CELESTE POVDamon didn't return to the room. When I was done, I stepped out of the dining room, and the first person I met was Hanna."Hey," she enthused, running towards me. She changed from the maid outfit to a simpler yellow floral dress. I prefer her this way. Also, I couldn't help but wonder if she was always this excited or maybe it was just an act for me to warm up to her.Which I wouldn't be doing anytime soon."So," she drawled, an unfamiliar accent tinged her voice, "I'll be taking you to the infirmary for your test scheduled today. Don't worry, the Alpha is already there.""You know, there's been talk lately about you. So, I believe the alpha doesn't want to make it even weirder for you to be seen walking around with him. Rumors spread that fast around," Hanna added as I raised a brow at her.It wasn't as if I needed her to explain anything to me. She owed me no explanation, I believed I was the one who should be explaining myself to them.Again, I didn't know why she assum
CELESTE POVI drove him crazy… What does that mean? Damon was a total stranger to me, so I couldn’t understand what to make of those words. Maybe if Alpha Kieran had said that to me, I might have felt giddy and kneeled to thank the goddess for making my mate want me. But this was a different thing entirely.“Say something…anything. Do you intend to stare at me all day without opening your mouth to utter a word? I know you can hear me.”Of course, he knew that. I bite on my lower lip, staring at my feet in the black shiny ballet flats. This had to be the best shoe I had ever been in since my existence. New and fitting. In the blood moon pack house, it was either too old and worn out, or too small that I’d need to force my feet inside. One common thing those shoes had was that they were all being discarded by the higher ranks. And I needed to do an intense dumpster diving before finding even one.I flinched, my attention snapping back to Damon as he gently pried my lip from between my t
CELESTE POVThere was silence in the room except for my quiet sobbing.“Open your eyes.”I didn’t realize I had been closing my eyes until Damon ordered me.I opened it slowly to see we were the only ones in the room. Seth left already.“I never authorized you to look through my things,” He nodded at the brown envelope still scrunched in my hand. “And I am guessing that is the reason you are crying.”“I am sorry,” I whispered, my voice choked up with emotion that threatened to spill into another full-blown wail. I had already embarrassed myself enough by crying; I didn’t want to repeat it again.“Ha, she can speak,” Damon replied, his voice triumphant but a frown on his face.It felt like he was glad that I wasn’t mute, yet he wasn’t entirely sure he wanted me to speak.I looked away from his face to his shirt, which was still stained with my snort. My lips were twisted down in disgust, and I winced inwardly.Damon noticed I was looking at him, and he traced the line of my vision to h
DAMON POVThe screeching and cry for help made me stop all I was doing as it echoed throughout the room. It was coming from Celeste's room. One thing about being a Lycan was having an accurate sense of direction. You could be a mile away, and someone would scream, and you'd know where precisely it was coming from. Also, I was aware of it because I knew Hanna’s voice—Celeste’s maid.I shut the book I was looking through, sprinted to the door, and out of the room using my inhumane speed. I got to Celeste's room in record time because the office was only about three minutes away.I didn't need to open the door to see what was happening as it was already opened.My heart pounded, and I remained still as I assessed the situation. Hanna’s head snapped towards me, tears flowing down her cheeks. Likewise, snorts. “She…she,” she sputtered.“Get the doctor,” I simply stated.Looking at her once again, I doubted taking her to the infirmary would make her injury better. She seemed to have lost a
DAMON POVA WEREOWLF?A bloody werewolf out of all the creatures that walked on this damned earth? Surely, the goddess tested me because if she wasn't trying to, she wouldn't have let me cross paths with one and even helped bring the person to the pack house.What the hell was her aim? She must have been happy wherever she was, seeing the chaos she was trying to create. It was chaos that had happened hundreds of years ago and would now happen again because of me. What would the royal council say? They were already against me anyway. Anything to take me off my title and put someone of their choice in there. What about the members?Not everyone was interested in me being their alpha and King, just like the royal councils. So, I wouldn't be surprised if many of them wouldn't wait to see my downfall.Yet, that didn't make me want to take Celeste as far away from here as Sabrina had suggested.Even though she wasn't sure about Celeste’s species, I believed she was right. What I had smelle
DAMON POV“Do you want me to answer that question? We've been friends for fourteen years, and I thought you knew me well enough to doubt me at times like this. My family allegiance and loyalty has been for you alone.”A derisive snort escaped me. “I knew the royal council well enough until they started to plan behind me, trying to dethrone me.” I shrugged. “I am not saying you are part of them, but I don't want to doubt it. Friends can betray friends.”It was Seth’s turn to snort, “That's a terrible assumption, Damon Valerius.” He stood to his feet and came towards the desk. He took my empty cup of coffee and placed it on the tray alongside his.“I am not such a horrible friend, and if at all I desire to betray or even be against you, I should have done so fourteen years earlier, but not now that we’ve achieved a lot together.” Seth picked up the tray.He began to walk to the door and stopped briefly. Then, curiously, he turned to me.“What about her?”“Who?”“Lysara–”“Seth Armstrong
