DAMIANIt broke my heart to talk to Alina like she didn’t mean anything to me. But, it really had to be done. I turned towards my left, ad kept moving till I got to the woods, and hid behind a tree. I could hear her screams behind me, and it broke my heart.Fisting my hands, I turned to see what was going on. Logan had informed me that the device we had installed in Blair’s home picked her saying that she wanted a boat to be ready at the river this evening. And, I knew it meant that she had something planned. Alina had defended herself against Blair, but Blair was a Beta, and it meant she healed very fast, but not as fast as I do. Which also meant, she had a lot of time to plan!A shrill scream suddenly pierced through the air, and I turned to see that it belonged to Alina. She was crawling her nails against a masked man, and it took everything not to jump in there, and protect her from the hell she was going through, but I had to be calm. My beast wasn’t though, and I could feel him
ALINAHis lips were so firm as they slid against mine, and I wasn’t sure that I knew how to breathe anymore. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to know how to breathe either because this was haven to me. I let my small hands cup his back as I kissed him as much as I could, considering the situations we were in, and all he could do was bite my lips, letting his tongue gain access to my mouth."Damian," I whispered breathlessly.His response was to suck on my tongue like it was his favourite ice-cream. I moaned into his mouth, and he held me by the waist, and before I knew it, I was straddling his long ones. "We shouldn’t..." I said like a woman sex-starved."Your voice says contrary Alina. Let me touch you. I want to feel every part of you right now," he mumbled.I groaned as I threw my head back, only for his lips to seek access to my breasts. "We are in the hospital, Damian. Surely you know, we can’t do something like this here...""Focus on me," he said simply, and then he kneaded my breast
AlinaI couldn’t look at the Alpha without feeling like I might explode. All of this—everything—was his fault. Damian bleeding, the screams, the blade in his chest... Rylan getting away with stabbing him in the middle of a sanctioned duel like that? That was on him. He let it happen. Hell, he practically invited it.I clenched my jaw as I helped Damian walk, his weight pressed heavily against my side. He was still bleeding a little, though the wound had started to close. My legs ached, still bruised from our earlier sparring, but I didn’t care. I wasn’t leaving him to stumble alone, not after what he just endured.Damian’s hand gripped mine tightly. “Alina,” he whispered, voice hoarse. “Don’t say anything.”I didn’t answer. I didn’t promise anything either, because I wasn’t sure I could keep that promise.The walk to the Alpha’s office felt endless. Every step made me want to scream at someone—him, the guards, Rylan, the entire damn pack. But Damian leaned on me, and for now, I kept m
DamienI couldn’t see. Not clearly. Not at first. Everything was just... black. Like the inside of a coffin—silent, cold, endless.And then I heard her.“Damian… Damian, please…”Her voice was broken, trembling like a leaf caught in a storm. Alina. Goddess, that was Alina. Was I dreaming? Dead? I couldn’t tell, but the moment I felt her lips on mine—soft, desperate, trembling—I knew I wasn’t in hell.But maybe I was in heaven.Her mouth moved against mine like she was trying to breathe life into me. I didn’t even think I could move, but I tried to respond, anything to let her know I was still here. Still fighting.Then—slap.A sting bloomed across my cheek like fire. My eyes snapped open from the shock of it, and I saw her. Alina. Her tear-streaked face hovered over me, eyes wild, lips trembling with panic and fury.“You stupid, reckless bastard!” she shouted, her voice thick with tears. “What the hell were you thinking?!”I laughed. I couldn’t help it. It wasn’t much—more of a hoarse
DamianI couldn't feel my arms.Not from pain, but from the weight of holding back.Alina had insisted on sparring with me. I tried to talk her out of it, knowing full well that tonight's battle would demand everything I had left in me. But when Alina got an idea in her head, there was no deterring her. She stood across from me, hair tied back, defiance in her stance, fire in her eyes."Come on, Damian," she had said, eyes locked with mine. "Show me what you're made of."She charged at me like she had something to prove. Maybe she did. Maybe she was sick of feeling like the omega everyone pitied. I didn’t hit her back, not at first. I dodged, parried, blocked, until her foot slammed into my thigh and she growled, "Stop holding back."So I did.I moved with precision, never striking hard enough to leave a mark but enough to make her work. She grunted, ducked, twisted around and caught my side with a jab that made me blink. That’s when I realized she was already panting, her legs trembl
AlinaI thought I was going to lose my mind.Sleep had completely abandoned me. It was like my brain refused to shut off, taunting me with images of Damian, broken and bloody, lying on the arena floor. I curled into myself under the thick covers, eyes wide and burning in the dark. Beside me, Damian slept like there was no tomorrow, chest rising and falling in a steady rhythm. It was maddening.How could he sleep?How could anyone sleep when everything was falling apart?My stomach twisted again as I sat upright and pressed my hand to my chest. The weight sitting there wasn’t just fear. It was helplessness. It was the image of Rylan's smirk. Of the Alpha's cold stare. Of Blair’s fake tears and venomous voice. Everything felt like it was closing in on me."Alina," Damian mumbled, voice low and thick with sleep. "Come back to sleep."I shook my head, though I wasn’t sure he could see me in the dark. "I can't."He shifted, arm reaching for me, fingers brushing my hip. "You need rest.""An