《The Alpha King's Rejected Mate (Nyx and Lycus)》 1 1 Nyx''s pov Belongs to ? n0velDrama.Org. I hissed as the silverced whip came down against my back. I felt my skin sh open with a new wound as the whip came down again leaving an injury worse than thest. "Should we do twenty one?" Hisugh was sinister as always, "Or twenty one multiplied by two?" He brought the whip down again and this time I yelled in pain as I couldn''t keep it in any longer. The tears I had been fighting to hold back rolled down my eyes and they stung harshly. We are suppose to be mates! I bit back my words, why are you doing this? And I couldn''t ask this either fearing for what woulde next, we have a child together for goodness sake! I didn''t have enough courage to say this too. "I wonder what the moon goddess was thinking when she made us mates!" He gritted as he bent to where I was hunched over on the floor. He grabbed my head and made me face him, my own pained green eyes meeting his of grey that glinted with hate for me, "Weak mutt!" He spat. "You should have just let me ept your rejection!" I said and instantly regretted as a harsh blow landed on my face. "You dare talk back at your Alpha?!" His voice was filled with rage, "Seems you have forgotten what put you in this position in the first ce." He reminded me, "And why would I have let you ept my rejection?" His question was somewhat rhetorical, "I want you to feel every pain anytime I have sex with another person." "I am sorry." I muttered weakly as I remembered what had put me in this state. He had asked earlier this morning to prepare an omelette and I had refused stating that I wasn''t his maid and he had gotten angry as usual and vowed to punish me. So, here I was observing my punishment, I had never had it this bad and I wondered what the rest of the day had In store for me and what my life had in store for me. "You know I would have been nicer if weren''t some ugly, weak, cursed bitch!" He grabbed a hold of my hair and pulled by head back with so much force I felt the strain in my scalp, "And that stupid wretched father of yours¡­you know why he gambled you away at such a young age?" I kept mute as his horrid words cut through me like an actual knife. "It''s because you are nothing! A waste! Useless! A curse! You are worthless and I am hell bent on giving you so much pain to remind you how much of a letdown you are. You deserve only pain." I whimpered at his words as more tears fell from my eyes. "And that stupid child of yours¡­" She''s our child, I so badly wanted to tell him, why are you this cruel? "She''s a waste just like you! Cursed and useless!" He said, "And you even have the guts to say that she''s mine?" His grip on my hair tightened, "How do I know the little bitch is mine? Every unmated male has been between those useless legs of yours! Whore!" I cringed at his words, same words I heard ever since I birthed her. "She''s yours and you know it!" I spat at him, "I am no whore!" His grip left my hair and travelled to my neck squeezing hard restricting my airflow, my eyes bulged as I struggled to breathe. "You can use that mouth of yours right?" He growled at me and I felt wsing out piercing my skin as the grip tightened. His wolf was out and I felt raw fear wash over me. "I will show you how to use that fucking mouth!" He stood up releasing his hold and I slumped to the floor gasping for air. I wasn''t even given a moment to catch my breath. He bent swiftly, picked me up harshly and with long strides he reached the bed. He threw me on it with a growl and I howled in pain as my head met with the head board, tears clouded my vision. I looked up at him and his shirt was gone, his handsid on his belt unbuckling it and he had his usual signature smirk on his face anytime he wanted to take advantage of me. I closed my eyes as hisst piece of clothing came off and soon I felt his weight on me and Iid there stilling in silence as I bore it all with tears flowing down my cheeks. I woke up to a soft hand caressing my cheek, opening my eyes I saw Amara in front of me, her green eyes looked sad as she peered down at me. She was holding her teddy ''fluffy'' and her dress was stained with mud, her face was dirty too. "Mummy¡­" She called, "Blood." I knew she was talking about my wounds as I saw tears glistening in her eyes too. I tried to sit up and was rewarded with pain as I did so. "Where am I?" I groaned trying to decipher my surroundings as I looked around only to discover that was in the alley as expected. He always ordered warriors to drop me here when he was done as I always passed out. "Sorry mummy." She sniffed as she dropped fluffy and flung her arms around me not minding that the blood on me would mess up her hand and clothes. I drew her closer and hugged her back holding tight to my daughter, the only reason for me still being alive and fighting. I had to be alive to take care of her and give her a better life. "Have you eaten baby?" I asked her. "No." She shook her head and looked up at me, "I was waiting for you¡­" "Okay." I gently pushed her off me and stood up. I picked her up once I was on my feet and made my way back into the pack house. "Whore!" "Slut!" "Cursed!" "Abomination!" I tried not to pay attention to the words I got used to over time as I passed by the members of the pack making way to my room or should I say cubicle. Each time I heard those words I was pained, hearing them over and over again pushed me to tears but I couldn''t retaliate or defend myself as I would get punished. "Look at her¡­" I heard one of thedies sneer, "Imagine she was our luna." Her wickedugh followed, "I bet she''s even fake mates with the Alpha, she''s such a slut, no wonder she got rejected." Others joined her in mocking andughing at me but I paid no attention to them, still hugging Amara close and trying to shield her ears from hearing such derogatory words but I knew it wouldn''t work, she could hear them and often times try to ask me what they meant. You are not what they say you are, you are not a slut neither a whore, you don''t deserve this, you don''t deserve the pain, I tried convincing myself so as not to believe their words as I walked into the kitchen with their voices fading away. It was empty and I let out a huge sigh of relief. I walked to the fridge and took out some fruits with meat. Amara loved meat a lot, would have said it was because she was a werewolf but she had a very large appetite for meat which was strange for her age. I finished from the kitchen and walked away quickly before someone would find me out. I followed the stairs leading downwards towards the basement of the pack house which was where I stayed. I got to it quickly and closed the door behind me as I got in before dropping Amara and the food I had in my hand. It was dark down here, really dark. This ce also served as a temporary store room where things that weren''t needed were kept. In the corner of the basement was where I called home. A thin mattress was near the wall with a light nket thrown over it. I had a worn out sack next to the bed which carried most of Amara and I''s clothes and other petty belongings. I took my child''s hand and led her to the bed, sat her on it andid the food out before her. She immediately reached for the meat on the te and I giggled as she lifted it to her mouth and began gobbling it down. I sat joining her on the bed, picked up some grapes to eat and leaned against the wall, I hissed in pain as my back came in contact with the wall as my wounds were still raw and fresh. Let me heal you! Hera my wolf growled, stop being fucking stubborn. No! I said to her, if you heal me now, he will find out and get really angry, you know how he forbade us from healing, besides, you aren''t even strong enough due to the wolfsbane and silver. We need to get out of here Nyx! She said, we need to get out of here before he kills us or hurts our pup. I looked at Amara at her statement and felt anger surge within me at the thought of him harming her. You know we can''t run. He will find us and hurt dad, you know it. Besides are we going to be rogues all our lives if we run, what will happen? We are omegas, we can''t survive out there and Amara can''t survive out there and I can''t just leave dad here. Nyx! Hera growled, I could tell she was really angry, this man put us in this situation in the first ce, gambling us off to the Alpha and not even caring till now, he''s cruel to us and yet you bother what''s happening with him. She was right, my dad hadn''t been an angel but even though he always saw me as a curse and an abomination because I was a silver wolf and never cared what happened to me, I still cared for him despite his cruelty. We can''t run away Hera, I said to her, what if worse happens to us out there? And what if good happens to us? She countered me, we can never know if we don''t try. You have to rest Hera, we got a long day tomorrow, I said and cut off the connection. I looked at Amara to see that she had fallen asleep with fluffy tightly clutched to one hand and a half eaten grape fruit held in the other. I smiled at her andid next to her myself with the hope that sleep will embrace me soon. 2 2 Nyx''s pov I jolted up from sleep as the pain pierced my heart. I could feel Hera howling in pain too. I knew exactly what was happening as I felt the pain again but I couldn''t scream out, I had to muffle my screams so as not to wake my little girl. He was with someone again and I couldn''t do anything about it but feel pain. That was why he had forbidden me from epting his rejection so I could feel the pain anytime he had sex with another woman. Why is he doing this to us? Hera cried as I stood up to my feet and made way for the door, are we cursed? Why does our own mate hate us this much? I don''t know Hera, I whined as I opened the door and got out of the basement. I struggled to keep myself on my feet as I walked up the stairs. What are you doing? She asked me. I don''t know. I actually didn''t know, I walked up the stairs and navigated my way through the pack house. It was silent as everyone was asleep. I walked through the hallways and ascended more steps making my way to where my heart led me. Belongs to ? n0velDrama.Org. I walked till I reached the door, another pain shot through my entire being this time and I felt my knees buckle. Nyx, no! What the hell are you doing? Hera asked as I reached out and knocked on the door. I could literally hear their grunts and screams of pleasure. I knocked harder as the pain intensified and their noises increased. I was about to knock again when the door was flung open and I immediately bowed my head in submission as the Alpha aura overcame me. He was standing there stark naked with his eyes glowering with anger as he stared at me. "Why are you doing this to me Titan?" I yelled in pain addressing him by his name without his title. Before I could say Jack I was pinned against the wall, his hand with his extending ws wrapped around my neck. "You mutt!" He growled, "How dare you question me and address me with disrespect?" A pnded on my face and I whimpered in pain and Hera howled at the same time. "You asked for this!" I saw his eyes darken and I knew he was mind linking. He dropped me and Inded on the floor with a thump. Soon enough warriors appeared out of no where grabbing me and leading me out of the pack house while other pack members came out of their rooms, murmurs and grumbles grew. I wass taken outside the pack house, standing in the open field with pack warriors by my side tightening their grips around my arms. We were soon joined by other pack members who stood on looking with confused faces wondering what was going on. Alpha Titan came out of the pack house too, he was dressed now and he had on a very terrifying look. I was overwhelmed with fear and curiosity but mostly fear as I wondered what he was going to do to me. "Silence!" He barked at the pack members and they seized their chatter immediately, "Today, I shall teach this Omega." His gaze was directed at me, "Never to cross me ever again!" I whined knowing that it was my mate talking to me like this and causing me this pain. "Bring him out!" He screamed and I saw my dad being dragged out of the pack house looking haggard as usual. They left him on the ground paces away from where the Alpha stood. "Dad¡­" I screamed rmed trying to run towards him but was immediately held back by the warriors. "What are you going to do?" I yelled at Alpha Titan. The pack members gasped at my audacity, "Leave him out of this, I am the one who angered you." "No dear mate, No." His smirk was sinister, "I know this will ruin you more and you will live with this guilt forever." What guilt? I asked myself as I watched him shift into his huge brown wolf. And before my very eyes, he lunged towards my father and then I knew what he meant by the guilt. I watched as he pounced on my father, snapping his neck between his wolf jaws, the crunching sound made me sick to my stomach as blood sttered. I fell to the ground slipping away from the warrior''s hold as I watched my dad die before me, a death I had caused. I howled in pain. I only wanted a day which wasn''t entirely happy as I knew I couldn''t be happy but at least peaceful cause it was a special day, what I didn''t expect was to be the cause of my own father''s death on my 21st birthday. 3 3 Nyx''s pov Guilt had never eaten me up this much, the first time I ever felt this way was when my nowte father had constantly reminded me that I was the cause of my mother''s death. She had died bearing me and now, all pack members made an effort to taunt me about how I was the cause of my father''s death.- It''s been weeks since Alpha Titan had snapped his neck killing him, weeks since I was left outside on the open grounds to mourn my loss, weeks since I had been beating myself up and being distant from everyone, including Amara, Hera and myself. Hera was in a state of mourning too. Despite the fact that she had hated him for putting us through shit, he was still our father and she felt a sense of grief knowing that he was gone. Amara didn''t really know what was going on, it didn''t affect her that her grandpa had died. He had been a total stranger to her and he barely even recalled her name, she only knew she had a dead grandma. Belongs to ? n0velDrama.Org. My fingers felt numb from kneading the flour repeatedly, the pack members had suddenly stated that they desired British meat pies today and scones after tossing away the mouth watering pancakes I had made. Well, it was their loss, I would pick up the pancakester for my daughter and I to eat. I tried focusing on making the dough to perfection and not let grief and sadness distract me. I got my hands off the dough and turned to the cooker only to see that the filling for the meat pies that I had been preparing was burning. I quickly put off the cooker and in panic, I picked up the hot pot, it burned my hands and I dropped the pot immediately. It fell to the ground with a nk spilling it''s contents on the floor I feelt a harsh blow dealt on my back sending me to the ground, my face hit the burnt pot as I fell and I screamed in agony as I felt my face burn. The pain was searing. "You bitch!" A hand grabbed my hair pulling me up, "What the fuck is wrong with you?" It was the Beta''s mate, Nora. Another person who made an effort in ensuring that my life was miserable and it seemed her cruelty only heightened with her pregnancy. "Apart from spreading your legs, what else are you good at?" She hissed,"Burning meat pie fillings?" "Let me go Nora." I struggled trying to pull her hands off me but my efforts were in vain. She pped me across the face again where my skin had burnt. "How dare you talk to me like that?!" She barked, "Do you know how expensive foodstuff are?" She asked with a dryugh, "Oh no, you don''t! You are so wretched you can''t afford shit!" She said to me, "Wait till the Alpha hears of how you wasted and burnt food." She pushed me and Inded on the floor right on the spilled filling. Let me handle this bitch! Hera growled. Hera no! I shrieked but it was toote. She force took over and I felt her canines and wse out. "Stupid bitch!" She growled before lunging at a very startled and wide eyed Nora. Hera pushed her to the ground and was about to w at her face when she was suddenly thrown off her. She hit the wall and I whimpered in pain as she howled. I quickly took back control. The Beta, Carlo was standing before me ring down at me with furry. I was picked up by the him as I whimpered submissively overwhelmed by his aura, his arms were around my shoulders gripping them hard as his ws dug into my skin, I could see his eyes glowering, "How dare you hurt my mate?" He boomed. "I¡­" My words were halted with a p across my cheek. "Oh my God, I think I am bruised." I heard Nora whine as if in pain, "She pushed me so hard, what if the baby is hurt?" The mention of the baby and whining of his mate seemed to fuel his anger more. "I will deal with you before the Alpha even gets back." And with these words of his I was dragged out of the Kitchen and out side the pack house straight to the torture centre for rouges. "Mummy¡­mummy¡­where are you going?" I heard Amara call after me as I was being taken there. She ran from where she had been ying alone and got in our way, "Leave her please." "Get out of the way mutt!" Beta Carlo growled and kicked my child sending her to fall t on the ground. Tears fell freely this time around as I saw her being treated like this, I couldn''t even say anything to console her and as he dragged me away, I could still hear her cries. He pushed me into the enclosed cell like structure and banged the door shut. I was put on a chair and strapped on it. I wasn''t nervous for what punishment he would mete out on me, this wasn''t the first time I had been here but with the way his eyes glinted with hate, I was a bit scared of what exactly he was going to do to me. "When I am done with you." He growled, "You will regret being born." He cracked his knuckles and looked over me for a while and then his lips curled in a smirk, "I don''t think we should use the chair." He said and loosened the straps. He grabbed me leading to what resembled a high jump post with the bar, I could see cuffs with chains dangling from the top bar. "What are you going to do?" I asked with great fear creeping in me. I had never seen this and it had never been used on me. "You will see." He said and then he made me stand under it. He took gloves that wereying on a table nearby which also contained different torture tools. He slipped on the gloves and picked up my right hand, he mped the cuff to it and I howled in pain as it got mped around my hand. I knew now why he had worn gloves, the cuffs were made of silver. The second hand was also fastened on the next silver cuff and then he smiled in satisfaction as my face scrunched up in pain. He walked over to where the whips were to get one to begin his torture. 