CELESTE POVMy eyelashes fluttered against my cheeks as I tried to open my eyes. It hurt. It felt like glue had been used on both eyes and they were extremely heavy. That wasn't the only thing that hurt. My head, too, and every part of my body like I was run over by a tractor until the construction worker was satisfied that he had flattened me enough. This event felt far worse than when I had woken up for the first time in this pack house. At least, my only problem back then was because I couldn’t move my body entirely.That wasn't the worst, either. It was the fact that I could recall all that happened in the last few hours.How I had tried to kill myself and begged Hanna not to let them save me. But here I was, with a tube stuck in my body.I opened my eyes eventually, wincing as the bright light flashed into them. I was in my room, from the blue curtains that rustled in the wind and the vanity table.It was nighttime as well. I could tell from the light coming from the moon.I shou
CELESTE POVI came awake with a jolt, my body drenched. It felt like a bucket filled with water had been tipped over my head.I was in a nightmare. It wasn't a new occurrence for me. It had been happening ever since my father died.I guessed it was his death that triggered it. However, it stopped, and now it was back. Even though I could barely recall what happened in it, the familiar feeling of fear that often clenched around my heart and the dread like something awful was about to happen. Still, I didn't know exactly what it was since I barely knew what I had dreamt about. But I was feeling it now.Pushing a hand through my disheveled, wet hair, I looked around the room to see where I was.I was still in my room. And in my dress, thankfully. However, Damon was long done.My attention shifted to the door as a knock sounded on it. Hanna stepped into the room.She stood by the door, her eyes filled with uncertainty as they locked on mine.I wanted to ask her what the matter was as she
CELESTE“You're the fulcrum. The balance is breaking.”I jolted upright, sweat poured down my face, and my heart raced.“She's awake!”I was?My eyes opened, and I blinked rapidly as I tried to adjust them to the bright light in the room. I was in the infirmary.I could tell. The scent of antiseptic and bleach wafted around the room and into my nose, immediately making me wrinkle my nose instinctively. Three beds away from me, I saw some patients and pack members who had been there previously.Sabrina was here. Likewise, Hanna and both were staring. Expectantly.It was as if they were expecting me to say something to them—something only I knew about, although I couldn't tell what it was. But they had that look on.“Are you alright?” Hanna asked me. She came to the tiny space between the bed and the bedside table, sat on the chair there, and gripped my hand.“I was worried. You weren't responding and burning up. I thought something terrible had happened!” She leaned forward, placing th
CELESTE POVAll day long, my thoughts were filled with the events of last night. I couldn't think of anything else aside from the dream. I had tried to push it to the back of my thoughts, all to no avail. The more I tried to forget about it, the more I seemed to think of it.I desired to know who the goddess in black was. As much as she seemed unfamiliar, I had known her all my life. She had always been a part of me and was only just materialising in her form that night.Yet, I couldn't tell exactly where I knew how or I knew her.“Are you listening?”I was pulled out of my thoughts as I felt a hand on my shoulder. I jolted, my eyes widening and my heart racing.“Hanna!” I exclaimed.“Did I do something wrong?” Hanna pulled back her hand, the expression on her face mirroring mine. She looked surprised, at the same time afraid.“No, no,” I shook my head, wincing.It wasn't just her attention I had gotten, but everyone in the room. We were in a part of the pack house that I had been in
CELESTE POVOut of the things I wanted to hear her say, that was the last thing on my mind. Also, I resisted the urge to yell ‘I told you so’ while squealing and jumping around because it was obvious she had a thing for him.Even though Seth hadn't shown any interest in his path, I had seen how Hanna looked at him each time. Only a blind person would miss the electrifying attraction between them when they were near.“That's a good thing, right? You're pregnant with Seth’s child and could inform him about it when he returns from the hunt. It shouldn't be that hard. Is it?”“Would he want the baby? What would he think of me? It was only a nightstand and a drunken mistake. I never knew it would result in this. Would he tell me to take the baby off?”I felt Hanna shudder, her eyes widened as they stayed on me. “Please, I don't want the baby to be terminated. He could reject me since I am way lower in ranking than he was, and he wouldn't possibly go for someone like me normally, but I want
