All Chapters of Awakening the White Wolf: Chapter 251 - Chapter 260

Kiara’s POV The first thing I tasted was blood. One would think that with the number of times I'd woken up with the same taste in my mouth, I would have gotten used to it. If anything, it surprised me all the more each time. I wouldn't exactly call it a miracle how I was falling asleep each time, but somehow I found myself sleeping and jerking awake. I was sure I never completed a full cycle though, because the pain in my neck and bones that accompanied me when I woke up was simply from a place of pain. I pushed all the irrelevant thoughts out of my mind as I pulled myself back to the present. The taste still remained, and for a moment, I could only ask myself how the blood had even gotten to my mouth in the first place. Had I bitten down on my tongue so hard that I'd bled without even knowing. It was sharp, metallic, and bitter as it slid down the back of my throat. I coughed, hard, but the sound barely echoed in the small, cold space I was trapped in.My head throbbed. Every p

Darius' POV The silence in the room was suffocating, and Tamia’s perfume wasn't helping matters any bit. It was sweet, too sweet, cloying, and nauseating all at once. I hated how it filled the air, clashing with the thick scent of my rage. Heaven knows I wanted nothing more than to put whatever distance I could get between me and Tamia, but I couldn't, not until she'd spilled the truth anyway. Time was ticking, and my patience was running out faster than I would like. She stood by the wall where I’d shoved her, her chest rising and falling, a smudge of fear flashing in her eyes before she blinked it away. “You’re hurting me,” she hissed,after what seemed like forever, clutching her arm. Her eyes scanned my face, and with how her doe eyes stared back at mine, I almost felt bad for what I was doing. Almost. “Is this how you treat your Luna?”My Luna.The word made my jaw clench.“Answer me, Tamia. I don't have the time nor energy to play games with you.” I took a step closer, my vo

Darius' POV The morning of the Luna ceremony crept in like a curse I couldn’t shake. I'd never been a morning person, but this wasn't about that. It had everything to do with the fact that if I had the chance to stop the sun from ever rising again, then best believe that I was going to do it, at least till Kiara was safe and sound in the pack mansion. Every tick of the clock on the far wall gnawed at my patience, each second slower than the last. I hadn’t slept, I couldn’t, not when things were falling apart no matter how hard I tried to salvage the situation. I wasn't overly superstitious, but at this point, I think it was safe to say that my enemies were definitely against my success. They'd probably sat down together in a circle, come up with crazy ideas to frustrate the fuck out of my life, and they were succeeding. Too much too. Rhian was supposed to check in hours ago. He hadn’t, and I was losing it. The comm lay flat on the desk before me, mocking me with its silence.

Darius' POV The kiss tasted like ash, and even though I wanted nothing more than to put as much distance between the both of us, run into the bathroom and scrub my lips and mouth with whatever chemical I could put my hands on, I just couldn't. I had tried to stall, but even at the last minute, there was nothing I could do. My hands were tied, and I just knew for a fact that the people of the pack and others wouldn't take it lightly if I made a scene. That, and if I dared to upset Tamia, even a teeny tiny bit, she had Kiara in her arms to dangle in front of me. I had no idea how she'd elaborately thought of this, but I hated how I wasn't able to call her out on it earlier. If I'd caught the tiniest hint of it, then best believe I wouldn't be in this situation right now. I'd underestimated her, but never again. I pulled myself back to the present after that. The gloomy reality that Tamia’s lips were still against mine echoed deep in my veins and I hated it. Her lips were soft, t

Kiara’s POV I couldn’t move. I couldn't. It felt like my entire nervous system had shut down, and no matter what I tried to resuscitate myself back to life, it just didn't work. This probably wasn't the best time to tell a joke, but if someone were to tell me that I'd just been cursed, then best believe I was going g to take whatever that person had to say like it was my last lifeline. I told myself to give my body a little time. Shock was a tricky concept, and maybe it just needed a few seconds to itself, but it didn't. Not even when the laughter started again, not even when the music swelled back to life as if nothing had just happened. My body felt frozen in place, my mind running wild but getting nowhere. The sound of clinking glasses, Tamia’s cheerful chatter, the endless congratulations, they all melted into one distorted hum.I tried to distract myself, but it didn't work. Why? Because he was there. Darius.He was smiling, and greeting guests like the perfect Alpha, sha