awesome. Alpha Kieran was one of those men whose natural scent was to their advantage. Their behavior was rotten, and the inky thing that could make them better in the sight of anyone was their lovely scent.However, I didn't find that appealing at all.“Your mate is pregnant, unconscious, and yet you're here flirting with another. It's cheating.” I said.I wondered if he knew that. Or maybe he knew and he didn't care about it.“Not when I, Alpha Kieran, can take more than one mate. I have the choice to do so and if you hadn't come to me with that damned trick I'd have done so.” He grunted.He had the opportunity to take a second mate? I had never heard of that before. Not in the rules in the blood moon pack house or any of the werewolf laws.All I knew was that you could take a
CELESTELauren stared at me for a long time. Before she finally spoke up.“Do you think he'll be willing to take me and my family in?” She whispered. “Even if he decides not to take me in because I am disobedient, at least my family needs to leave. It's okay for me to be punished alone. I am the guilty person, not them.”I snorted. She was still doubtful, as I had assured her that she'd be leaving the pack house. It wasn't her fault that she disobeyed her Alpha. Damon wasn't petty and wouldn't ignore her plea.“Damon will help you,” I simply said.Lauren jumped out of bed, running towards me. She wrapped her hands around me, catching me off guard.“What would I have done without you?” She murmured, breaking down into a sob. I didn't try to stop her or even shove her away; I allowed her to cry as much as she desired. When she was exhausted again, I led her to the bed, helped her into it, and watched as she fell asleep immediately.I stayed for a while doing nothing until I became exhau
CELESTESelene was yet to come to. She had been taken into the room she shared with Alpha Kieran while the doctors and seer attended to her to see what was exactly wrong with her.At this point, I couldn't tell if she was truly faking her fainting or not.Yes, Selene was a manipulative bitch, but no one would stay faint for that long without coming out of character. Was it possible?Even for someone like Selene. I didn't think it was.I sighed, staring at the bright sky, before looking around. We were a few distances away from the courtroom.Damon stopped walking. I did too.A bench was before us, under a large tree with a spreading canopy that'd have been the perfect shade if the weather had been unforgivably hot.But it was just warm and somewhat perfect for a walk.“Do you want to sit over there?” He nodded to the bench.“Do you?” I returned the question.I, in particular, didn't care about sitting down. The nerves still raging inside me, due to the outcome of the sentence, made i
CELESTENo sooner had we returned to our position than the verdict was given. It was neither in my favour nor against me.I was permitted to stay in Damon's pack, after an intense back and forth.However, the final judgement wasn't given, and I didn't think it would happen anytime soon because Selene decided it was time for her to faint and cause chaos inside the room.I wouldn't say Alpha Kieran didn't know about the situation, as he immediately jumped out of his seat, rushing towards her like he had been waiting for her to faint, and she eventually did.I let out a sigh, watching as they tried to resuscitate her, but all to no avail, as she continued to stay in the position she was in.“She needs to be treated. Do we have a doctor here?!” Alpha Kieran yelled, his eyes darting around the room.Only the elders, Damon, Seth, and Lauren, were there. I didn't think anyone was a doctor. Maybe Elder Zara could help because I had seen her try to help in the infirmary before.Also, Sabrina's
CELESTEI never would have thought that Lauren would defy Alpha Kieran and Selene in this manner—at least not to support me publicly in the presence of the elders, either.I knew the last time I was in the presence of the elders, she had been made to testify against me; it was purely through threats. I wouldn't say she hadn't been threatened now.She still was threatened, yet she had thrown all caution to the wind to do this for me.The other person was Damon. He was jumping in on my defense. He had promised me he wouldn't watch them do what they had in mind for me, and he wouldn't watch them judge me unjustly.He was being truthful. Even as I had never doubted him, I didn't believe it would turn out this way. It wasn't only he who needed to make a decision.There was a council for some reason, and he needed to abide by whatever decision they made.People were watching. He was the Alpha, and if he happened to disobey the council, it could make them useless in the sight of the others.
DAMON POVSilence still rocked the room. It wasn't a comfortable one. It was one filled with tension, suppressed rage, and the urge to kill.The girl near Celeste was still sobbing. Only her voice was echoing throughout the room.Despite the shock and anger on everyone's faces, I wasn't. I knew this was going to happen, although I wasn't certain if she was indeed going to help Celeste as she had told me or try to save herself and throw Celeste under the bus.She met me as soon as I arrived at this place yesterday.I wondered how she came to know who I was so she could freely ask me about Celeste. Perhaps someone had pointed me to her.Lauren, the girl, explained everything to me and her involvement after noticing she wasn't meant to be here. She was the only Omega in this place. Her scent was weaker compared to the others, and having someone like her here could be disastrous.Although I doubted her Alpha, Kieran would care if she ceased to exist.Lauren wanted to help save Celeste. Sh