CELESTE POVIt had been a while since I walked around the pack house with Hanna, and I wouldn't lie, I enjoy doing so now.It wasn't due to the brightness of the sun or the way Hanna took her time to explain some of the things I was confused about; it was mostly because I got to spend the whole day without any interruption.From Damon. He was out of the pack house and the only one who mostly disrupted things for me, especially when it came to taking a stroll. Also, the guards he had placed to watch over me—I hadn't seen any of them since today. I wanted to believe they had gone to the hunt, too.He could have easily replaced them. There was a chance he forgot about that, and I was glad I didn't get to have two people breathing down my neck and invading my privacy each time.“Should we sit over there?” Hanna pointed to a bench, underneath a large tree that overlooked a small body of water.I nodded. I was as well exhausted, and my legs were beginning to ache. As much as I enjoyed our
CELESTE POVImmediately Damon left the room, a knock sounded on the door. I ran towards it, believing he was the one who had returned. Maybe to tell me I could go with him and I needed to be careful.That I could do. If I'd get to experience the hunt, I didn't mind staying in the background while others fought. It might be an inconvenience, at least that would keep me away from harm's way, I believe.I opened the door, my eyes lit up and hoping to see Damon outside, but he wasn't the one there.It was Hanna.I couldn't resist emitting a disappointed sigh and Hanna noticed.“I'm sorry,” she whispered, refusing to look me in the eyes.“Um, that wasn't about you,” I said to her. “You just about to be here at the wrong time.”“I'm sorry, I'll leave,” she said.“No, no, don't. I don't mean it that way too,” I grimaced, opening the door wider and making way for her to step in.She hesitated by the doorway, not making a move to come into the room.I didn't force her to. It was her choice. Af
CELESTE POVThis was my first time experiencing hunting season. In the Blood Moon Pack House, the Omegas were always made to stay behind to do the dirty work of the other members. It wasn't like I minded, though, because I heard stories.Or they were rumours. Regardless, I held them to heart.The hunt was a dangerous adventure. It wasn't just to test your strength alone; it was a survival game. And you wouldn't know if you'd be returning to your loved ones.Some had been lost in the hunt, and some had been killed. I had heard many scary tales and had never once imagined I'd desire to experience it until now.I desired to go on the hunt, to be with Seth, even Damon, although it had been a week since I last saw him. After our encounter in his private training room, it felt like he had intentionally avoided seeing me.I knew he was in the pack house, planning the hunt. As the alpha, he needed to do so. I had even perceived his scent when I passed his office, the hallway, and the training
DAMONWhy do I have to say that to her? It was unlike me. I had never acted like a caveman before, much less thought about it.I was barely jealous and wouldn't force myself on anyone.But I had done that to Celeste. I had fucking kissed her without her permission. Do I regret it?No!I fucking wanted to do more than that. It wasn't only annoying because I couldn't do what I wanted to do with her, but also the reaction I was still feeling in my body.The tingling sensation in between my thighs, the way my dick strained in my pants wanting to burst my zippers.Fuck.I slammed my fist hard into the bag. I wanted to forget. It was the reason I left before I did something I'd regret.I had lost all my self-control back there, and if I had stayed a second longer, both of us would be panting for air with our clothes on the floor while we explored each other's bodies.I hated this feeling. Why the hell was it coming all day? Was it because of the heat?That could be the reason, but I barely
CELESTE POVSay no. Say no.The alarm in my head resounded over again.Yet…I wanted him. I wanted him to do as he said. I wanted to hear the vulgar voices all over again, making my pussy tingle.“Tell me, Celeste,” Damon said in the roughest voice I've ever heard him speak.Gripping the back of my neck, he pulled me into him so that our body was pressed together.My heart throbbed, likewise my nipples, and every other part of my body. I believe he could feel my heart pounding.Damon's hand moved up and down the length of my body, my body felt flushed against his, and my knees grew weak. Our lips were near, and I could almost taste his breath.“Is this right?” I whispered, my gaze flitting up to meet him.“What isn't right?” He asked.He was this close to me. Our bodies pressed together, our lips almost locking. I knew I only needed to move a little for us to begin to kiss each other.Someone could come in here. Seth, the warriors, anyone whatsoever. I didn't want anyone to get any ide
CELESTE POVI paused at the threshold of the room, inhaling deeply.It was dark in here, with less light. There were just two windows that might have been used to allow air to drift into the room and ward off the scent of sweat that surrounded it now.But it was barely useful.This wasn't unlike the general training room, which was bright and warm.It was cold, unwelcoming…dark and mysterious. Yet, I left the doorside and wandered inside.The silence in the room was another thing. It was almost deafening. I could barely hear anything. Not even the echo of my footsteps.My fingers reached out, tracing the weapons that lined the walls as I walked past them. Swords with edges honed so fine they could slice a hair midair, silver-tipped spears, weighted gauntlets, and rows of throwing knives.I felt the sharpness, stories, and pain behind each one I touched. I shuddered, wrapping my arms around myself.I stilled as I felt a presence. Slowly, I swirled, but no one was in the room with me.I