4 4 I didn''t know which was worse, the whipnding on by back that had silver spikes embedded in it or the burning sensation around my wrist due to the silver cuffs. I bit back my screams so as not to give him the satisfaction but my pains and his torture increased.- I couldn''t take it any more. Do you want me to? Hera asked. Yes, do it please. I smiled inwardly as I felt the wounds on my back closing, and the blood begin to dry up, Hera was helping me heal and I didn''t think the Beta would mind as only Alpha Titan had told me not to heal myself while he punished me. "Did you just heal yourself?" Beta Carlos growled, "How dare you?" The whip came down but not on my back this time. Itnded on my torso whipping across my bosom and I shrieked in pain, "You seem unbreakable uhn?" He walked over to the table and picked up a syringe, "I will break you!" He stepped back to me and stabbed the syringe in my thigh injecting it''s contents into my system. I felt my body weaken and my limbs were turningid. It was silver and wolfsbane, another syringe was stabbed in my other thigh and I got the same reaction even worse. The liquid filled me weakening my limbs and numbing my senses. I couldn''t fight back, I couldn''t even feel Hera. He took a knife and stabbed me in my belly causing me to cry out and he twisted it in my guts. "Let''s see you heal yourself now." Heughed heartily before pulling out the knife and moving to my thighs again. He ripped off part of my skirt and began carving out words on my exposed skin. I didn''t know what he wrote and I was too filled with pain to try and decipher what he was writing. I felt blood trickling down my thighs as I struggled to keep my eyes open, my breathing increased and he suddenly stabbed the knife in my thighs again. "I don''t know why you are still kept in this pack." He said taking my jaw between his fingers and jerking my face up, "He should have gotten rid of you a long long time ago." Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. I had a lot of things to tell him but I bit back my words "And then you had a child and dared to wim that it was his." He growled, "You and your useless mutt should be thrown out for the rouges to feast on." He said, "Tsk¡­tsk¡­tsk¡­look at you pathetic little fool, no one would want you, you and that bastard mutt of yours. Can''t you see you are cursed? What type of a woman has a child who shifts very early? You are being punished by the moon goddess cause you are a damned weakling." "Leave my child out of this!" I said weakly, "She has done nothing wrong to you." "Bold of you to think that you can talk back at me!" He barked pping me across the face, "Maybe, that''s why you are jealous!" He drew a long line down my sides with the knife, "Cause you have a cursed mutt for a child, that''s why you want to harm my child and my mate." He stabbed the knife into my sides causing me to yelp. "Please, Beta Carlo, please¡­" I had to beg. The pain was way too much for me to bear, "Please, forgive me¡­" "Oh now, you can beg?" He grinned, it was a terrifying one, "I think I have had enough with you." He said throwing the knife aside and releasing the cuffs. I fell to the ground, hitting my head on it and I sobbed. "Weakling." He hissed kicking me severely, "Make sure you make it back to the pack house to prepare dinner for everyone and be by Nora''s side to attend to her cravings." He left the torture room and mmed the door hard causing me to jolt. He left me there in my own pool of blood and I wondered how I was going to get out. _________ I ducked as she flung the te at me and it met with the wall breaking into tiny pieces. "I don''t want that!" She screamed, "It smells fucking bad, hell! It smells as bad as you." I ahivered as she continued hurling insults at me afraid that the Beta will walk in again and punish me for getting his mate mad. I didn''t want that. I was still bleeding for what he had done today and I ached all over. After I had managed to crawl out if the torture house, I got to the pack house and straight to the kitchen to prepare dinner amidst taunts and jeers from the pack members about my appearance and talks about why didn''t the beta end my life and how I shouldn''t get blood in their food. I had sessfully prepared their dinner without anyone hitting or choking me and I managed to escape the kitchen and not fall into the hands of warriors who would use me all night as it was a norm with them. Now, I was standing before Nora as sheined. She had specifically asked for a different dish which I had prepared and now here she was saying that it stunk. "Go and make me some soup now!" She barked and I immediately struggled to the kitchen to prepare it for her. I finished up quickly and took it to her. She epted the food and I stood there waiting for her to order me around when she red at me. "What are you doing here?" "I¡­" "Get lost!" I left her room at her words and went back to the kitchen. I finished up the dishes and cleared the mess the pack members had made. I walked to the basement as I was done for the day, holding the messed up pancakes I had intended to pick earlier. I hadn''t seen Amara since I came back from the torture house and I guessed that she would be in the basement ying with fluffy. I reached my destination and got in. The sight I met made the content in my hands fall to the ground as a shrill cry left my lips. 5 5 Nyx''s POV "No!" I cried out as I rushed over to her with tears already falling from my eyes. I couldn''t believe the sight before me. Amara wasying on the floor in a pool of blood, her own blood. I fell to my knees beside her and lifted her. "What happened baby?" I asked, "What happened to you?" "It''s the Beta." She coughed and trickles of blood came out of her mouth, "It was when he kicked me." I didn''t say anything. I quickly rushed to the mattress andid her on it. I couldn''t take her to the pack doctor as we were denied medical ess and I couldn''t heal her myself. I smoothed her blonde hair to the side and caressed her face as I watched it get paler, she was getting weaker and she kept coughing the spurts of blooding from her mouth. I lifted her shirt up and saw that she had a gash like wound on her torso. How dear he do this to our pup?! Hera growled, I will fucking end him. Calm down Hera, I said to her, we have got to find a way to get her healed first and I don''t know what to do. Hera went silent for a while and I continued gazing at Amara. She got sick often ever since she shifted at the age of three. The rigorous process of shifting had weakened her a lot and it turned out that she was just a silver wolf like me but unlike her, I hadn''t experienced premature shifting. That''s it! Hera said, Tell her tomunicate with her wolf to help her heal, I am sure that will work. Let''s try it, I agreed with Hera and moved to sit Amara up. "Baby¡­" I said to her leaning her against the wall. "Yes, Mommy." She smiled weakly at me, "I feel so woozy." She said, "Am I going to die? Am I going to meet grand mama up there?" "No, baby." I shook my head crying at her words, "You are not going to die, you are going to live for me, you will be okay." "The Beta''s mate said I was going to die." She sniffed. "No baby, you won''t." I took her face in my hands, "I want you to do something for me baby." "Whatt is it mummy?" She asked and I smiled at her thinking of how smart she was for her age, I knew she could do this. "I want you to talk to your wolf, Cora." I said to her, "I want you to tell Cora to help you heal." "Okay mummy but Cora feels tired just like me." "That is why I want you to try so you wouldn''t feel tired anymore." She nodded and went silent for a while as she talked to her wolf. Soon enough I saw her straining herself meaning she tried to heal. I raised her shirt up looking at the wound and I saw it close up gradually. My face lit up in a smile. "You did it, tou both did it." I shook her face yfully, "Now I want you to cough to see if there is blood." She did it and there was no sign of blood. "You see¡­" I hugged her tightly, "You are okay baby." She nodded at me with a smile, "I am hungry." My face fell at her words and I looked back to the trampled pancakes on the floor, they were not edible in this state, "Love, I don''t think there will be food tonight." "I understand mummy." Shey down on the bed, "I will go to sleep now¡­" "Mummy will get you something to eat tomorrow, okay?" "Yes." She nodded, "And one day we will live in a big house with plenty of food and maybe I can get a daddy, it will be fine and we will be happy." She giggled exposing her lost tooth gap. She looked so angelic despite the grime covering her face with her roughed up and bloodied clothes. "Go to sleep child." I ced a kiss on her cheek as she closed her eyes falling into a peaceful slumber. Iid down next to her hoping to get some sleep too as a crossed my hand over her. I couldn''t sleep that night as I could feel that Hera wasn''t settled. She had mixed up emotions of anger and anxiety. I sat up on the bed wanting to talk to her. What''s wrong Hera? Something is about to happen! She said, I can feel it. I don''t get you¡­ First off, I am mad at the fact that my pup almost died because of that stupid Beta and secondly I feel anxious for a reason I know not off, I feel like something is about to happen. Hera, let''s go to sleep. I am thirsty, She said, we need to get water. Content (C) N?v/elDra/ma.Org. I rolled my eyes at her and stood up. I looked over at Amara to ensure that she was sleeping before leaving the basement to go get water. I threw the bottle of water inside the trashcan and began to exit the kitchen really happy that I have been here without bumping into someone when I felt a hand wrap around my neck, it was the Beta. "Shouldn''t you be asleep?" He whispered in my ear, "Trying to steal something?" "Please, let me go." I shivered. "What if I say no?" Heughed, "And kick you to the ground just like I kicked that pup of yours!" That''s it! Hera growled at the mention of Amara, let me at the bastard! I didn''t fight her this time as she took control. Her canines got elongated as her ws came out. She grabbed a hold of the Beta''s hand and twisted it. He yelped in both shock and pain. Hera took the opportunity and pushed him to the floor before pouncing on him and shing his face with her ws creating bloodied lines. "You mutt!" He growled releasing his powerful aura and pushing her off him with so much force. We hit the wall and Hera immediately receded giving me back control. I tried scrambling to my feet to run off but he was before me in a sh and grabbed me, "I am taking you to the Alpha." He barked. "No! Please¡­" I begged as he dragged me up the stairs and to the Alpha''s room. Alpha Titan was already outside the door and my guess was that the beta had already mind linked him. "What did she do now?" He rolled his eyes. "Your useless mate!" He dropped me on the floor before the Alpha, "Did this!" He pointed at his face. "I am sorry." I whimpered. "Shut up!" Alpha Titan growled, "Get into the room and strip!" I stood up and got into the room fiddling with my clothes. "I will take it from here." I heard him say before he got into the room and closed the door behind him. "Oh darling." He walked over to me turning me to face him, "You are so in for it!" He said before pouncing on me. I was bleeding between my legs and everywhere when he got off and grabbed the whip. The cold air blew against my skin and I shivered. "Oh my dear, are you cold?" He mocked me before hitting me with the whip continuously and as I screamed in pain, he enjoyed it more. "Please Alpha¡­" I begged, "Just kill me¡­" I pleaded with him as the pain was too much. I didn''t think I could survive it any longer. "Kill you and give you an easy end to your suffering? No dear, I wouldn''t do that." Heughed as he came to my level on the floor. He yanked one of my folded legs out, "Ugly bitch." He read out what is Beta had written with he knife, "Worthless slut." Heughed as he read the other words on the next leg, "I must say, he did a pretty great job." He stood up. I swallowed as he watched me with hooded eyes making me wonder what sort of torture he had next. "Get up andy on the bed." 6 6 I stood up as quick as I could on my weak legs andid on the bed not wanting to anger in further. I laid there with my face pressed downwards into the sheets. I wailed in tears as I felt a knife on my back. He was carving out words on my already open wounded back. I didn''t know what he was carving. I only cried feeling the pain get more intense. I couldn''t even scream, I was too weak. "I see you aren''t screaming in pain." He grumbled, "I guess this doesn''t hurt enough." He stabbed the knife into my back and I screamed. He pulled out the knife and repeated the act over and over again. "Just kill me already!" I yelled out in pain. "No¡­i have one more surprise for you." I heard the door open and someone walked in, I couldn''t see who it was till I heard the voice. "Mummy." It was Amara. I was rmed, I raised my head and looked at her standing in the room clutching fluffy as usual as she stared at me and the man whom she didn''t know was her father. "What are you going to do to her?" I yelled at him, "let her go!" I didn''t want him to kill her like he did to my father. "She is going to join us in the fun." Heughed as he beckoned to her, "Come here." She stood there watching me as if seeking my permission. "I saide here you mutt!" He walked over to her angrily and pped her across the face. She cried out and I had to act fast. I grabbed a syringe containing silver and wolfsbane from the bed shelf, got off the bed and immediately moved to him stabbing him in the neck with it. "Bitch!" He turned ring at me knowing what I had done and then he grabbed my neck. I wasn''t going down without out a fight, he was already weaker now. "I will end you this instant!" He backed me up against the wall. "Leave her alone!" Amara cried as she ran up to us hitting his leg. He kicked her away and turned to face me again, just then I reached out to the bedsidemp, lifted it and smashed it on his head. Alpha Titan fell to the ground with a thump. I didn''t waste time in grabbing Amara and running out of the room. I limp ran to the basement with her in my arms, I was still naked as I hadn''t bothered with grabbing my clothes and the cold air kept kissing my wounds making me hiss in pain. I kept Amara down as soon as I got there and began packing all our belongings in the sack. There was no time, we needed to get out of here before Alpha Titan awoke. Someone is finally running away! Hera snickered. Hera, I do not need your satire right now, we need to leave as soon as possible, can you heal? No! Way too weak but we can manage with the wounds. I finished packing our things, put on a simple gown and grabbed Amara. "Where are we going?" She asked as we crept out of the pack house. "We are going far away from here baby." I answered her as we continued moving. We left the house sessfully and walked in the thick forest, I knew we were still on the pack grounds. We move till we got closer and close to the borders after managing to evade the patrol members. When we got really close to the borders I dropped Amara and the sack. I crouched down to her level, looking at her with her teary eyes and her tiny hands clutching fluffy. "Baby, I need you to do something for me." I told her, "I need you to shift into your Wolf, I want you to let Cora take over." "Are we running away from this bad ce?" "Yes, baby we are." "And we will finally be happy in a big house, with food and a daddy." I nodded at her not wanting to dull her spirits. I didn''t know if we were going to getfort, I didn''t know what the world had in store for us but I knew that we had to run. She dropped fluffy and I helped her in sitting on the floor. "You need to be focused and let Corae through okay?" She nodded and sat there. Soon, I saw her shifting, her tiny ws surfacing with pale silver fur and canines. She wasn''t screaming like the first few times and soon a beautiful pup with silver fur was standing on all fours before me. "Cora." I smiled at her. "I did it!" She jumped smiling happily, "Amara and I did it." I stood up smiling at her and then it was time for me to do what I ought to do. "I Nyx Evander, an omega of the Coremoon pack ept your rejection Alpha Titan and I choose to be a rouge from this moment, so be it." And then I felt all connection and ties with them severe. I shifted into my wolf immediately and let Hera take control. She walked up to the sack, "Pick fluffy Cora." She said as she picked the sack in her mouth. Cora also did the same with fluffy. So we are doing this? I asked Hera. It''s about time. And with that we moved crossing the borders and running into the forest. We were rouges. ________ We kept running even though we were tired. I didn''t know how far we were from the pack but I knew we had covered a considerable distance away from them. Howe we are so fast? I asked Hera. I don''t know, She said, I feel anxious, first I am faster all of a sudden and I can''t keep this other feeling away. "I am thirsty." Cora said dropping fluffy and we had to stop, "I need water." "There is a stream not far away from here, I can hear it." Hera said to her, "We would reach there in no time." We continued journeying till we reached the stream. There, we sat to drink water and rest. We need to leave here now, what if wild rougese, we would be in danger. That''s right! Hera agreed with me and she stood up, she called cora and we began the journey again not knowing exactly where we were going just following the moon as it led us. The night got darker as we ran and we had all began to feel tired. I felt pity on Cora as she wasn''t used to this and she was still so young. We went a little further and spotted a clearing. We need to spend the night here, Hera said to me, we might copse if we go any further. Okay, Cora is so tired. We dropped our stuff and not caring to shift back into our human form. We fell under a tree as we nned to spend the the night there. We were about the sleep when we heard rustling of bushes and I could feel Hera''s excitement again. Calm down Hera, I growled. The