MasukAriana After Elder Maelin left, the room became so quiet that if a pin had dropped in that moment I was damn sure you’d hear it fall. Damian kept stealing glances at me like he didn’t know for sure what to say. I lay back against the pillows, arms folded tightly across my chest, staring at the wall instead of at him.I wanted to look at anything rather than him at this moment. How dare he stand there and even defend Lily at such a time like this? Did my life mean nothing at all to him?“Ariana,” he finally said in a very low voice like he was trying to be careful. “We need to talk about this.”“Do we?” I asked softly, letting out a tired laugh. “Because it seems like you’ve already decided what you believe.”Who was I kidding? He only wanted to talk now to still have a chance to defend his beloved mistress and I wasn’t going to sit here and watch him daydream about her.“Don’t say that, that’s not fair.” He said frowning.“What’s not fair,” I snapped, turning to face him at last, “i
Ariana My head felt heavy… like I’d been pulled out of deep water.The world came back to me in fragments, the ceiling, the faint scent of herbs, the weight of something warm wrapped around me. My vision cleared slowly, and Damian’s face came into focus above me.He looked shaken and his eyes were red like he had been holding his breath for hours. “Ariana?” he whispered, in a rough voice. “Can you hear me?”I blinked, swallowing hard. “Yeah… I… think so.” My throat felt dry. I tried to move, but a sharp ache shot across my back, making me wince.Damian immediately tightened his arms around me, like he was terrified I’d slip away again. “Don’t move too fast,” he warned.I could hear the slight tremor in his voice despite how hard he tried to sound composed. What the hell happened?“What happened?” I asked, holding my head with my hands as the throbbing ache hit me. “You fainted.” He answered, still looking at me carefully.What did he mean I fainted? I had never fainted before so ho
DamianWhat the fuck? What did he mean she was poisoned? How could she have been poisoned?The words hit me so hard. How could she have been poisoned at a ceremony she helped plan? My mate, my Luna, had been poisoned?I didn’t even see her eat all night and even if she did, who could have possibly poisoned her? Who would dare do that?I stared at Elder Maelin, my vision blurring at the edges as rage boiled up from deep inside. My wolf snarled, claws scraping against my control, demanding blood. Whose? I didn’t know yet, but someone had dared touch what was mine.“I don’t understand, poisoned?” I asked.I paced to the bed, my eyes fixed on the mark that was now spreading rapidly across her back. It pulsed faintly, like it was a living thing and those blackened petals had begun unfurling since I’d laid her down.“Yes, she was poisoned and the poison is a very dangerous one. Honestly Alpha, I’m even surprised someone had access to this dangerous poison in our pack.” He said, making me sc
DamianI was currently having a panic attack carrying Ariana in my hands upstairs. My wolf scratched furiously inside me, howling her name, begging me to move faster.She had screamed so loudly before passing out after I showed her the mark on her back. I guess she was really scared but what was that even? Today was not going the way I planned it at all. First, the thing with the ceremony happened, and Riley’s issue of being rejected by the moon goddess. Then me finding out that Cassius was Riley’s mate was another hard pill to swallow. Then finding out that Lily had flaunted my orders and approached Ari even after I warned her countless times not to.She didn’t even accord me respect and had even coerced Ariana into having tea with her in front of the boy as some kind of peace treaty.Everything was just too much and I was exhausted. I was still even trying to clear my mind to try to figure out what had gone wrong with the ritual and all this was happening.Cassius even came back t
Ariana“Umm, honestly I don’t really know. I could remember I had doubts but he’s my brother so I just followed, although I don’t think he has any affiliations with this said “person.” I said making a sign with my fingers.I was being truthful at this point. I didn’t think much about it that day because I could remember it was a few days after the accident and the only thing on my mind then was how to find a means to reject Damian.“So you didn’t bother to ask him how he knew about hybrids being in the pack when even you as Luna didn’t know that fact?”“Didn’t you find it even a bit strange? I mean I didn’t even know they were still hybrids dwelling in this pack myself and I’m the God damn Alpha of this pack. Your brother isn’t even originally from this pack.” Damian said.Right… he had to sneak that in and remind me of it. That no matter what we do, and no matter how much service we render to the pack, we will still be seen as outsiders who got lucky to be families with the Zeus.I m
Ariana “What kind of a question is that?” I asked angrily.How could he even ask me that? Even though I wanted nothing to do with him, that doesn’t mean I was a murderer. “A simple question.” He retorted, shrugging his shoulders.“I don’t understand why you would ask me such a question. Even though I wanted to be free from you and the mate bond, I'm not a murderer.”“I don’t want you dead. I just wanted to leave freely. I wouldn’t do such a thing. Besides, how could I go scot-free after killing an Alpha? I’d get caught and killed. Not worth it.” I said.He didn’t say anything for a while, making me anxious. What was going through his mind? What did he think?Is this even a punishable offense? It had to be right? Maybe that was why whoever found out about this rushed to report back to him.“Damian?” I called trying to jolt him out of his thoughts.“What? I’m right here.” He said with a blank expression on his face.Gosh, why was it so hard to read this man? It was always so difficult







