Damon's POV As I left the place where I just finished punishing Aiden, I went straight to where Evie was kept captive.When I saw her, she was looking so lifeless, I was afraid she was already dead. Although I knew she wasn't. If she was, the mating bond would have pulled at my heart and I would have felt like dying. But then, I remembered that she was not given any food or water to drink when I first had her locked up, and that was five days ago. It has already been two days since the commotion of the invader happened.My eyes turned gold, then black as Leo and I began to struggle over dominance. I knew he wanted to be out because he hated seeing anything that would hurt the girl in front of me. But I couldn't give him that authority. Apart from the fact that people would see and they would start gossiping around, this was the same girl that had plotted my death with evil people. There was no way I would forgive her so easily.But then, I still needed to calm my wolf down, or he wou
Damon's POV I folded my hands on the table and rested my head on the space in between them. The heavens knew that I was tired. I was tired of myself. I was tired of my pack and not knowing who was going to betray me in the next second. I was tired of never thinking about anything other than work. And most especially, I was tired of being mated to a girl who knew nothing and just wanted me dead.Worse, I had allowed Leo to take over my body. And what had happened? He made me kiss that human girl. Just thinking about it disgusted me so much. I moved my hands to my lips and brushed at them severally as if that would erase the horrible memory away from my head.But it didn't. It kept replaying and replaying no manger how hard I tried to stop it. It was a good thing I sent the guard away before my wolf took over completely. Otherwise, I would have ended up being the entire pack's gossip source. *She gave in too. It means she likes us,* Leo said in my head.I winced at the excitement that
Damon's POV "Alpha! Alpha!" A guard yelled from the corridor. Gamma Samuel and I stood up at once, afraid that another intruder got in or that we were even under an attack."What is it? Speak up!" Gamma Samuel asked the guard immediately after he came in.I was ready to mind-link the Beta to return home immediately if we were truly under attack."The prisoner fainted!" The guard dropped the bombshell."Which prisoner?" I asked solemnly."The human girl." "What?!" The Gamma shouted. He looked at me, looked at the guard, then raced out of the office. The guard that came with the news followed after him, and I was left alone.I sat back on the chair. My head returned to between my palms and I became lost in thought. Do I really want to see her dead? The answer that came to my mind was no. Even though I hated her, I didn't want her to die, and neither do I wish for her death. Perhaps, my Gamma was right, and all I had to do was reject her and throw her out of my pack. She was a human,
Eie's POV I coughed uncontrollably for a few seconds. My body spammed with how much effort I had to put into getting the cough out. Somewhere in my subconscious, I felt something wet on my forehead and I moaned at how it cooled my burning body.I jerked up as I realized how wrong the wetness was against my hot temperature. I remembered I was being punished by Damon. According to the command he gave the guards, even if I was dying, they were not to allow me off where I was tied without his permission. Given how callous the man was, I was sure he didn't give the commandment for me to be released. Which could only mean that the guards had disobeyed their Alpha to take care of me when I fainted. And if that were the case, they might get punished because of me if the Alpha accidentally finds out about what they did. There was no way I would allow anyone to bear the brunt of my action. I was the one who decided to escape on my own. Therefore, I should suffer the punishment of getting cau
Damon's POV My hands remained still on the handle of the door where I had tried to open the door. After Miss Kardashian had left after our good time together, I found my way to the cell and found out that Samuel had gotten the girl out of the cell without any regard for my order. As I made my way to her place, I decided that I was going to ask the man why he kept defiling my order when it came to Evie. And, of course, I was going to ask that she be returned to the cell. But now that I was actually standing by the door, I didn't know what I wanted to ask anymore.I managed to walk in on when the Gamma was asking about Evie's relationship with the guard we caught at the cave. From the way my Gamma was asking the question, I knew he was stylishly trying to see if Evie was truly guilty of charges by the guard. And from the explanation she made, I wasn't sure of what to believe anymore. A part of me wanted to believe that she indeed had everything to do with the coup movements. The rema
Evie's POV The next day, as early as humanly possible, I made my way out of the Gamma's house to get to the mansion where the Alpha lived. Even though the Gamma tried to stop me, I did everything in my power to leave. The man had always countered the Alpha too much because of me. I didn't want him to get into any mess because he wanted to protect me.Of course, he told me he could take care of himself, and I have absolutely no doubt about that, but I didn't want him to be at risk and protecting his life because I placed him in a corner with Alpha Damon.As things stood anyway, I was more than happy that the man had just decided to let the matter die just like that. With the kind of temper I was used to from him, I expected him to double my punishment. Yet, all he just did was ask me to return to the kitchen. For all it was worth, I would rather choose the kitchen than return to that cell that was as cold as ice.I let out a heavy sigh as I rounded the last corner that would take me s
Evie's POV The next thing I knew, a slap was landing on my face. It was so hard that even the two guards holding me recoiled from the effects of it. That part of my head began to ring, and I felt a headache assault me. Damon raised his hand again, and I flinched."How... how dare you, Evie? After I let you go?!" He stormed at me.I would be lying if I said that I understood everything the man was saying. I didn't, but I was not about to start asking questions. I spotted Gamma Samuel pushing through the crowd and relief washed through me. I knew the man would explain what exactly had happened to me. He got to where I was and began to examine my cheek. When he was done, he sighed audibly. His eyes held concern and pity... and a bit of distrust. The implication of the mess I was in drew me. If even Gamma Samuel was not trusting me on whatever prompted this accusation, then I was in a hot mess. One I might not get out of alive."Why did you do it, Evie?" He asked me solemnly."Do what?
Evie's POV The harsh sun beat down on my head and face. I tried to turn sideways to keep my face away from the sun but the rope binding me did not give me the free movement I needed. Knowing that I had no other choice, I bowed my head in a bid to save my face.Not exactly like there was something to save about the face. I was not beautiful, so it was not like I was trying to protect my beauty. But I had a wound on my cheek, probably gotten from Damon's nail when he slapped me. The wound on my chest burned too and I dropped my head even lower to act as a protective shield to the wounds.I coughed for a while. My lips were dry and my throat hurt from not having any water to drink for the past two days. I continually wet my lips with my tongue to keep them from cracking, but even now, it seemed like my tongue needed some water.My stomach grumbled and I was reminded of my lack of nutrition also. With the way I was being starved for food and water, I felt like I was going to remain only