CELESTE POVWho are you?The voice was still inside my head.“I told you before, Celeste. My name is Nyra. And I am you. You are me.”“Now is not the time to ask questions because you need to return. It's not your time to die yet.”I opened my mouth to protest, but no words came out. I could only hear the sound of machines humming and people murmuring.I tried to open my heavy-lidded eyes, but the more I tried, the more painful it was. The great thing was that I could move my hands, but I couldn't turn to my side.A sharp pain pierced through me immediately after I did that.“Somebody, help me.” My voice was weak, and I doubt anyone was hearing me.“Please,” I tried again, and this time, I heard her voice.Sabrina.“She's awake,” Sabrina announced.Was I?I still felt like I was wherever I was.“Give her a brief minute to come awake. She need not be forced.” Another voice I didn’t recognize said.Eventually, I managed to open my eyes. The first thing I saw was a head hovering over min
CELESTE POVDamon returned to the room a while later, causing me to wake from the slumber I had been in.I watched as he paced around the room, muttering nonstop. I could barely pick out a word and he looked overly pissed.I couldn't tell who had vexed him, but it must have been someone around the pack house.He stopped pacing to look at me. It was a quick look, then I saw the determined look that crossed his face. He began to walk to the door without saying a word to me.“It's scary when you look at me like that. As if there's something you're about to do, and I'm sure as hell aware it wouldn't be favorable.Damon said nothing. He reached the door, stopping, and he turned to me. “Don't leave the room, or I'll ask you to do so.”“Why not?” I raised a brow at him. “Why would you want to keep me in your room?”“Is it so hard for you to obey such a simple instruction?” He retorted.“I'll obey when it is not me being confined to a place. Besides, why should I do as you say to me? I am no
CELESTE POVI should listen to Damon once in a while. Or even Hanna. At least they had been trying to make me stay indoors, but I was too stubborn to listen.Now that I was outside, I barely found any meaning in my being here. Yes, we walked around where some construction was going on, but I didn't feel the vibes that I expected to feel. They were cold and barely even responded to Hanna’s greetings. Even though Hanna said they were that way most times, snubs, I didn't think it was the truth. I wanted to believe it was due to my presence. They had been conversing joyfully. I had heard them before arriving here, but as soon as I did, the atmosphere seemed to have shifted.“Out of my way,” someone growled from behind, and I was able to jump out of the way on time as a van sped by. While it almost rammed into Hanna.“What the hell?” She shouted at the top of her lungs. “This isn't even a road!”She was right. We were off the road and at a safe spot. Yet, I couldn't understand why the ca
CELESTE POVDamon tugged at his tie as he stepped into the room. Pushing a hand into his already disheveled hair, he walked to his desk.I observed him from my seat. I had returned to the room after Damon had sent me off. I shouldn't have, but I couldn't stay alone either.The feelings I had earlier had returned. Even worse than before. But staying in this room made me feel a lot better.Damon puffed out a breath, pushing a hand through his hair again. He tugged at it, letting out an exasperated sigh, turning to me with a scowl forming on his face.“Why did you do that?”I said nothing.“I asked you a question, Celeste,” he let out a grunt.“Do what?” I muttered.“You left the fucking room making me all worried about you!” He snapped. “Do you know how annoying that was?”I frowned. “I only took a walk outside the room as it was suffocating already. Besides, you shouldn't worry about me. We are nothing. I don't understand why you'll get mad at me for that.”“A walk?” Damon grunted, wal
CELESTE POVTWO DAYS LATERIt had been two days since I last saw Damon and two days since his declaration was made. My head still reeled from it. Also, two days that my life wasn't mine anymore.Not only did Damon make sure a guard was stationed in front of my door, but I could barely take a walk without seeing one following me from behind.Other girls might have loved it. Savoured every second they got to stay in this pack house, and the fact that they had the alpha’s attention was a bonus.He was single and considered the most eligible bachelor in the area. Every girl would be living their dream if they were in my shoes. But I wasn't every girl.I was Celeste. And I wouldn't say I liked what was happening one bit. My space was evaded, and I could barely have a clear thought as an unsuspecting guard could pop out of nowhere unannounced, thereby ruining my day.That wasn't the only thing. Every escape plan I had in mind was void now. I didn't see myself leaving here anytime soon becau
CELESTE POVMy name is Nyra. I am you and you are me.“You need to let me out!”I gasped, coming awake with a jolt. My heart thumped, and the prickling sensation at the side of my head persisted.Opening my eyes to see my environment clearly, I heaved a breath as I saw I was in the infirmary.Damon wasn't here. But Seth and Hanna were.“You're awake, thank goodness,” Seth answered. He and Hanna came towards my bedside. While Hanna sat on the small chair next to the bedside table, Seth leaned on the wall.“Do you remember what happened? You hit your head pretty badly, and I am afraid you must be suffering from a concussion now. Although Sabrina assured me it was unlikely.”“I hit my head?” I could have sworn that Damon caught me trying to prevent that from happening.“Do you remember?” he asked again.I did remember. From when the boy had shifted and charged at me to when I panicked and felt something strange inside of me. The strange feelings that remained.Although it has now decreas
CELESTE POVI returned to the room with Damon.My sobbing had long stopped, and he said there was no reason for me to return to the infirmary since I was fine and barely needed any medical attention.I was glad I didn't return there either. I didn't think I'd be able to hold myself. The dead child was still in there. The mother fainted, and they were still trying to revive her.My appearance there wouldn't make anything feel better either.“Coffee or tea?” Damon asked as he stepped into the room.I looked at the tray he was carrying, which held steaming cups.“Any,” I whispered. However, I was a coffee lover. At this moment, I didn't feel like making a choice.I just wanted to be offered anything.“Coffee is more suitable. Keeps you alert. I brought along cream and sugar cubes. I didn't add them because I don't know if you like it black or not.” She pushed the small coffee table to where I was seated on the couch.“Thanks,” I whispered. I added the coffee cream generously and two suga
CELESTE POVTWO DAYS LATER“You fight like a girl!” “I am a girl!”I muttered, barely dodging the attack coming my way. I had decided to participate in the training after much deliberation and encouragement from Seth. He'd believed I'd fare better while in the training centre. Also, the last attack had made me almost lose a limb.So, he wanted to teach me how to defend myself, and here I was—in the training ground, sparring with him.He wasn't as lenient as I had thought him to be. It was my first time in the training ground. I was barely getting the hang of things, so he should be patient with me rather than he acting like I was a veteran of some kind, who knew all skills and he wasn't holding back because he was afraid I'd pull out a nasty trick from the pocket of the leggings I was wearing and used it to beat him.“You catching up?” he said as I once again dodged another attack from him.I snorted. I had fallen on my butt ten times today and had almost done so just now but here he
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