All Chapters of Zeus - The Alpha of Hatred : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

My breath ceased in my throat as everything else slowed, the sound of the bullet still echoing in my ears, followed by the now dripping blood on the floor. Jaxon's movements behind me along with his taunting pat on my shoulder and "Good princess" remark just went over my head, fading him and everything else in the background, leaving only me and Zeus in the suspended reality. His fiery gaze veered behind me, and something in them shifted. Dark, darkly. Like a wild fire suddenly getting swallowed in the deepest, darkest black hole, with the threat to engulf everything else in sight. It delivered just right because Jaxon tensed beside me. With urgency, he snatched away the gun from my hand and fired. Once, twice, thrice, he didn't stop until he had emptied all the rounds. I yelped in my curled position, hands firmly pressed over my ears. I had lost track of what was happening long ago, and now everything was a blur. Like I was in a bad dream, a very, very bad dream, and I couldn't w

My scream rippled through the ancient woods surrounding us as I felt the searing bite of rajor-sharp fangs sinking into my neck. My fingers clutched his shirt in tight fists to push him away, but he resisted. His hand firmly holding me down by the waist, started to draw slow circles. For a second, I thought I descended into the depths of hell, being devoured by the hellhound itself. But then his fangs retracted, being replaced by the soft, warm laps of his tongue soothing the pain away. I gasped, an overwhelming feeling of ecstasy taking over, sweeping me into a heady rapture. It spread from my neck to my chest, like a serene coolness chasing away the intruding weight, the unpleasant pang that had been tormenting me for the past months. What was that feeling? I wanted more of it. So much more. I failed to contain the moan that escaped my lips, my limbs giving away, too high in euphoria to function. A peaceful darkness began to engulf me before a set of icy green eyes appeared in m

I scrambled up the stairs like my life depended on it, running to my room and straight into the bathroom. Closing the door and locking it, I stepped back, sitting on the edge of the bathtub and staring at it. My senses were a mess, all pulsing with a maddening urgency like terror wasn't the only thing running through my veins. That spark of fire deep in my belly allied as well, setting me aflame. My thighs burned. He didn't cut me with the knife, but I didn't feel any better. Half an hour passed. He never came. It was perhaps a cat and mouse game to him to keep me on my toes. Maniac. From the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and gasped. My hair was in a tangle, and my face looked like I came from a cave. Lifting my arm, I smelled underneath and gagged. Oh my God. He had been seeing me like this? Wait... Why did it matter if he did or not? Shaking off the thoughts, I peeked out into the room and found the shopping bags he brought me earlier on the bed

One thing was clear. Not only Zeus Valerious, but his whole kind despised me. The reason? Unknown. Determined to find out, I made my way into the college. But first things first, I needed to get back my best friend. After a failed thorough search through the classes and our hanging spots, I caved and decided to wait by Talia's locker. I went to her house too, but the twins had already left. She even refused to answer my calls. "Hey girl, still can't find her?" I turned around to see Samara bouncing toward me in a blue sundress. She wore those a lot. Probably owned a few dozens. I wondered what she'd say if she saw the one Zeus bought me before the unwarranted heat thing ruined it. I shook my head, swallowing the sigh. Sam pulled me in for a hug. "Are you okay?" I nodded. When I called her last night, she was cool about it and said we wouldn't be best friends if we didn't understand each other. "Don't worry. We'll find her and knock some sense into her thick head," she said.

Three cars screeched to halts at the same time on the street, one belonging to us, another Tyler's and the other his dad's. Two women stood in the lawn, their phones stuck to their ears. One of them turned and said something, but no sound reached me. My vision blurred at the corners as the only thing my eyes could focus on was the angry red flames devouring my house. Mom… My mom was inside. I fought with her before I left. I took all my frustrations out on her. I even ignored all her calls. Regret pierced through my chest like a dagger, and I ran. Two arms wrapped around my waist, but they couldn't hold on. Two more grabbed my shoulders and one by my arm. But as if a powerful animal took over my body, I broke free and burst straight through the door. Intense heat singed my skin and suffocating smoke obscured my vision. “Mom? Mo-om!” I called out, a fit of coughing distorting my voice at the end. My eyes burned, not even blinking a dozen times was helping. “Mom, where are you? Answ