rustling got more noisy and she stood up. There, out of the bushes jumped out six huge looking wolves, they weren''t rouges, I knew it. They looked like trained pack warriors and they were extremely huge. They looked at us furiously as they snarled. What are we going to do? I asked Hera. I don''t know, looks like they are out to kill, She moved backwards trying to shield Cora away from them and Just then Hera caught whiff of something. An amazing scent. It filled us up and it smelt heavenly. It smelt woody, like pinecones with a hint ofvender, I didn''t even know what to describe it with. It was simply unique. Content (C) N?v/elDra/ma.Org. Could it be? A huge ck wolf jumped in front of us staging himself between us and the warriors. It was the biggest wolf I had ever seen, it looked majestic as his fur shone under the moonlight. It turned to us staring at us with those gleaming ck eyes and it was like the world stopped for a moment and then Hera said the word that I never expected. ''Mate'' 8 8 I wish I had immediate answers to the questions bugging me as Iid there thinking about my situation. I am sorry Hera, I whispered. What for? She asked. I am sorry that you are stuck with a pathetic human like me who no one wants, I sniffed, you deserve better. Shut up Nyx,* She said and I could tell that she rolled her eyes, I love that you are my human and you are much more than you think, go to sleep please, we need the strength forter as they might decide to torture us. I nodded at her words and decided to close my eyes hoping to slip into Slumber''s embrace. ___________ I was awoken by a noise and I sat up to see a figure standing I front of the cell with a te In one hand and a bottle of water in the other. The light streaming from the window indicated that it was already dawn. "Well, are you just going to sit there looking like a lost fool?" The person before my cell said highly irritated, "Come get this thing out of my hands, I have got other things to do than to serve a good te to a rouge!" She spat and threw the bottled water into the cell. I instantly scrambled up and grabbed the te as she slid it under the bars harshly causing sand particles to enter as the action rose dust. "Don''t know why I got to feed that stupid rouge!" I heard her mutter as she stomped away angrily causing murmur amongst the other inmates. I took the te up and looked at it''s contents. It was meat soup and a very meaty soup at that made my stomach grumble in delight. I had never seen a more appetizing food being served to me in my entire life and it smelled heavenly too. It was filled with meat and I could hardly see the liquid in the bowl. Amara would love this! I smiled to myself as I set aside the bowl to go wake her up. I walked to the bed and touched her lightly, she awoke with a yawn and rubbed her eyes without opening them. "I had a very bad dream mommy that we were put in a cell and¡­" She stopped talking as she realised that I was never a dream and that we were actually in a cell and with that she erupted in tears. "It''s okay baby." I drew her close in a hug, "Don''t cry love, it will be okay." "Will we ever be happy?" She sobbed. "They brought food." I said to her avoiding her question as I didn''t have an answer for it. "Meat." She smiled excitedly as I set the bowl before her. She didn''t waste time in gobbling up everything leaving me with nothing. I wasn''t bothered with that, I was used to the hunger and I had to make sure that my baby was well fed. After the very early breakfast, we sat down on the bed huddled together silently awaiting our fate when we heard a familiar voice spewing curses and feet being stomped angrily. She reached my cell and slid some nkets under it with a frown, "I do not know when rouges started being wonderfully cared for." She said in a low mumble before storming off. I got off from the bed and moved to take the nkets. They were very soft and furry although thin, we could use them, not like we had any where we came from.N?vel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner. "A rouge prisoner being treated like a princess!" I heard a voice snort and I looked up to see it came from the cell opposite me, I couldn''t see who was in it well enough but I knew that it was a male''s voice, "You must be a special one." The person continued and this time around, he stood up and walked over to his cell bars. I could see his dirty face now with a mass of dirty blonde hair adorning his head. "I am not special." I mumbled, "Who are you?" "A prisoner just like you only that I haven''t found favor with the king as you had seemed to have done." "What king are you talking about?" I looked at him like he had grown extra heads, surely he didn''t know what he was talking about. "The king of course." He snorted, "You are ying games with me right?" "No¡­" I shook my head, "Where am I please? Where is this ce?" "This is the ckmoon pack." He exined, "It''s headed by the Alpha King." "What Alpha King?" I was stunned not knowing what he was talking about. "You know, the fearless, the courageous." He snorted again, "Lycus Dardanos, the Alpha and also the Alpha king, King of all Alphas." "What''s he like?" I asked taking my seat on the bed next to Amara, I have heard of the Alpha king before but I had never met him. "I don''t know." He shrugged, "Intense ck eyes and his wolf is a ck wolf, very huge!" Gleaming dark eyes! ck huge wolf! The words reeled in my head as the man kept talking but I couldn''t hear him anymore as realisation had just downed on me that I was in the territory of the Alpha King who so happened to be my mate. 9 9 Lycus''s Pov I shifted into my human form trying to shield out my wolf''s grumbles as I bent and pick up my shorts to put them on. I still couldn''t wrap my head around what happenedst night. I had finally found her after searching for over ten years since when I turned sixteen but meeting her now, I never expected her to be what she was, a silver wolf which was rare, a weak omega and also a rogue. She had all wrong combinations of what I never wanted in a mate and I couldn''t possibly ept her, I just couldn''t. You have got to be fucking shitting me! My wolf Spyro growled, you are such a fucking idiot *Lycus. I choose to ignore hisints as I walked towards the pack house. He had been mad at me and was still mad at how I treated our mate. I felt the sparks when she rubbed against us and he almost purred along with her but I had to take full control and stop him. *I hate you so much right now dick head!* He kept whining, we have been waiting for her for years and we meet her and you mess it up. Hell you even ordered her to be thrown in the cells! You are sick! He spat. I am not sick spyro!* I had to reply him just this time, we can''t have an omega as our mate, a rogue at that, she''s fucking weak, she couldn''t even stand up for herself when I was harsh on her and goddess she is a silver wolf, she''s weird. She is a weird roguish wolf and a fucking omega. And you are sick! He said again, what the hell hase over you? I don''t know! She won''t be my mate, the moon goddess must be ying games with me. Ahe is beautiful and I am sure there is more to her than what you perceive, He said calmly, you have got to think this through. I had to agree with him, she was beautiful. I almost got lost in those green orbs for a moment back there. N?vel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner. We can''t have her Spyro, I said to him, and I will follow the necessary procedure of what should be done when you do not want your mate, now shut up, I need peace, I cut off the connection and shut out his whining. I sighed and picked up speed as I got nearer to the pack house. Along the way I was greeted by some of the warriors on patrol but I only nodded at them and continued on my way, I had to meet my mother, I didn''t have time for familiarity. "Alpha, Alpha." I heard voices behind me as I got into the pack house. I turned in annoyance to see who they were and it turned out to be two of the female warriors I was on patrol withst night. "What is it?" I asked harshly clearly showing my irritation, "Be quick about it." "Your highness." They greeted and bowed slightly, "The rogue we capturedst night, what should we do with her and her pup?" Gosh! My eyes widened in realisation, I had totally forgotten that I saw her with a pup and I was suddenly curious as to why she had a child. "Have you done everything as I instructed?" I asked them, "ced a bed in the cell? And provided her with food and nkets?" I inquired, even if I didn''t want her, I wasn''t heartless to put her in miserable conditions. "Yes Alpha." They replied, "Is there anything we should do next?" "No." I shook my head, "Just make sure no one touches her, no harmes to her, if the opposite happens, I will have your heads! Is that clear?" "Yes Alpha." They nodded and I dismissed them. I was about to turn and continue to where I was headed when I was stopped again. "Ahemm." I knew instantly that it was Laya, my Beta. She was the only one who had the audacity to gain my attention like that, "Caring for the rogue, I see." She snorted, "What''s so special about her?" "I donot have time for this Laya!" I said to her as she moved to block my way, "Get out of my way now!" "Is she your mate?" She red at me. "What she is to me is none of your concern!" I said to her using my Alpha voice, "Move out of my fucking way!" She didn''t waste time in doing as Imanded as she knew that she wouldn''t be spared from my wrath. I continued on my way muttering curses as I hoped that no one would stop me as I was getting really irritated by the little distractions. I reached her chambers without any interruptions, immediately opened the door and got in. "What the hell mum?!" I shrieked shielding my eyes from what I just saw. Not every child would love to see his mom having sex. "Lycus." She panicked, "You could have mind linked me." She said and I heard rustling as I just stood there awkwardly with my arms over my face, "Get out." She yelled at the male warrior she was with and I could hear hurried padding of feet. "You can open your eyes now son." I opened my eyes on hearing her words and looked over at her, " Seriously mum?" I snorted, "Aren''t you like 60 and you still having sex." I said with a smirk and she frowned. "Leave me be child." It was her turn to snort now, "Ady got to do what ady got to do." She said, "You look tense my child, what hails you?" I walked over to sit on the bed but changed my mind knowing what just happened on it and leaned against the wall instead. Sheughed at my actions and sat on the bed, "What did you say was wrong?" "I met my mate." I said to her with a sigh, "She''s an omega, a rogue and a silver wolf." "A silver wolf?" "Yea mum." I answered her, "And I don''t know what to do." "What do you mean you don''t know what to do?" She asked me with raised brows, "You have found what you have been searching for and you suddenly don''t know what to do?" "Silver wolves are seen as abominations, omegas are weak as fuck! Rogues are not to be trusted, they are scum and she''s all if this, I am going to reject her." I said and I could feel Spyro''s annoyance at my words. Don''t even start! I warned him. "You will do no such thing Lycus Dardanos!" My mum thundered,, "I your mother forbids you from rejecting a poor girl!" "You can''t tell me what to do mother, I am the King." "And I am your mother pup!" "Mum¡­" "Shut up and listen to me!" She said and I obeyed, "You have got to think this through and be very careful with your conditions. She''s your mate, you are to protect her and not shun her like every other wolf does." "But mum¡­" "Tell me what she is like." She requested, "Tell me what she is like." She said again to show me that she was serious. "She''s pretty." I said, "She has beautiful green eyes and an innocent face, her hair is pale blonde and she looked like she shouldered the burdens of the world." I told her, "And she smelled of honey and rose petals." "She sounds lovely yet broken." My mother got up and walked up to me, "Where is she?" "Somewhere¡­" I mumbled. I didn''t want her knowing that I had ordered for my mate to be thrown into the cells. "In this pack?" "No mom." I lied. "I can''t force you to go against your wishes child." She ced her hands on my face, "But, I would advice you to take things slow and ponder on your thoughts before you make a conclusion." "I will mother." I said to her and she smiled. "I know you are very tired from your patrol all night, now go get some rest." She said and I will work up a nice breakfast for you love." "I love you¡­" I kissed her on her forehead and exited her chambers making way for mine. I came out of the shower to meet with the sight of wonderful looking breakfast already ced in my room. I walked up to it perceiving the amazing aroma, on the tray was a note written. ''Enjoy your breakfast dear and please remember what with talked about'' I love you, mom. I smiled at the message and sat down to eat not minding that my towel was still wrapped around my waist. I concentrated fully on enjoying my breakfast forgetting for a moment that Spyro was mad at me and I had a mate that I didn''t want. 10 10 Nyx''s pov. Is he ever going toe meet me? I wondered about my mate as I sat down on the cold prison floor drawing patterns in the sand with my fingers. I have been here for over a week now or more. I am not sure, I lost track of the days and the more we stayed, I noticed that thefort we were provided were taken away too. We didn''t have a mattress anymore nor the nkets neither the meals that came in often. Amara and I were starving and we craved for food more than we ever had in our entire lives. Even the petty thin bread and soup given to other prisoners didn''t get to us anymore and I wondered if it was his new method of tormenting us. "Hey nyx." I looked up and saw Andros already standing close to his cell bars, "Here you go." He said flinging the bottle of water in his hand towards my cell. He had a very good throw, itnded very near as always. "Thank you." I mumbled as I went to pick it up, "Thank you very much." I took the bottle and went back to where Amara was seated. She looked up at me as I crouched next to her. She had be thinner due tock of food. I opened the bottle and gave it to her to drink from. This had be our routine ever since we stopped getting food. Andros giving us his water and I handing it all to Amara. He had been of great help. At first I never liked him since he kept bugging me of what rtionship I had with the King and I didn''t trust him since he was a rogue. But I got used to him and he was the only one I could talk to since our cells were opposite each other. Although, I still fear him since he is a man but he couldn''t do me any harm, we got bars between us and a bit of distance. I watched as Amara emptied the whole bottle of water and kept it aside. She wiped her hand over her mouth and looked at me. "What about you mummy?" She asked looking at me with worry in her eyes, "You always give me everything." "Don''t worry baby." I smiled sadly at her, "I will be okay you know, I just want you not to go really hungry." She nodded at me and looked down at fluffy, "We will be okay, right fluffy?" She smiled at it, "Fluffy says we will be okay mummy." She looked up at me. "I know child, I know." I nodded at her and went back to my sitting position, I couldn''t tell her that it couldn''t talk and I couldn''t tell her that we would probably die here if we went on like this. Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. "What are you thinking about?" I looked up again, it was Andros. "Nothing." I sighed, "What were you put in here for?" I asked him changing the subject, I didn''t want him to drill me for questions or try to get into my thoughts. "A lot of things." He said, "Very scary things." "Like what?" "You don''t want to know Kid." "Don''t call me kid." I growled at him and heughed, "You are only barely older than me." "You do not know that." He argued. "So, how old are you then?" "About 400 years old." He said and I gasped in shock. He couldn''t be that old, he looked really young "You speak no truth." I argued, "What are you? A vampire?" I questioned him with augh. "Actually, half werewolf and half vampire." He said and I stared at him in amazement, I had never met a hybrid. "Shocked?!" Heughed and I nodded. "So what are you in for?" I asked again and this time he sighed before looking downwards. "I am here because someone hates me." Heughed dryly, "I don''t want to talk about it." "Oh." I yed with my fingers, "And your mate? Isn''t she worried?" "She died hundred years ago." He mumbled. "I am sorry." I said to him not knowing how to console him any further. "It''s okay." He sighed, "At least I got a taste of what loving someone was like and she was the most wonderful person I have ever met." I smiled at him still not knowing what to say as I wondered if I will ever get a feeling of what loving someone or being loved was like. I looked over at Amara and saw that she had fallen asleep. My stomach growled in hunger bringing me back to reality. "What are you in for?" It was Andros''s turn to ask me this time, "What must you have done to be held captive with your child?" His voice was teasing. "I¡­" I stopped not knowing if I wanted him to know the reality of things, did I trust him enough to know? Was I ready to tell him anything? "I am here because someone hates me too." "You are lying." Heughed, "You are his mate aren''t you?" My heart skipped a beat as I heard his words and my breathing increased rapidly, how did he know? I never told him anything, "No, I am not his mate." I lied, "I am just here cause someone hates me." "You are lying." "I am not Andros." I wasn''t happy with the fact that he knew. How many other people know? I questioned myself, what if he thinks I told everyone and thenes down here to kill me? "If you are not his mate, why do I hear himing in this direction with various warriors on guard saying your highness, she''s in thest cell!" Shit! I am fucked! I could here the greetings too with heavy thumping of feet, his scent wafted through my nostrils and I felt pleasure fill me which was soon overe by fear. Gosh! What is he going to do Hera? First time we are meeting him in person and I don''t know what will happen! I said to Hera. I am scared too Nyx, She said sounding really tired from theck of food, the wolfsbane and silver in our system kept weakening her more over time. "He''s really close now¡­and oh! I saw your face when you perceived him, don''t lie to me. " Andros