RAVEN The entire journey home, Liam had been quiet. His hand never left mine, but the storm inside of him, well, I could feel it. My heart hurt for him, I just… wanted us to be happy. I still believed we’d be ok, we’d be able to do this, but it still terrified me. "How are you feeling?" Aunty Red asked me. It was night and we had just had dinner at the Alpha’s home. I mean, I’d call it a small mansion really... the kitchen was huge yet cosy. I had insisted on helping clean up. "I'm ok," I said, smiling and flashing her a peace sign. "Thank you for everything." "Anytime." She replied with a smile. "Heat is a bitch." I laughed. "Oh, it definitely is." I agreed. "Aunty… I know what Liam did brought back painful memories, but he really regrets it…" She smiled sadly at me and came over, flicking my forehead lightly. "Are you trying to speak in his defence?" She asked, amused. "Maybe?" I said sheepishly. "He made a mistake, but there were factors and he’s still working on redeeming

RAVEN It terrified me knowing that deep down he felt like he wouldn’t make it. I saw him fighting. Even at night, he’d wake up and hold me tight, his heart thundering as the darkness surged. I felt him weaken as he repeatedly hurt himself to contain the threat he may become. The emotions in his kiss terrified me. It told me how much he loved me, how much he wanted to be with me, yet the fear that he’ll lose me… "So… tell me, what colour I should wear tomorrow?" I asked, looking up into those gorgeous cerulean eyes that I loved as a new song began playing. "Hmm…. I actually have something for you." He said smiling softly. His eyes sparkled as he caressed my cheek before cupping my chin. "I hope you like it." "Ooo an outfit… I do like it! Even if I haven't seen it!" I said kissing his thumb that was rubbing my bottom lip. He smiled in amusement before his gaze fell to my lips as he licked his own lush ones. I wrapped my mouth around his

RAVEN Now that Liam was ok, the questions filled my mind, what the hell happened? "Who was it?" I asked. A silence fell and my stomach twisted. Why weren’t they telling me? I looked at Damon, who was still pale, watching Liam almost as if he couldn’t believe he was ok. "Damon?" He looked at me, his heart racing as he glanced at Uncle El, as even Aunty Red moved back questioningly. "Haru Jacobs." Uncle El said quietly, making my stomach plummet. My father… he… "He’s dead. I killed him. I’m sorry." Uncle El said, looking directly at me. I shook my head. "No, I’m sorry that this happened because of me… I'm sorry." "Hey. Stop apologising. You are not responsible for your father's crimes, Raven." Uncle El said firmly, as I fought back the tears. Liam stood up again, closing the gap between us. He pulled me tightly into his arms, making sparks erupt through me as he encased me in his embrace.

LIAM She was heaven and more… From her beautiful, gorgeous, alluring eyes to her pouty, sore lips, then that perfect tiny body of hers, was it wrong that the size of her petite tiny fucking body just made it all a whole lot fucking hotter. This was my little doll, my hot plaything… My love, my mate, fuck she was my all. As I climbed between her legs and claimed those tempting pouty soft lips once more, I ran my hands down her waist and hips, memorising every dip and curve of this heavenly body, one I would worship forever. I caressed her ass, squeezing it before running my fingers between her pussy, massaging her there, fuck I wanted to taste her again. As much as I wanted to bury myself between her thighs, I also knew it was her first time and I wanted to draw this out for as long as I could. To relish the moment and inflict so much pleasure on her. I broke away from her lips, planting open-mouthed kisses down over her breasts before sliding

DAMON "Are you ok?" Zack asked, looking at me. I frowned and nodded as we continued towards the hospital to check on Owen. A daily afternoon routine, although it didn’t feel like there was any hope of him waking up. "Yeah, I don’t know, I'm good." I said rubbing my forehead. I was ok, in fact, I felt… great. Last night… What Liam did, I knew he did it without thinking. The bullets shot would have killed me or anyone else. They were deadly. Luckily, Haru only had one arm. He didn’t have the time to reload the damn gun for another round of shots. I didn’t even want to think about the casualties if he was at his best… But it wasn’t that which was on my mind, or the fact of seeing Raven and Liam together. It hurt less than I thought it would, in a way… I felt free… Last night’s dream returned to me once again… (FLASHBACK) The sun was shining through the trees as I lay under it, the grass dancing in the wind.