smirked and withdrew into the darker part of the cell. His footsteps got closer and closer, in panic, I stood up immediately and went into the darker part of the cell next to Amara andid next to her pretending to be asleep. He was before my cell now and his scent filled my nostrils more and I heard his feet stop. Wow, Hera purred, fuck he smells heavenly. I rolled my eyes at her andid there. I could agree with her, he did smell like heaven if only he behaved like an angel to match his scent. "I know you aren''t asleep." His voice boomed, it was so deep and pleasant to hear. I almost purred along with Hera, "Come forward." Hemanded but I remained where I was. "I saide forward!" He spat with a growl and I hurried to my feet with my head bent and walked forward to meet him. I didn''t dare look up, I kept staring down at his well polished shoes and I noticed that he had huge feet from how big the shoes were. "Look at me." He said, "Don''t make me repeat myself." His voice was harsh just like Alpha Titan''s and I shivered in fear and took a step back. He reached his hand through the bars and grabbed me pulling me closer to him, I felt sparks run up my arm and I know he felt them too, "When I talk to you, you do as I say!" He gritted before pulling his hand away like he just touched filth, "Now, fucking look at me!" I looked up to see his face, he was damn tall for a start, taller than most men I had met. If it was possible for good looks to be a crime, he would be hung, damn! I had never met someone like this. He had short ck hair which was swept backwards, his skin was tanned with an nice shaped face, well arched brows, deep ck orbs just like when we first met, his nose was pointed and his lips were well shaped with a pale shade of pink, I suddenly wanted to know what his smile was like and he had a slight stubble. I wanted to reach out my hand to touch him and know what he felt like which I did, a very stupid mistake. "Keep your fucking hands to yourself!" He red at me and I withdrew with a sob. "Why?" I finally found the courage to talk, "We are mates." "We can''t be." "Not again." I mumbled. "What do you mean by not again?" He moved closer to the cell, "Tell me." "Why don''t you want me?" I asked changing the topic, I didn''t want to tell him that I had a mate before. "Because you are an omega! a rogue! You are weak and pathetic, probably a whore too cause I know not where the hell you got that child from." "I am not a whore." My voice broke as I began to cry from his mean words. "What is your name?" He asked. "Nyx." "Nyx what?" "Nyx Evander." "Good." He hummed, "I am going to reject you." He said and I felt a stabbing pain in my chest. I wanted to beg him not to, to tell him that I will do anything for him not to reject me. "And you are going to ept my rejection and forget about me, we can never be together! I am an Alpha King, I do not need a mate like you." I cried more as his words rolled off his tongue, "Stop your crying, it is fucking irritating!" He said and I sobbed. "You are going to leave after the rejection and never set foot within my territory again, mutt!" He warned, "Is that clear?" I nodded at him and watched him do what I feared the most. "I, Lycus Dardanos." He began, "Alpha King of the werewolfmunity, the next inmand after the wolf''s council and the Alpha of ckmoon pack reject you Nyx E¡­" He never got to finish his words as a blinding white light suddenly shone through the room followed with a harsh gush of wind that threw me back against the wall. 11 11 Nyx''s Pov I groaned in pain as I got hit against the wall, the pain tore through my back and I could swear that I felt my posterior bones crack. I opened my eyes trying to see as the light had began to fade away a bit. I looked to my side to see Amara still snuggled in deep sleep which left me wondering how she could sleep through all themotion. "Are you okay?" Lycus''s voice pulled my gaze away from Amara and it trailed to him. He was getting up on his feet which meant that he had taken a fall too, "Are you hurt?" He asked again and I saw something sh in his eyes, worry? I was too stunned to answer as I never expected him to actually care about how I felt. The worry in his voice and eyes was quickly gone and he looked away from me towards the direction of the source of light and I followed suit. It seemed that all the streams and streaks of light that faded away had amassed into a huge mass of light and in the middle, a hole was suddenly created and out of the hole came another gush of wind, this time it was gentle, it actually swept through my hair caressing the tresses and out stepped a woman. Immediately Iid eyes on her, I suddenly felt insecure and embarrassed. I knew I could never look like her, that''s why no one would ever want me. She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. She had long luscious brown hair that was waist length. Her skin was caramel toned and literally glowed. She had an oval shaped face with the cutest yet most sensual features and her eyes were of a pale colored red which got me to know that she was a witch. She wore a very sheer gown that hung to her every curve. She wasn''t sickly thin unlike me, she had an ample bosom, a very tiny waist and full red hips. She was simply gorgeous and I looked down at myself and tears began to flow knowing that I would never ever look like that. Her skin glowed unlike mine that was bloody and covered with marks and she had a very attractive figure while I was skinny more than skinny with my bones sticking out. "What are you doing here fay?" I heard my mate speak, even her name is beautiful just like her, I sighed. "Why do you sound like you are not happy to see me?" She said with a pout as her feet touched the ground, even her voice was wonderful, "Don''t you miss me love?" love? How dare she call him love? Hera growled in my head, let me out, I will rip her throat! calm down Hera, I said to her, it''s not like he wants us, I do not get why you are agitated. Of course, I got why she was agitated. I was filled with jealousy myself, she literally just called my mate love and I was curious about the rtionship between them. "Fay¡­" He sighed, "What do you want?" "A little birdie told me you have found your mate." She smirked walking closer to my cell, "I came to see for myself, Where is she?" She asked. "How did you find me?" Lycus asked her with a bored look on his face, "And how is all these any of your concern?" "I found you how I have always find you my love, I am no witch for a reason besides all of these concerns me after all I wouldn''t want anyoneing close to my man." She ced a lot of emphasis on thest part of her sentence and I was hurt beyond reason as i wondered if he was sleeping with her. Lycus snorted. "Where is she?" She asked getting closer to the cell, "Oh, there she is." Her eyes found mine as she was very close now and standing next to my mate, "She looks awful." I bowed my head in shame at her words and fiddled with my worn out dress, she was right, i''d look awful. "The Alpha King''s Mate in a cell." She said out loud, "How wonderful!" "Can you stop yelling?" He grimaced at her, "Bring your voice down!" "Oh, do not worry." She winked at him, "No one will know that you had your pathetic mate locked up in a cell, everyone is asleep as per my powers." I saw my Mate sigh in relief and I couldn''t me him, I wouldn''t even want me if I were him. I had scars all over my body and inscriptions, I was cursed and pathetic. Not pretty at all, too thin and utterly worthless. Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. "What exactly do you want Fay?" He did an eye roll, "Why are you here?" "I came to make a proposition." She winked at him and moved closer to him, way too close, "And you must agree to it!" "And what proposition is that?" "You know how crazy I am for you." She ced a hand on his chest caressing it softly, "And I will do anything to have you either by seduction, my charms or witchery." I felt a sharp ting in my heart hearing her words and seeing how she was all over my mate, he didn''t even bother pushing her away. "And if do not agree to this deal of yours?" He looked down at her raising a brow, "What will happen?" "I will harm that silly looking mate of yours!" She spat directly a re at me, "I will grant her so much pain she would wish she was dead!" "I do not care what you do with her." He told her, "What ever you do to her is none of my business." I didn''t know what to feel at this moment seeing that my mate didn''t care about me one bit. I felt tears roll down my cheeks again and I sniffed. "Oh hear her whimpering at your tant distaste for her." Sheughed as she heard my sobs, "This would be easier than I thought." "You should leave now fay." My mate said to her, "I have a lot of things to do than strike a deal over someone I could care less about." "You are mine Lycus." She said it rubbingzy patterns on his chest, "I will have you be it by hook or crook." She said maintaining eye contact with me while littering kisses along his jaw line. Hera howled in pain and jealousy while I just sat there crying wondering why he never bothered to push her away. "Come with me Lycus." She kissed his neck, "You know you want to." He growled lowly. "I will make you feel good, just like old times." She whispered but still loud enough for me to hear. "Fine." He grunted. She smiled at him before turning to smirk at me with a re and before I could even blink, they were gone with no trace of them and it was like they were never there before. I couldn''t stop the tears from falling and I fell back to the floor sobbing with a sad tune in my head as I reyed all what had just happened. That night Andros had given us a piece of bread after my resistance had failed, "I wouldn''t want you dying on me." He had said as he flung the bread towards us. It hadnded on the floor as usual and I had picked it up, dusted the sand off it and handed it to Amara which she epted with glee after going without food for days. I was seated against the wall as her watched my daughter sleep. My stomach grumbled catching my attention, I hadn''t had food in days and I wondered how I was still alive, maybe it was because I was already used to hunger, Hera was getting weaker with each passing moment and I had almost began to lose Connection with her. My gaze went back to Amara and I saw how she snuggled closely with her tiny hands hugging her knees indicating that she was cold. I stood up and walked to her doing what I had on my mind. I pulled off my dress and spread it on her to provide her with warmth leaving me in my panties and bra, shivering as the cold air hit my skin as I walked back to my sitting position. "You are somewhat quiet today." I heard Andros say apanied with footsteps indicating that he wasing towards his cell bars, "What''s up with you?" "Nothing." I chattered, "Why aren''t you asleep yet?" I asked him not wanting him to drill me for more answers. "Good Lord Nyx!" He suddenly screeched, "What the fuck happened to your body?" "Stop looking at me." I shifted backwards highly rmed and ashamed that he had seen me, "How did you even see me?" "I am a hybrid Nyx." He said, "I used Night vision, we have that. Now, who in the hell did that?" "I don''t want to talk about it." I sighed, "Go to bed." "Why are you sadder than usual?" He asked, "Is it your mate?" I looked down knowing I had to say something before he tried to keep figuring me out, "No one wants me Andros." I sobbed, "No one likes me even! I am cursed, weak, ugly and pathetic." "Hey Nyx, that''s not true." He said to me, "I like you a lot." lies! I chanted in my head, "Thank you." I said not knowing how to respond to his statement, "I should go to bed now." "Good night." He said after me but I didn''t bother saying it back. I just walked over to where Amara was and joined her on the floor with my hands wrapped tightly around me as if it''d provide me with warmth. Iy there thinking of all what had happened with my mate and the witch and I reached a conclusion that I had to get out of here and hoped that I could start plotting my exit n. The sweet embraces of sleep took me with my dreams filled with a pretense life of happiness and a mate who actually wanted me. 12 12 Nyx''s pov I stared at thedy ring at me like she wished I never existed and from the brown color of her eyes, I knew that she was the white wolf from the day I was taken captive. She was beautiful too. She had long ck hair with gorgeous face features and I wondered if everyone around here was beautiful except me. "Get the mutt out!" She growled at the two guards standing behind her. "But his royal Highness said¡­" One of the two guards began to speak but she instantly pped him across the face halting his words. "How dare you disobey your beta?!" She barked at him, "You do not want to test me!" "Sorry." He mumbled bowing his head in submission. "Now! Fucking get her out, I am losing my patience!" They immediately swung into action at her words and opened the cell entrance. They moved the bars aside and sprung into the cell before grabbing me and lifting me by my arms. I struggled against them but they didn''t let me go. "Where are you taking my mummy?" Amara cried from where she was seated. I knew she was fighting the urge to get up and follow as she didn''t want to get kicked again. "Shut up kid!" One of the warriors growled at her, "Stay put!" She whimpered and backed up against the wall. I gave her a sad look before they dragged me out and began to take me away from the cells with the Beta walking behind us. We reached a room, the door was open and I was thrown inside. The lady walked in while the two warriors who carried me stood outside and locked the door shut. I sat up and looked around the room. Instantly, I started hyperventting as I noticed that I was in a torture room and it looked even worse than the one at Alpha Titan''s pack. I watched thedy look over me with a smirk before walking over to me. She crouched down to where I was at the floor and stared into my eyes. I looked away. "Who are you?" She growled at me, "Tell me who the fuck you are?" "I¡­a¡­m Ny¡­x." I stammered in fright and cowered away from her. "So pathetic." Sheughed, "The Alpha King''s mate is a fucking weakling." "D..on''t harm me, please¡­" I pleaded with her only to get my face yanked up harshly. She held a deadly grip around my jawline and I could feel her ws piercing my skin. I whimpered. "What makes you think you can bring your filthy self here and lie that you are his mate, uhn?!" She red daggers at me, "And why does he believe you? Did you use magic? Did you put on an enthralling mystic scent to mess with his senses?" I nodded saying no and then she dealt me a blow that sent me reeling against the wall, I groaned in pain. "Fucking liar!" She screamed at me, "What even made you think he would chose you over me?" Sheughed. she wants him too, Tears rolled down my cheeks, of course, he would pick her or the witch, I am nothingpared to them. "yes bitch! Cry!" She walked over to a table in the room, "Have you seen yourself before? You are ugly and pathetic. You are marked all over your body, you have even got a child you whore and you fucking stink! Despite all that, you got the guts to walk into the Alpha King''s territory and lie that you are his mate." "I am not lying." I cried as she walked back to me with a syringe in her hand. "Don''t you talk back t at me, you fucking idiot!" She kicked me before stabbing the needle into my thigh. I weed the rushing liquid of wolfsbane mixed with silver with a cry even though I was used to it. It still hurt as hell, "You think you can just walked down here and take him from me?" Herugh was wicked as she grabbed a whip which glinted as it had silver spikes imbedded in it. I gulped hard. "No one takes what''s mine!" She yelled and brought the whip down on my back. I cried as itnded on my still not healed wounds, "I will do with you as I please while he''s away." The whip came down again this time on my head, "I could even set you up for trial to appear before the wolf'' council and boy will they be angry that some rotten omega rogue fucking lied to be the king''s mate!" As she spoke she keptshing me both with the whip and her tongue having absolutely no mercy. "And when I of course prove that you are guilty, you won''t be banished." She said and that made me more afraid, "You will be fucking hanged and that cursed pup of yours banished!" "Please don''t." I cried out begging her, "Please don''t do this, I will do anything." She ignored my pleas and kept bringing the whip down as I feared for want will happen to Amara after I was killed. I didn''t want my child to go through hell. "I don''t want you to do anything mutt!" She barked at me, "I just want you gone for good and I will make sure that you are gone before he returns." I didn''t want to die. I didn''t want to leave Amara alone to suffer so I did what I had to, self defense. I reached out suddenly and grabbed her leg pulling her thereby causing her to fall. I tried to stand up to run towards the door but I couldn''t even get on my feet as how got weaker due to what she had injected me with. "How dare you?!" She thundered and her eyes zed with anger. She stomped towards me and I gulped. Her canines and ws were out and she pounced on me wing at my clothes and skin. I yelled out in pain silently seeking help but no one came. "I will teach you manners!" She said getting off me, "You asked for it!" And with that she got out of the room mming the door shut leaving me there in a bloody mess. The door opened almost immediately and one of the Guards that had dragged me out entered. He locked the door and looked over my bloodied body with lust in his eyes as he licked his lips. "I should thank the Beta for granting me this opportunity." He smiled walking towards me and I whimpered knowing exactly what wasing, "If you would be a good slut, I could make you enjoy it." He was near me now, "Get on your knees, I don''t care if you are weak." He barked, "Just do as I say." "No!" The word came out of my mouth and I was rewarded with a blow. "You want this the hard way right?!" He growled and forcefully yanked me into a kneeling position. He grinned looking down at me as he fiddled with his belt. I knew I couldn''t do anything to defend myself now so I just had to be a good girl for him like I was for Alpha Titan and all the other male pack members. "Are you going to be a good girl?" I nodded with misty eyes as I watched his belte off and then his pants. He wrapped my messy hair around one hand while he used the other to pull down his boxers. Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. He was about to proceed when the door suddenly gave way shattering into a million pieces. The guard stepped away from me in fright and I captured by the lovely familiar scent if my mate. He was standing there in his wolf form and he looked more enormous than thest time I saw him. "How dare you?" He barked at the warrior who was shivering in fright and struggling to put his clothes on. "Alpha¡­i¡­it was¡­" He stammered not being to make a coherent sentence. I tried to grasp a complete hold of what was happening but I felt myself slipping away and I got weaker but I still fought to keep my eyes open. "Nothing to say for yourself?" He growled walking towards the guard. "I¡­" "Save it!" He barked and then he pounced on him, bringing him to the ground and before I could process things, I saw a head fly across the room and it dropped near me. I screamed in fright as shock came over me. I was staring at his head which was right before me in the most disfigured manner I had I ever seen. I heard a growl and looked at my mate with blood all over his face and his canines on disy. He jumped towards me and that was the only thing I could remember as my world went nk. 13 13 Lycus''s pov I had left the pack house that morning having slight thoughts of my mate. Something kept pulling me to go down to see her but I resisted the urge and proceeded with my movement. I couldn''t let some stupid pull towards her waste my time. I had Alpha duties. I had a meeting with leaders of other were creatures and I couldn''t let my insignificant mate ruin my ns. I kept having this bad feeling in my guts as we began the journey but I could care less, I had left my Betaya in charge of the pack, nothing could go wrong. i have this bad feeling! Spyro had told me as I questioned him about his uneasiness but I threw his response aside. Half way through the journey I just had to order the convoy to turn around, the difort and bad feeling was now too strong for me to ignore and when we had reached the pack house and i caught her scent only to perceive blood also, i saw Red. I had shifted into my wolf and raced to the prisons, the smell of her blood grew stronger as I traced it to the torture room and went through the door only to find out that one of the guards was before my mate forcing himself on her. I had given him the leniency of a few words before pouncing on him and ripping his head off. I turned to my mate and snarled seeing the state she was in and instantly she had passed out. Now, I was running towards the pack hospital with her limp form in my arms. Blood continually seeped from her wounds staining my arms and I picked up my pace using my wolf speed trying to hasten up. I got into the pack hospital and raced towards the emergency room which I had mind linked them to clear earlier. The doctors gave way as I hurried into the room and ced her on the bed but with my arms still holding her. I gazed down at her, her face was ashen and bloodied and so was the rest of her body. "Your highness." The head doctor said to me and I snapped her head up at her with a re, "You have to step aside for us to attend to her." Her voice was pleading. "No!" I barked at her, "I am not leaving her!" My hold on Nyx''s body tightened and I could feel her grow cold. "Alpha, please you need to step back." The doctor pleaded further but I ignored her and looked down at my mate. The hate I felt for her was ovee with care, maybe it was because of the mate bond or because I didn''t want her to die as that would make me weak, it was not like I cared about the omega. I moved my hand to her neck and felt it. Belongs to ? n0velDrama.Org. There was no pulse. I did it again, still no pulse. "You have got to do something!" I barked at the head doctor, "She is losing blood, she has no pulse! Don''t just stand there, fucking do something!" "You need to leave, please Alpha, for her sake." She pleaded again and this time I obeyed. I reluctantly withdraw my hands and stepped back as they immediately hovered around her to work their magic. I couldn''t keep standing there to see them try to revive her. I had to leave and that was what I did. I walked out of the emergency unit hoping that she would survive as I didn''t want to be weak and vulnerable if she happened to die. I sat in my office working through some papers when I heard a knock at the door. "Come in." I growled and the door opened. In walked in one of the pack Nanny''s with my mate''s daughter sauntering behind her. She didn''t look haggard and dirty like when Ist saw her. She was clean now and was wearing a flowering dress with her now clean teddy bear clutched in her hands and I noticed that she bore resemnce with my mate a lot. She was as beautiful as her mother. So you think the mate you hate is beautiful now? My subconscious snarled at me. "Why did you bring her here?" I questioned the nanny shaking the voice away, "Is anything the matter?" "She has been crying for her mother, your Highness." The woman said and I rolled my eyes, "She says she misses her." I couldn''t me the Kid. It''s been almost a week since shest saw Nyx and I knew that she would definitely miss her terribly. I waved my hand at the nanny indicating for her to excuse us. She left the office and I turned my gaze to the little girl standing in fright before me. "Your mother is fine." I said trying to be sweet which was a very horrible attempt, "You will see her soon." I had to tell her what I thought were soothing words as I didn''t know how to console a kid neither was I good with kids. "Why do you hate me and my mommy?" Her small voice came and I stood up from my seat and walked towards her which got her crying so I had to halt in my tracks. I looked at the crying child before me with my fists balled by my side as I didn''t know what to do, this was super awkward for me. "I don''t hate you." I said. "You put us in prison with no food." She sniffed, "Mummy and I want to be happy." "It''s time for you to go." I said and mind linked the nanny. I needed her gone as I couldn''t bare or handle children. The nanny came quick and took her away leaving me back in my office. I walked back to the table and sat to do some paperwork as I wanted to get off what just happened from my mind when the door was suddenly opened and in walked my mum. I snorted. She was the only one who entered without knocking and I wasn''t ready to argue on that. "Whenst did you check on your mate Lycus?!" She attacked me, "That poor girl is lying there on that bed battling for her life and you rx here doing nothing!" "I gave her daughter a nice room and saved her life mum." I palmed my face, "How is that doing nothing?" "Why are you acting like this son?" "I want nothing to do with her." I spat. "When will you l¡­" "Quit it mum! I know just what you are about to say." I growled at her, "I would have nothing to do with her ever! She isn''t what I want and I despise her the most and you know why!" I said to her. "So what are you going to do when she wakes, banish her?" She scoffed, "Lycus, you need your mate." She continued, "You must care." "Only so that I don''t end up weak if anything happens to her in her state." I said to my stunned mum, "And when she awakes, we might have to go through with the rejection." My mother was about to say something else when the door opened and in rushed in one of the guards at the hospital. "What happened?!" I asked him already fearing something terrible. "The omega, Alpha¡­" "Speak up boy!" My mum said to him. And he immediately did as he was told, "She is awake, your highness." 14 14 Nyx''s Pov I was wet, drenched even. The only thing I felt was water and I snapped open my eyes to see myself in a pool. I struggled to breathe as I yed my arms trying to get up, to the surface. I fought and tried but it was all a waste as I felt myself being pulled deeper into the water and just when I was about to give up, a strong wave came from nowhere carrying me out of the water and sweeping me onto the shore. I struggled up to my feet, stood straight and looked forward to find help, when I saw a pic nket laid on the floor with lots of food. Lycus and Amara were seated eating and ying together. I smiled at the sight before me and then I saw Lycus''s head shoot up. "Come my love." He beckoned to me, "Come and join us, we missed you." Just as I was about to move towards them, a hand grabbed me harshly halting me in my tracks. I looked behind to see Alpha Titan standing there ring at me with Blood shot eyes. "You thought you could run away from me?" He growled piercing my skin with his ws, "We are mates, you can never be free from me!" I whimpered in pain, "I will teach you a lesson." His grip tightened as he sneered at me. "Help!" I screamed at my mate and daughter, "Please help me." I yelled but they couldn''t hear me it was like I was never there, "Please help me!" I croaked. "No one can save you!" Alpha Titan smiled wickedly as he threw me to the ground and unexpectedly his form was reced by fay, the witch, it was no longer Alpha Titan, it was fay. "You thought you could take my love away and go free?" She gritted harshly as her eyes glowed Red in anger, "You took Lycus away from me! I will kill you!" She growled and was about to pounceContent (C) N?v/elDra/ma.Org. on me when the Beta was in her ce. I was more confused now and terrified now. "You can''t be free from me mutt!" She cried and picked me up casting me back into the pool of water. As I fell back, the water got pitch ck and a whirlpool formed with me in the middle swirling me round till water filled my nostrils, till I gave up myst breathe. I wasn''t dead. It was all a dream. I peered around the room trying to keep the bright light from hurting my eyes. My heart beat faster as I got scared again about the dream I just had. I tried to rid the dream off my mind by focusing on my surroundings. I wasying on a bed in a white room. I got a cann with a drip stuck in my left hand, I could see that from my state and other equipments in the room, it was a hospital. I sighed, what happened? How did I get here? What is going on? Where is Amara? Amara? I shrieked in a loud cry, "Where is my daughter? What have you done with her?" I continued screaming to no one in particr as the room was empty. I needed to get out of bed to go find Amara and then we would escape. I sat up fully and moved my legs to the ground. I stood on them, they were wobbly and then I tried to take a step but I failed as I came crashing down on the ground bringing the sheets and IV stand down with me. "Dumb." I heard a voice say as the owner of the voice lifted me from the ground in his arms, sparks! It was my mate, how did he enter without me knowing? He carried me to the bed and ced me on it while sorting out the other things that I had brought down with me. "Thank you." I mumbled but he ignored me with a gruff. He didn''t even bother looking at my face, i guess I am too ugly. "My daughter?" I asked not wanting to focus on the attitude he was giving me. "She''s fine." He nodded, "Taking a nap as we speak." I nodded back at him and we were back to silence again as I watched him intently. He had a frown upon his face and I wanted to ask him why. In fact I wanted to ask him a lot of questions, "Why do you hate me?" "I don''t hate you Nyx." He sighed and I gulped as I wasn''t suppose to say that out, it was suppose to be a thought, "The doctor wille check your vitals, excuse me." He said and left the room. I sat on the bed waiting patiently for the doctor toe. She was here in no time and she got to her work. "The wounds will take time to heal dear." She gave me a sad smile, "You are free to go, I will ce you on medication and then you wille in at times for check ups." I nodded at her, "Can I go now?" I asked. "No." She shook her head, "I would have to mind link the Alpha first." She said and left the room. I sat there waiting till the door opened and he came in again. He walked up to the bed and moved to put his arms around me, I looked up at him really confused by his gesture. He rolled his eyes, "I am carrying you cause you obviously can not walk." He said and lifted me up in his arms bridal style. I sighed as the pleasurable sparks erupted and I leaned my head onto his chest. He cleared his throat and red down at me and I hurriedly shifted my head. His reaction had been a warning for me not to get all touchy. He began walking out of the room and I closed my eyes not wanting to see people''s reaction of us together. It took a while before I heard him stop and I opened my eyes. We were in a hallway before a door and then he opened it, carrying me in. He shut the door and put me on the bed in the room. I sat quietly on it fiddling with my thumbs, "Thank you." I said lowly. "We need to talk Nyx." He said. "About what?" I asked, "And now?" "About everything and yes, now." 15 15 Nyx''s pov "Okay." My voice was shaky when I spoke as I wondered what was it he wanted to talk about. is he about toplete his rejection? What is he going to say? And if he goes on with the rejection, what will happen to Amara and I? "Are you paying me any attention?" He snapped and I was instantly pulled from my thought zone, "Pay attention to me!" "Yes, Alpha." I nodded and listened to him trying not to zone out again. "You will listen and obey me carefully Nyx." He said, "Just obey me if you do not want this done the hard way." My mind skipped a bit knowing what he wanted and I tried to be calm. I will have to obey him and please him so has not to earn his wrath and do things the hard way. I nodded and dropped to my knees in front of him before taking my hands up and fiddling with his belt. "What in God''s name are you doing?" He gritted harshly pulling back from me with force, "What the hell is wrong with you?" I stood up wondering why he was angry, maybe he meant the second reason and stood up from the floor, slid my dress over my head, I wasn''t having anything under and so I was stark naked. "I promise not to scream." I said climbing the bed andying face front on it, "I will obey and be a good girl." "What the fuck Nyx?!" He looked shocked and appalled, "Get down and put your clothes on!" He had turned his back on me now with his hands fisted by his side, "Now!" He barked. I hurriedly sprang into action as I tried not to upset him any further, he obviously wanted to use me but seeing my body he didn''t want anything from me. I felt dejected. "I am done Alpha." I said and he turned to look at me, I couldn''t decipher his emotions as they were somewhat masked but I knew he still hated me. I wondered if his wolf did too. "Why did you do that?" He asked me. "I thought that was what you wanted." I said to him cause anytime I had ever heard the word obey from men and they talked about me not wanting it the hard way it was always about me pleasuring them or them using me for their pleasure. "I will never want that from you." He sighed and I was hurt. My mate didn''t want me sexually or in any other way. "What was it you wanted then?" "I wanted to talk about me rejecting you." He said and I began to shiver at the fear of being rejected again. I closed my eyes and tried to calm down. "Why don''t you want me?" I muttered, "Please don''t reject me, I will do anything." "Isn''t it obvious?" He chuckled mocking me, "You aren''t fit for a king like me and I can''t imagine myself being mated to someone like you, have you seen yourself Nyx?" "I¡­" I stammered, "I can try¡­" "Try?" Heughed again, "You can barely stand up for yourself! You couldn''t even defend yourself from that male warrior, I had toe save you." I just kept quiet looking at him. I fought to keep my tears from flowing as his words hurt, they cut through me like a dagger and worse still I felt some sort of attraction for him. "Here is what will happen¡­" "Lycus¡­" I said stopping him then I reached out to touch his hand, feeling the tingly sparks. "How dare you!" He growled pinning me with my neck against the wall. It all happened in a sh, "You will never address me by my name, it''s Alpha to you." He growled and I whimpered, "Don''t ever fucking try to touch me mutt! We can never be a thing, neither mates nor lovers, don''t even think the mate bond will work some magic, it has no fucking effect on me, know your ce and stay put there." I nodded and he released his hold causing me to slither down the floor to the wall. He backed away from me and sighed, "I won''t reject you." He said and I didn''t know if to trust him, "And I won''t harm you." He added and I didn''t know if to believe his words, he just showed me that he was just like Alpha Titan. I nodded at him. Belongs to ? n0velDrama.Org. "I can''t reject you cause it will make me weaker and then I won''t be able to function properly as King and I can''t let that happen cause of some pathetic omega." He red at me, "I will let you live here and you must be in your room at all times. No one should know we are mates, I will grant you whateverfort you wish for and anything I can do within my powers but you have to stay out of my way, stay away from me and act like you do not know me!" I gulped as all hope of ever being loved by him was thrown out the window by hisst statement. "Always remember that I am only keeping you for my power and we can never ever be a thing." "A king can''t function without his Queen or luna." I reminded him and he looked shock that I had spoken back to him. I was even shocked myself. "That has got a simple solution." He smirked, "If I ever feel the need to have a Queen, I would chose a strong female to mate with." I felt Hera whimper in pain and I was surprised as I haven''t sensed her due to our weakness, I guess his hurtful words had brought her back. He hates us too Hera, I said to her, i am sorry, I am sorry you are stuck with an abomination like me, you deserve better, you deserve to be loved. I got no answer from her, I guess she agreed with me this time as she would usually counter my thoughts. "I hope you adhere strictly to my rules and if you don''t, you wouldn''t love to bear my wrath." He threatened. "Yes Alpha." I bowed my neck at him, "I will do as you wish." He turned at my words and moved to leave the room. I raised my head watching his figure as he left when I suddenly remembered something that I had to ask for. He had said that I could get anything I wanted as long as it''s within his power. I hoped he grants this request I am about to make. "Alpha." I called after him. "What?" He turned to me, "Make it snappy." "I have a request." "It had better be reasonable." He growled at me, "Out with it!" "I want Andros to be released." 16 16 Nyx''s pov. I sat on the bed with my hands folded across myps, I didn''t know what to do with myself and I couldn''t see Amara now till she was brought by her nanny, I was told she had one. My eyes wandered around the room, I had never been a room as big and as grand as this before. The walls were painted cream, there was a wardrobe attached my one end of the wall and I saw a door a bit far from it that I guessed it led to the bathroom. The bed on which I was sat was huge and the covers felt soft beneath my touch. There was a dressing mirror and a table on one side of the room and there was a chandelier hanging from the ceilings. Maybe to any other person the room would be inly simple but it wasn''t to me. It was grand and it was fit for a Queen, which I wasn''t. Content (C) N?v/elDra/ma.Org. My thoughts wandered back to my mate and I was curious as I wondered if he was ever going to love me or even grant the me what I asked for. I hope he did. Even if I was more of a loner and I didn''t talk much, I had grown on Andros and I felt like I could trust him. He had been the only nice person I had met in my entire life. He even said he liked me and I blushed remembering when he said so. No one has ever told me that, no one ever likes me. And when I had requested for Andros to be released, he seemed mad at me and he just stormed out of the room. I stood up from the bed and walked to where the mirror was. It was strange seeing one again as I had hardly ever gotten ess to one. Starting at my reflection in the mirror, I could only think of one word. ugly. I was ugly and I wouldn''t even want myself, that was why no one wanted me. My pale blonde hair was of an uneven length as Alpha Titan loved to drag it for sport and other pack members will attack it with scissors just for the fun of it. My green eyes had gotten duller, not like they ever sparkled. My face was scarred and marked all over, the p marks, burnt marks and even knife marks and where there were no marks, e scars and fresh pimples covered them. I squeezed my eyes shut not wanting to stare at my ugly face anymore, I didn''t want the fact that I will never be wanted cause I was ugly to be more ring. I opened my eyes again and looked at my body this time. I was way too bony and skinny to be loved. The skin around my cor bones were sunken and I could see every definition of both bones. Even with the over sized gown I wore, you could tell that I was way less that a size zero. I wasn''t thick like the rest girls, I didn''t have an ample bosom, I was t chested, I didn''t think my small boobs were even attractive, Alpha Titan said they weren''t and so did the other warriors. Anytime I was underneath them, they always reminded me of that, another thing they reminded me of was myck of ass fat. I was as t as a board, I had no hips. My hip dips, dipped themselves. My bones around the area poked out. Even my torso, I could feel and count my ribs in a nce. They were extra prominent. I wiped the tears that had already ran down my face was heading back to the bed when the door was suddenly thrown open startling me. "Always a scared bitch!" It was the Beta. She banged the door shut and walked up to me grabbing my hair forcefully. I let out a loud scream but she quickly mped her hand down on my mouth, "Scream and I will make sure I leave you dead in this room." She threatened and I shut up. "You could escape uhn?" Sheughed, "I won''t rest till you are gone and I swear by the moon goddess next time you wouldn''t be so lucky!" I sobbed as she twisted my hair causing my scalp serious pain, "Please let me go!" "Shut up!" She yelled pping me across the face and I fell to the ground. "All because you are in a pretty room and you seem to have gotten the Alpha''s favours dosen''t mean you can talk back at me!" She barked. "I am sorry." I crawled away from her, "It won''t happen again." I cried with tears streaming down my face. She spat on my face with a re humiliating me more. "Just stay the fuck out of my way and always remember this!" She crouched down to my level on the floor, "Lycus is mine! Always has! Always will be! And I wouldn''t let some useless rogue and a worthless omega at thate between us." She stood up gave me one more kick before barging out of the room. I struggled to get on my feet and crawled back into the bed. My wounds were bleeding again her brutality had caused them to and they hadn''t even healed fully. Iy on the bed coiled up in a ball silently asking the moon goddess what I did to deserve all these. I had only ever known pain ever since I was born, finding my first mate worsened it and stumbling on the second seems to be harder as he had only proven that he would make my life miserable. I needed to talk to someone, I needed to talk to Andros and I needed to see my baby girl, Amara. Just then a knock sounded on the door and I quickly leapt to my wobbly feet and wiped up my tears. "Come in." I said trying not to sound like I had been crying, "The door is open." The person who had knocked opened the door and a hand pushed Amara in. The door was quickly locked again after that. She ran to me and hugged me. Her agility causing me to fall on the bed and I giggled. "I missed you so much mummy." She said, "Are you okay?" She asked, "You woke up for me." "Yes, I did baby." I rubbed her hair, "Mummy misses you too, where have you been?" "I was put in a very beautiful room." She sat up on the bed clutching fluffy as usual and then she began bbing about what she had eaten and how she yed alone also how the nanny was nice. She kept on talking and after a while we were interrupted by a knock on the door. I walked over to it and opened it carefully peeking from the side. First I saw all white hair and then a very familiar face but feminine that resembled that of Lycus. It didn''t take too long for me to realize who was standing before me and then I began to panic as I wondered what was going to happen next and how this encounter would turn out. 17 17 Nyx''s Pov. "Hello dear." She smiled at me and I opened the door wider. She stepped into the room and I finally got a chance to look at her well. She didn''t look a day over forty and she was drop dead gorgeous. She had really long white hair and she looked a lot like Lycus and she still had those deep ck set eyes. I knew she was lycus''s mother and instantly I got all shy and flustered. "H..i.." I managed to say but it came out as a stutter, damn it Nyx! So fucking pathetic you can''t even say a Hi! I chided myself, "Hi." I tried again and this time it came out more formidable. And she did something that shocked me to my core. She pulled me into a bone crushing and loving hug. One that I had never gotten in my entire existence. so this is what Amara feels like when I hug her, I thought to myself as I tried to wrap my head around the fact that she had me in her arms and it felt reassuring, peaceful, it felt like the hug saying that she was here for me no matter what. After quite a while she pulled me away softly with her arms still on my shoulders, "Finally d to meet you Nyx." She smiled, "I have waited for this for long honey." "Who..a..re¡­yo..u?" I stuttered as I was shocked by her warmth despite knowing that she was definitely Lycus''s mother. "I am Lycus''s mother dear." She grinned. "Hi." Amara gained our attention, "You are beautiful." "Hey sweetie." She smiled and walked to the bed to join Amara, "How are you?" "I am okay." Amara said, "Meet fluffy." She poked her teddy in the woman''s face. "Awwn.. Fluffy is cute¡­nice to meet you fluffy." She cooed and I smiled at their interaction as I was d that Amara was working on hermunicative skills and she wasn''t a coward unlike me. "Could you excuse us for a moment?" Lycus''s mother said to Amara, "I would love to talk to your mother for some time." Belongs to ? n0velDrama.Org. "Okay." Amara said with a shrug, she picked up fluffy and raced out of the room shutting the door behind her. "Come dear." She said to me and I moved to join her on the bed, "I would love to have a little chat with you." I nodded. "My name is Helena." She began, "As you already know I am Lycus''s mother, ever since he told me about you, I have always wanted to meet you." "He talked about me?" I was shocked, "Why did you want to meet me?" "Cause you are my son''s mate, silly." She giggled and I liked her already. "Lycus doesn''t want me." I shrugged, "You must know that." She sighed and reached out, taking both my hands in her, "He would want you eventually dear, he had been through a lot, just give him time." "You don''t understand." I pushed her hands away, "No one wants me. Look at me." I stood up gesturing at my body, "I am ugly, scarred, used, abused and what not?" I said, "I wouldn''t even want myself. I can''t be his Queen, I am weak. I am not what other she wolves are. I am a cursed abomination." I broke into tears as I spoke and she stood up and pulled me into another warm hug. "You are not what you think you are my dear." She said rubbing my hair, "You are beautiful and I know you would be a wonderful person. Just give him time and stay strong." I nodded crying even though I didn''t agree with her. "Just know that I am here if you need me." Her kind words made me tear up more and I ended up crying out with my headid on her shoulder and her arms around me. Helena left after quite some time and Amara hadn''te back. Afterying down on the bed for a while I decided to go out and look for her. I left the room despite Lycus''s wishes for me to stay put. I was scared of what he will do if he found out i went against his wishes or saw me outside but on the other hand what will he do other than beat me up or torture me, I was already used to it. I won''t harm you, His words rang in my ears and I still didn''t believe them. He was going to despite him saying that. I got out of the room and closed the door behind me. I didn''t know where to go, if i''d go left or right as there was a long hallway and all doors were simr to mine. I turned back and studied my door properly to ensure that I knew which one it was to avoid a case of me returning to the wrong room and after I was satisfied with knowing the door, I decided to go right. I walked down the hallway and then got to a stairs. I followed it downwards, it was long and spiral. After some time my legs had begun to ache but I kept on moving. I got to another hallway, went through it, got to a shorter stairs and finally I reached the kitchen, a very huge kitchen. It was filled with people to my dismay and each of them threw disgusted nces at me. I began to panic real hard as I thought of how to make it past them without getting hit or insulted. I gulped and began to move. They were all silent but still watched me with disdain. i am moving freely? Why aren''t they hurting me? Insulting me or throwing things at me? And then it happened. I tripped and fell to the ground hitting my head on the tiled floor and I felt my skin crack. The whole kitchen bustled withughter as I struggled to get on my feet. "Next time watch where you are going omega!" The girl who had purposefully tripped me over chuckled, "And try to eat more, you are all bones!" She threw some of her food at me and the rest followed suit. I ran out of the kitchen crying as they had a great timeughing at my misery. I got out through the open back door into a field and I began to walk with my hands wrapped around my thin frame sobbing. I hadn''t walked too far when I saw Amara lying on the floor holding fluffy as she started at clouds. "Amara." I called hastening towards her. "Mommy." She sprang up excitedly and ran to meet me hugging my legs, "What happened?" She asked looking up at my messed up state. "Nothing dear." I said picking her up and heading towards the house. I reached the hallway where my room was without any qualms aside from some snide remarks and curses thrown at me. I had a hard time finding my room which was soon rectified as I saw Lycus standing in front of a door. finding the room isn''t so hard now, is it? I got afraid as I took in his form. He was mad very mad and the aura emanating from him was so strong and his hands were fisted by his sides. He looked like he wanted to wrench my head off my shoulders and I knew that I was in so much trouble. 18 18 Nyx''s pov Fear! That was what flowed through me as I stood rooted to my spot. The power radiating from him as he grew angrier by the moment forced me into submission. I stood with Amara still clutched to me and my neck was bowed. "Come here!" He said calmly and it only heightened my fear. Any time Alpha Titan had beckoned on me calmly the punishment was always worse. I shook my head in defiance and stepped back from him, he frowned. "I saide here." He growled at me with his hands fisted by his sides and I could see his eyes ring at me with anger, "Do not disobey me Nyx!" Hera, please talk to me, I need you, I tried summoning Hera trying to get her. I really needed her help, I needed to run. I knew that if I got him angrier he would hit me just like Alpha Titan had, he would punish me. Hera please! I tried again. Nyx, can you hear me? I wanted to leap for Joy, finally she was back, What is going on? We need to run away from him, Lycus. Why? He''s going to hurt us Hera. I don''t think he is, trust him a bit Nyx, he said he won''t hurt us. I don''t care! He''s just like Titan! Look how angry he is, he''s going to hurt Amara and I. We need to run. As you say Nyx, She said epting defeat. "Don''t make me repeat myself." He started to move towards me, "I am pissed, don''t make me do what I wouldn''t want to!" I shook my head and stepped back trying to move away from him by breaking into a mini run "You caused this!" He roared, his was catching up with me and with that I snapped Hera, Now! I said to her and she took over heightening my speed. I ran navigating my way through the hallways and trying to get towards the stairs. Amara clutched tightly to me as we kept running. I got to the stairs to meet what shocked me. Lycus was already there standing with a devilish smirk on his face. How did he do that? I paled as I stepped back from thinking of running in the opposite direction. "Don''t you even dare!" He growled at me halting me in my tracks and I shivered in fright. Amara was snatched out of my arms by the woman that I guessed had brought her to my room earlier whom I didn''t even know was right there. "Put the child to bed." He said to the woman and she nodded and walked away with Amara who looked really frightened for me. "You areing with me." He picked me up, threw me over his shoulder and reached my room in a sh. "How did you do that?" I couldn''t help but ask out of curiosity. "I have powers." He answered and dropped me on the bed. He went to lock the door. "Please don''t hurt me." I fell to my knees begging as he walked back to the bed, "I am sorry." "Get up!" He ordered and I did wondering when he was going to give me a blow that will send me back to the ground. "Why do you want Andros to be released? He is a criminal." He said to me pacing up and down the room with his hands folded behind him, "Why Nyx?" "Cause I want him¡­" He turned to me with a re and I could have swore that I saw jealousy in his eyes as he marched up to me and yanked me closer to him. I winced as the grip hold in had on me tightened. "What do you mean you want him?" He growled as his eyes darkened, "Is he your lover?" "No¡­i" "Are you his whore? So he is the father of your daughter? Were you spreading your legs for him in the cells?" "That''s not what I meant." Content (C) N?v/elDra/ma.Org. "You know what?!" He pushed me away, "You can have him!" He growled ring at me one more time before storming out of the room and banging the door behind him. what in the moon just happened? I was still stunned as I sat on the bed. How could he ever think that Andros was my lover in the cells? How is that even possible? He''s the one flirting with that witch and he had the mind to use me of being a whore for Andros. Angry bitter tears stung my eyes as I tried hard not to cry at his usations. Getting a second chance mate, I thought that I would finally be happy and have a chance to know what love feels like bit it only turned out that I was in a worse situation. He was keeping me but not because he wanted anything to do with me, he was keeping me because he didn''t want to be weak. He was keeping me cause of his powers. I was being used. I couldn''t keep the tears in for long. They started flowing down my face andnding on my dress. I would have preferred being rejected instead of being caged here so some Alpha wouldn''t be a weakling if he rejected me. My thoughts were interrupted when there was a knock at the door. I went to answer it and there was ady there standing with a tray of food, the samedy that hade to give me food back when I was still in the cells and then I noticed something. She bore resemnce with someone I knew. I looked at her more intently and noticed that she looked much like the Beta. She must be her mother or sister, I couldn''t quite ce it. "Well, are you just gonna stare at me or you are going to take this tray from my hands?" She barked startling me, "I have other important things to do you idiot!" "Sorry." I mumbled moving to collect the tray from her. She thrust it into my hands harshly before stomping away while spewing profanities as usual. I think she even called me hideous. I closed the door and went back to the bed. I ce the tray on the bed and opened the te on it which was covered. It contained soup. Pure in soup but it was hot. My stomach grumbled at the sight even though it wasn''t ptable. I shrugged and dug in without out thinking twice and I immediately spat the contents out. It was sour. Really sour. My guess was that it was the left over and it wasn''t properly kept. I couldn''t eat it. It wasn''t manageable and it tasted really bad. And I knew I couldn''t go out of the room and to the kitchen toin. Lycus had forbade me coming out. I was still thinking of what to do when I heard another knock. I went to answer it. It was the cook. She was holding a can of water. "I forgot to give you this, not like you need it!" She spat before flinging it at me and turned to go. "Wait." I stopped her. "What?!" She growled at me. "The soup, it tastes really sour I can''t eat it." I mumbled without stuttering hoping that she would be rational in her response. "The soup, it tastes really sour I can''t eat it." She mimicked me with a dark chuckle and I frowned. "Let me see." She said pushing past me and going into the room. I followed her and lifted the bowl handing it to her. She took it from me and smashed the bowl in my face. I howled in pain as the broken pieces cut me and hot liquid burnt my skin. "Who do you think you are?!" She growled, "The fucking luna Queen?!" I winced as most of the minute pieces at gotten into my eyes. She grabbed me, wrapped her hand around my throat and mmed me to the wall. "Know your ce mutt!" She growled and from the way she held me I could know that she was of high ranking. Her strength was unusual, "You aren''t the fucking luna Queen, you eat what I give you be it sour soup or dead mice." She squeezed and I choked, "One word about this to the Alpha, trust me you are dead." She released her hold and I slid down the wall to the ground still trying to get a hold of my breathing and seeing clearly. "Clean this stuff up, I don''t know how but do it cause I ain''t sending no one up here to do it for you." She said to me, "And make sure the Alpha knows nothing of it!" She kicked me, gave me ast warning look before leaving the room. yeap! Definitely rted to her. I regained myposure and went to the bathroom to wash my face. It was the first time I had entered it and it was beautiful but I had not time to admire it as I was in pain and my face was still burning. I washed it and I didn''t have to bother about hiding the fresh wounds as I knew my mate wasn''t going to notice anything. When I was done with the bathroom, I got back into the room and worked fast on cleaning the mess. I picked up every broken piece and threw them out the window and also I used a small face towel I had found in the bathroom to clean up the sour liquid. I was done in no time and had destroyed all evidence of anything ever happening. Amara was brought soon and she was fast asleep. I had to join her as it was alreadyte and I had nothing to do and so Iid on the bed next to my daughter falling asleep with and empty growling stomach and wondering what terrible thingy in store for me by tomorrow. 19 19 Nyx''s pov pain. I can''t really remember the first time I felt pain, it''s like I was born with it, into it. I was ustomed to it. I knew pain, I knew what it felt like, sensed like, smelt like. Pain was with me, pain was me. I felt pain each time my father told me hurtful words, each time Alpha Titan had whipped and punished me and each time the pack members took their anger out on me. I felt it when ever Alpha Titan used me, I felt it whenever the unmated pack males used me and I felt it when Lycus voiced out that he will never want me. I felt this thing called pain, emotionally, physically and mentally and it made me weak. Rejection. Would I say this was worse? I remember the first time I felt rejection unlike pain I remember this. I was six ying with fluffy just like Amara did these days and then just there in thewn, my father walked up to me, drunk as hell telling me that I was a mistake, i killed my mother and he never wanted me. I was just six, the words stung, I understood them and I cried hard. Few days after that incident he gambled me off to the Alpha although young he was still cruel as hell. I grew up and found out he was my mate and that was when rejection happened again from my very first mate. It was stupid of me to think he would love me after seeing we were mates. It was stupid of me thinking one would love me or ever want me. A second chance mate was something I never expected but then it happened and I had hope which I shouldn''t have. Having hope destroys you especially when you know the hope will amount to nothing. I found Lycus, I had hope, he burnt it out by rejecting me out rightly, well he never finished pronouncing the rejection. But Keeping me only so he wouldn''t be weak and not wanting anything to do with me aside that was still rejection, right? Fear. This was something I felt all the time and I vividly remember the first time I felt fear. It was when I was handed over to Alpha Titan and that evil smirk on his lips had made me shiver and the phrase ''I will have so much fun with you'' had twisted my insides and after that I felt fear everyday of my life, I grew ustomed to it, I felt fear when I was approached, when I was pushed in a room, when a male smiled at me and even when I was asleep, I felt fear not knowing what will happen next. I felt fear when I met Lycus, the way he acted towards me, I felt fear being in the cells and I felt fear anytime the cook or Beta approached me, I always felt fear. love. This was very foreign to me, I had never felt love and I don''t think I will ever. I think Hera likes me though, I wouldn''t say love, I don''t know how she stands being with a pathetic human like me. I wouldn''t say love was how Andros cared for me back in the cells, I would call it like, he likes me. I didn''t know if to say that Amara loves me, she was my daughter. I don''t know how she copes being with a mother everyone hates. But I know she cares, was it because she had no choice than to care? I know she cares cause of how she worries about me but I didn''t know if to call it love. And as I sat here while Helena gently brushed my hair humming a sweet tune. She did it with so much care as I would do for Amara. I wondered if she liked me, I wouldn''t dare call it love. What she was doing was what you would do for someone you loved like I did for Amara. But I didn''t know if my mate''s mother loved me but I will settle for the fact that she likes me. "All set." She said sweetly standing up from the bed and I stood up too and walked to the mirror. My hair was made up in a messy but cute bun, I wondered how she managed to do that with the messed up length. She only rubbed light powder on my face and drew glossy lip gloss on my lips. I still looked ugly seeing those scars that were always there to remind me that I will never be beautiful. I smoothed my hands over the knee length flowery dress she had given me, my lower legs were left exposed and my injuries and scars were very visible, I didn''t want to where this dress but I couldn''t say no. She was too kind. I didn''t want to go down for breakfast either and that fear crept over me again but I couldn''t tell her no, like I said she was too kind. Lycus has instructed me not to leave the room and I had stayed here locked up only seeing Amara, Helena and sometimes the cook. I was also managing the bad food brought to me daily, it was either that or nothing and actually sometimes she brought nothing which made the thought of going down to a fresh breakfast very tempting. "You are beautiful dear." She walked up to me cing her hands on my shoulders, "Do not think otherwise." "He doesn''t want me there." I mumbled, "No one does." "Look Nyx." She turned me towards her and I met her gaze, "Lycus is just being stubborn, he will come around. There is a reason why he is like this but that isn''t my story to tell but trust me when I say he wille around." I didn''t say anything, I only nodded trying to convince myself that he wille around too. "Let''s go dear." She said and was about to take my hand when I stopped her, "What is it?" "How many people will be there?" "It''s a private dining hall." She smiled, "Just me, you, Lycus and other high rank members." I gulped. "Shall we?" I nodded and followed her as she led me out the room, down the stairs and to the dining hall. I couldn''t tear my gaze away from the ceilings as I gazed at the huge chandelier hanging from it, it was the most magnificent thing I had ever seen. The tiny bulbs shone like crystals illuminating the room. I looked at the hall and took in it''s appearance. It was huge and had a very long table in the middle with chairs which was far away from us as we stood at the entrance and on the left I saw two big oak doors which were closed and they were simr to the ones we just passed through. I could see that some people were already seated and there was a chair at the head which I knew was reserved for Lycus as it was only fit for a king. "Come on." Helena nudged me and we began approaching the table and all attention was turned to us. "Your Highness." They stood up greeting her, I never knew she was addressed as such. "You may sit." She smiled at them and they took their seats while still giving me weird looks. She drew out a chair and sat on it and I located a chair which was really far away from them as i didn''t feelfortable sitting next to them with their piercing gazes. "Come dear." She beckoned to me before I could sit, "Sit here." She said patting on a chair and I froze. The chair was next to where Lycus would be seated on the side. I couldn''t possibly sit there, it wouldn''t be right. N?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content. She smiled at me reassuringly and I went to where she patted and sat on it. "And who might you be?!" A woman at the table snarled at me and the power in her voice made me jump with a whimper. "You shall address her with respect." Helena growled at her. "But, she''s an omega." The woman said and I hid my face knowing they all knew what I was, they could smell me. "And I could easily have you demoted to that rank if I wanted!" She snapped at her and the woman kept shut and so did everyone at the table. I wanted to leave, to run through those doors and never look back. I didn''t belong here, they hated me. "Hi¡­" Another voice said to me and I looked in the direction to see a girl of about my age smiling at me. She was seated at the opposite side of the table a bit far from me. She had red hair and pretty blue eyes. She was pretty, everyone here had good looks apart from me. "Hi." I managed to say. "I am willow." She said, "The head warrior, you must be Nyx right? The Alpha''s special guest." Alpha''s special guest? I was stunned. "That''s right dear." Helena smiled at her. "Oh my." Willow chuckled outstretching her hand for me to take it. I hesitated a bit before doing so, "Nice to finally meet you Nyx." "Yeah¡­" I trailed off awkwardly before withdrawing my hand. The table went silent and soon servants came inying the food on the table in covered dishes and after they did that, they beganying tes and cutlery in front of us. I was sure it was when lycus came that we will begin to eat. We all sat there in silence which was broken soon as the big doors on the left opened, when I had entered I wondered what the doors were for and now I knew why. Out of them came my mate in all his majestic persona. His scent hit me and I tried not to sniff the air. Everyone at the table stood up including his mother and I. It was a sign of respect. I would have drowned myself in his charming looks and the grace in which he used to enter the hall if not for one thing. The Beta was by his side with her arm looped around his, smiling up at him. They looked perfect with each other and my heart clutched tightly. I should never havee down for breakfast. 20 20 Nyx''s Pov Content (C) N?v/elDra/ma.Org. Our gazes met, my own sad green orbs filled with fear meeting his dark eyes void of emotions. He assessed my features for a while with a frown on his face before looking away like I was insignificant. of course, you are insignificant to him! "You may sit." The Beta chirped sassily like she was in charge and I could have sworn that I heard willow snort. They both approached the table as we sat, still entangled with each arms in arms and I grew nervous as they got nearer. Lycus walked to the seat opposite me and drew it out for the Beta to sit. My heart lurched at this gesture. She sent him a flirty smile before taking her seat which she did while sending me a cold re. He took his seat next and I felt my insides flutter at the close proximity within us. He was so near and the urge to reach out and smooth his brows which were etched in a frown was strong. "Mother." He cleared his throat, "Can we talk outside before breakfast starts?" He asked her and I knew he wanted to talk about me being at the table. "Not now Lycus." She said sending him a smile, "Whatever you have to talk about can wait dear boy." I knew she was trying to avoid the conversation. There was a brief silence at the table, no one saying anything and from the look on Lycus and Helena''s faces, I could tell that they were mindlinking. My stomach growled embarrassingly disrupting the silence and Lycus sent me a re. I hid my head in shame. "Ohh, we have a hungry one." The beta snorted, "Shall we eat?" She said pping her hands and servants began to swim ining our sides to help us in dishing the food. Before they could get to us, a soft wind blew and a bright light shone following the sudden appearance of someone in the room. I jumped in shock but other members of the table seemed unfazed as if it was a regr urrence. The person that came in was a male. He was dressed in a white garment and wore a golden band on his head which shone brightly. In his hand he held a scroll. "Your highness." He bowed towards Lycus, "Sorry for the intrusion but this is an emergency." Lycus nodded at him and he proceeded in greeting other table members before turning to Helena and then he went on one knee bowing to her before handing her the scroll. I was bewildered at the way he greeted and bowed to her and I began to wonder what rank she held apart from being the former Luna. "What is it Dendri?" She asked collecting the scroll, "Did the other members send you?" "Yes, you Highness." He replied still in that position, "Your presence is needed immediately and you can read the letter on your way." "Okay, I guess I better start going." She said standing up from her seat. Going where? Was she leaving me? How do I cope here? No, she can''t leave! I panicked severely as I watched her rise from the table. "Everyone have a lovely breakfast." She smile at them, "See youter Nyx, do enjoy yourself." She patted my cheek before telling Dendri to rise. He did and they held hands, instantly they vanished. A lump formed in my throat and I swallowed hard. She just left me here with people who hate me and my existence. I turned back to the table still stunned hoping that my existence is ignored and I have a peaceful breakfast. 21 21 Nyx''s pov The servants came forward to continue their tasks but no one came to me. I just sat there with folded arms as everyone got help in getting their tes filled. I salivated at the sight of the food and the aroma made it more appetizing which made me hungrier. "Let me help you dear." It was the cook, was she there all this while? I didn''t want her to help me, she would do something terrible again. She reached across the table, took a bowl of very hot and ptable soup. "Thank you." I mumbled as she brought it before me to ce it on the table but it wasn''t ced on the table. She dropped it in myp and the hot content poured on my dress, seeping through it and burnt my skin. I tried not to scream at the pain but it wasn''t sessful. All heads turned towards me in annoyance. I tried to fight the tears back as my hands were fisted to by side. "Oh my Goddess." She shrieked like she genuinely pitied me, "I am so sorry." She mocked apologised, "Do you want me to help you clean that?" "No." I croaked trying to clean up my messed up dress with a napkin I had grabbed. "Tracy." Lycus growled at her. "Oh Darling." The Beta interjected touching his arm, "It was just a mistake, right mother?" She looked up at her mother, the cook with a pout. "Yea Alpha." The cook said, "It was a mistake." "You may take your seat." He gritted and she left to sit at the other side of the table after throwing me a sinister smirk. yeap! She pulled that stunt of purpose. I wondered what position she held apart from being the cook for her to have a seat at the table for high rankings. Everyone began to eat and I reached out to a tray of steak on the table picked one with the huge fork and ce it on my te and then I took two more pieces. I took some mashed potatoes too and some sauce. "I wonder where all the food goes after eating like a glutton not like you are gonna add up flesh anyway." The Beta said causing everyone to erupt inughter except Lycus. He just stayed silent eating his meal. Theughter soon died down and I started eating silently taking small bits as I still felt the icy re of the Beta on me. As the breakfast went on I couldn''t deal with taking small bits, I was hungry. I began to take big bits stuffing my mouth as I ate, I felt more satisfied this way. Lycus gazed at me with an amused look on his face. "What a pig." The Beta said, "No table manners, can''t even control her loud chewing and wide mouth in the presence of people above her." I blocked out her words, trying not to pay attention to her as I picked up my ss of water and took a gulp. I belched and I could have swore I heard Lycus chuckle lightly as every other upant of the table apart from willow red at me. "Your highness." One of the older men at the table said, "The matter of you finding your mate is still left unanswered." The man said and I froze, "The pack needs a luna and the entire werewolf community needs a Queen luna." "He is right your highness." Thedy who had spoken to me rudely earlier on when I first came in talked, "A king is nothing without is Queen and everyone is talking about you being mateless, something needs to be done about it." Lycus was silent, I gazed at him waiting for him to say something admiring his features as I did. He was gorgeous and the only thing on my mind was running my hands through his locks as he kissed me deeply. The more I stared at his face, the more I got more attracted and I wanted him to kiss me badly. I wished he would. "Stop staring at my future mate like you want to fuck him!" The Beta snapped at me bringing me out if my hex. future mate?! "Have you found your mate my King?" Anotherdy asked and my breath hitched as I awaited his reply. "No." He said and my face fell. I turned back to my food. He really wanted nothing to do with me, here he was lying to everyone in my presence that he hadn''t found me. "Then you must take one your highness." Thedy said, "You aren''t getting any younger, you need a heir, the pack needs a luna and themunity needs a Queen." "As you know¡­" The Beta trailed off butting into the conversation, "Lycus and I are nning on mating soon." I choked coughing out loud gasping for air as I snatched my drink. "Are you okay sweetie?" She purred at me, "Is something wrong?" I took gulps of water while trying to process what I had just heard, no! He couldn''t possibly do this! Why keep me here if he wanted her? I waited for him to counter her statement, to say that she was lying but nothing came forth. He didn''t even utter a single word. "And when will the date be? The date of the mating ceremony?" Her mother asked excitedly. "We haven''te up with one yet." Lycus said. "But we will soon." The beta ced a hand on his smiling at him and he smile back. My heart broke at the sight. The meal continued and everyone was back to their food and back to silence. I ate my food quietly hoping that the silence remains this way and no one brings up another conversation or talks to me. "Do you ever stare at yourself in the mirror Nyx?" The Beta suddenly asked and I looked up at her, "You somewhat strange from others." She said, "What was that word again? Ugly!" "Laya!" Lycus gritted at her, "Enough!" N?vel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner. "Excuse me." I said standing up with tears falling from my eyes, I couldn''t take it anymore, I ran out of the dining hall away from them without ever ncing back. ________ I wiped the tears off my face on hearing the knock at the door. I stood up from the bed, the bedsheets were wet from my constant tear flow. I walked to the door to answer it. It was the nanny. She had brought Amara. My baby jumped into my arms, "I missed you so much baby." "I missed you too." I hugged her tightly, "Thank you." I smiled at the nanny before locking the door and going back into the room. Amara and I spent less time with each other ever since we came here and I hated it. She was on the floor holding fluffy as I sat on the bed braiding her hair and telling her a story. "And so she married the prince and he took care of her and loved her. They lived happily ever after." I said, "The End!" We both said coincidentally with giggles. "Mummy, would we be like them living happily ever after?" she asked. "Yes baby." I smiled at her without being sure that we could have a happy ending. "I hope you find your prince soon." She said and I smiled sadly having nothing to say to her. A knock sounded in the door again and I went to check who it was. To my surprise it was willow, the girl from breakfast. After exchanging greetings, I let her in and we began to talk. I liked her. I could see a friend in her already. "I am so sorry Nyx." She said, "You do not deserve what happened at breakfast today." "It''s okay." I shrugged finishing up Amara''s hair. "Would you like to go out?" "Yes!" Amara squealed. "Where to?" I asked Willow, "The Alpha doesn''t want me going out, I don''t want any trouble." "Ohe on, we are just going to the mall." She said, "You are his guest not his prisoner." Amara turned to me with a pout, "Mommy say yes please? Say yes!" The ride to the mall was short. We got down from the car and headed into it. It was huge. I held Amara closely as I felt uneasy. I wasn''t used to being in public ces and being in large crowds. "Can we leave now?" I asked Willow. "Ohe on." She said dragging my hand and pulling me into the crowd, "We have got a lot of shopping to do." "But, I don''t have any money." "Bills on me!" I was really tired from walking around and it was time to go home. We got into the car and I couldn''t stop thanking Willow over and over again. She had gotten us a lot of stuff. She got lots of toys for Amara and I picked a few clothes that actually fit me. She drove us back to the pack house and we crept in silently the same way we had crept out. "Thank you so much for today." I said again and she hugged me. "It''s okay Nyx." She smiled at me, "We would be hanging out a lot now cause we are besties!" Besties! I had never had a best friend before, "Yeah." I nodded at her not knowing what to say. "Bye! See youter!" She hugged me one more time before running out of the room. "I am going to y with my toys outside mommy." Amara gave me a peck and left the room too. I smiled at her as she left. I closed to door and went to ce the stuff I had gotten in the empty closet. I locked it and turned back only to see Lycus standing in the room staring at me. I shrieked in fright. "What are you doing here?" I asked him. "It''s my castle." He snorted, "I go where I want." I nodded at him not moving from where I was. "You went out Nyx." I gulped, I was in trouble, "I am sorry." "That''s not why I am here either way." He said, "I am here because of the request you made thest time." He said before I could ask the reason why he was here. "Okay¡­." "Do you really want you dear Andros to be released?" "Yes." I mumbled. "I will grant your wish." "Thank you." I was excited, "Thank you so much." "But on one condition." He said and I looked at him as he walked closer to me. He was standing before me now, towering over me and he was close, way too close. "What is that?" I asked. "I want you to kiss me Nyx." 22 22 Nyx''s pov. what? I met his gaze stunned as I tried to process what he had just said. He looked at me and his eyes seemed as if they were searching mine for an answer. "Wh..a..t?" I stammered. "You heard me right Nyx." He brought his hand up running his thumb on my jaw softly as his gaze pierced me and I almost melted in that simple yet seductive touch, "I want to feel your lips on mine." ooo daddy! Hera panted in my head and I almost chuckled. so you suddenly back to life now? I asked her, what do I do? You heard what he said right? He wants to kiss me. Are you asking me what you should do? I could sense that she did an eye roll, Girl ce your lips on him and fulfill your wish at breakfast! I blushed at her words wondering how she knew what I was thinking earlier that morning. "Are you going to say something? Hmm." He slid his thumb across my lower lip now and I shivered at the sparks, my lips parting in ecstasy. "Why do you want to kiss me?" I asked suddenly remembering that he hated me and wanted nothing, absolutely nothing to do with me. "Cause we are mates¡­" He said withdrawing his hands and they fell back to his sides. I nearly groaned at the loss of his touch. "But you want nothing to do with me." I reminded him, "You clearly said that we can never be a thing." "That doesn''t mean I cannot kiss you." He smirked at me, "I know you want to ept my offer Nyx, I noticed the way you reacted to my touch." I blushed again feeling really embarrassed that he could read me like an open book. "Is this the only way to free Andros?" I asked, "Me kissing you, is that the only way?" "Yes." He said stepping closer to me again, "You grant me one kiss and your lover boy is free." "Isn''t there any other option?" I badly wanted to kiss him, take up on his offer and savour the taste of his lips. I wanted to know what his lips felt like, tasted like. I wanted to know If he was going to be harsh like all other men that had forced me or he was going to kiss me with passion. "I see you aren''t ready to have your dear Andros freed¡­" Annoyance shed in his eyes and he turned to leave. you better get him back here girl! Hera growled at me. "Wait!" I called as he reached the door. He stopped and turned around with that smug look on his face. "What is it you want?" He asked. "You can''t kiss me and still go about with other girls." I huffed. "Are you going to take up my offer of kissing me or not?!" He gritted ignoring my statement like I hadn''t made mention of him going about with other girls. "No!" I said and he looked at me astonished that had given him an adverse reply. He red at me and walked up to me angrily as if he couldn''t believe that I was suddenly bold enough not to do as he wished. I too wondered how I had be bold at the moment. A million horrible thoughts of himying blows on me shed through my mind as he reached me. "Did you just tell me no?" He asked, "Stubborn I see." He smirked not waiting for a reply, "You will come back to me Nyx and maybe the offer wouldn''t be up anymore." And with that he stormed out of the room banging the door behind him leaving me dazed as I tried to absorb our strange encounter. ________ you are just horny Hera! I snapped at her tired of her inconsistent whining of why I didn''t ept Lycus''s offer of a kiss. you are just in apprehensive! She growled, what if this is him finally giving in to us? By asking for a kiss? And nning to mate with someone soon then telling me the kiss wouldn''t change anything, I snorted, i don''t think I want a repeat of what I have suffered before. He is nothing like Alpha Titan! She snarled. you are not sure, I said to her cutting off the connection not wanting to argue anymore. I was d she was back but I couldn''t keep arguing with her about the kiss. I leaned my head on the head board in exasperation as I tried to focus on what Amara was jabbering about. "I want to see Vampires." She whined and I rolled my eyes at her, "I really want to know why they suck blood." She pouted and I stared down at her. "Hmmm." I hummed. "Will you take me to see a vampire?" "I don''t know where they are baby." I said standing up, "It''s time for your Night bath." I picked her up and walked into the bathroom. I ran the bath and set her into the tub before reaching out for the soap tother it over her. I finished her bath quickly, took her out and put her to bed in a very short while. I stood up from the bed with a yawn, drew the covers over Amara and walked into the bathroom to have my own bath. Hera, you there? I asked her as I unzipped my gown and let it slide down my body. It dropped pooling around my legs and I stepped out of it. Talk to me when you kiss Lycus, She snorted and I chuckled, I can''t believe you said no to him. I don''t want to get kissed then thrown aside and watch him get mated to someone else, I said to her as I stepped into the shower. How sure are you that your thoughts will happen Nyx? She asked me. Very sure, I said sighing as the cool water ran through my back, He is mating with the Beta soon, I confirmed it at the table. Hera whimpered in pain at my words as the realisation downed on her I am sorry Hera, I apologized, i am sorry that he doesn''t love us cause of me. _________ What the hell are you doing Nyx?! I questioned myself as I slid out of bed and went out of my room. I had the strangest conviction to sumb to Lycus''s demands. Did I want to kiss him? Yes Was I scared of what will happen after that kiss? Also yes. But, I didn''t let these thoughts pull me down any longer. I traced his scent following it as I tried to find him. It led me to a door. A pretty huge one and I guessed that it was either his office or room. I lifted my hand to knock but my action was halted as he spoke. Content (C) N?v/elDra/ma.Org. "I know it''s you Nyx." He said and I could tell that he had a smirk on, "Come in." 23 23 I followed his words, pushed the door open and stepped into the office. I closed the door and turned to face him. Holy moon goddess fuck! He was shirtless, and I couldn''t tear my eyes from his naked chest. I stared at him with my mouth slightly agape. He was standing before his work table, leaning on it with his hands by his sides on the table supporting his frame. Desire washed through me at the sight my eyes met with. His arms were lean yet muscled and they were sexy, I wondered what they felt like. His pecs were round and they had dark rosy colored pointed nipples that I wanted to caress with my tongue and his packs, goddess his packs! I wanted to run my tongue on them. who is the horny one now? Hera snorted snapping me out of my daze. "What do you want?" He asked with his smirk growing, "Changed your mind?" "Uhmm¡­" I cleared my throat, "I lost my way, I was trying to find the bathroom." I lied and immediately after my words came out they felt stupid to my hearing and to his too cause he chuckled. "There is a bathroom in your room Nyx." He said walking around the table taking a seat on the chair, "Should I call for someone to lead you to it?" "No¡­" I shook my head staying rooted to where I stood with my head bent. "Are you going to take up my offer or leave?" He asked going straight to the point. I could hear his fingers drumming against the wood work. My legs moved on their own ord and so did my hands as I went straight to the table, grabbed his face in my hands dropped a very fast peck on his lips and pulled away. "There¡­" I said not being able to look at his face as I was red with embarrassment, "I kissed you, you will release Andros now right?" "I want a kiss from a woman." He stood up and got close to me, "And not a child." He said taking my chin in his hand and lifting my face to his, my eyes met his. "Have you ever been kissed before?" He asked rubbing his thumb on my lower lip. "Hmmm." I didn''t know what to say, if I should lie or say the truth. "Tell me¡­" "Yes." I breathed not telling him if it was consensual or not. He frowned a bit at my answer and I didn''t know if he was jealous or not. He didn''t say anything and his face descended. He dropped a kiss on the corner of my lips and I shivered, he did the same for the other corner then his lips came on mine. He kissed me. His lips caressed mine moving against my lips. I stilled in shock and somewhat pleasure. His mouth moved against mine and he bit my lip causing me to open up with a moan. His tongue slid into my mouth gliding against mine. I was on fire. Lycus picked me up wrapping my legs around his waist and my arms threaded around his neck. I picked up courage and began moving my lips against his against his as his tongue danced on mine. His scent enveloped me as the kiss deepened, I was getting aroused and I moved against him, his hands gripped my waist tightly. I had never been kissed like this before, every other kiss I had gotten was forced and harsh leaving my lips pained after wards but this, this was different. His lips were soft yet ruthlessly passionate against mine and I actually moaned, I had moaned in pleasure for the first time. His lips left mine and he kisses my jaw. He began to trail kisses down my jawline line and he reached my cor bone. He licked across it and I cried out in pleasure gripping at his neck tightly. "You like that?" He growled as his tongue continued its erotic dance on my cor bone while peppering kisses along it, "I asked you a question." He threaded a hand in my hair pulling my head backwards, "I said do you like that?" "Yes." I moaned and his kisses continued leaving my cor bone and deepening as the front buttons of my dress came apart. He licked the valley between my breast and I threw my head back with a moan, "Lycus." He hummed littering kisses over there and then his hand came up squeezing my breast, fondling it. "Fuck!" I rasped in pleasure. His thumb grazed my hardened nipple, rubbing it gently causing my arousal to grow. "I can smell your arousal." He growled against my chest, "Fuck, it''s intoxicating." He began to slide my dress baring my shoulder and that brought back memories that I didn''t want. A vision of Alpha Titan baring my shoulder shed through me and I jumped off him, backing away from him. "What''s wrong?" He asked wondering why I acted like that, "Is anything the matter?" He sounded worried as he searched my features. Belongs to ? n0velDrama.Org. "You asked for a kiss, only a kiss." I mumbled fixing my dress and buttons. "Right." He said running his hands through his hair looking irked, "Leave!" I looked at him stunned, did he just ask me to leave harshly after what just happened? I looked up at his face and he looked furious, his hands were fisted by his side. "I¡­" "I said leave!" He thundered, "Leave if you do not want me to bend you over this desk and fuck you raw till you can''t walk!" I gulped as desire washed over me, part of me wanted to defy him to see if he would follow with his threat but the other part of me said run! And that was I did. 24 24 Nyx''s pov. I leaned against the wall of my room with my heart drumming fast and lips still aching, not in a bad way this time but in a very very good way. My hands came up to my face and I touched my lips, it felt swollen beneath my finger tips as a reminder of what had just happened. feeling like this after a kiss? Hera chuckled mockingly, what happens when he finally fu¡­ Hera! I stopped her before she could finish her words as I blushed crimson. I walked to the bed and sat on it trying not to wake Amara. Did he like the kiss? I wondered, did I kiss him well? Was he going to kiss me again? Would this change anything? Don''t get your hopes high Nyx, My subconscious reminded me, he clearly said this meant nothing, he is going to mate with the Beta anyway. Tears welled in my eyes as the realisation dawned on me again. I felt stupid for letting him kiss me and touch me like that, I felt used. Anger surged in me at the fact that he thought he could just use me and get away with it, with the firm resolution to give him a piece of my mind, I stormed out of my room and straight to his office again. I was going to let him know that he can''t just use me or try to manipte him into kissing him. I reached the door and slightly pushed it open without knocking, I poked my head through the crack and all my anger melted into full blown sadness at what I saw. Laya, the Beta was in his arms the same way I had been there minutes ago, he was leaning against the opposite side of the table with her arms draped around him casually like he had done with me. His back faced me and I could see her face. She raised it up and our gazes met. I closed the door back silently not being able to stare any longer and raced back to my room faster than I could ever have. Immediately I got behind the closed doors, the tears fell, I couldn''t hold them back anymore, I cried at my foolishness. I am such an Idiot! I groaned inwardly as I got on the bed trying to silence my cries so as not to wake my baby up, I have got to be the most stupid wolf to ever exist! Did you see that Hera? I sniffed, She was all wrapped up in his arms like he hadn''t just kissed me few minutes ago. Hera whined in pain, It''s okay Nyx, it might not seem as what we think. What else do you want to see Hera?! I practically yelled at her she was pissing me off, I bet he is already balls deep in her by now. Don''t say that Nyx, if he was, we would have felt the pain. She was right, if he was sleeping with her, we would have been in pain just like in the past. I shut her out and got on the bed to sleep. Iid on the bed pulling the covers around me crying as the image of my mate wrapped in another woman''s arms was imprinted in my memory. ______ I could get up the next morning and got through with my boring routine with a very heavy and broken heart. I was currently bathing Amara, she said she had a y date with other kids from the pack and she had to get ready on time. "Do you talk to them much?" I asked lifting her from the bath tub and wrapping a towel around her. "No, I don''t." She said skipping out of the bathroom excitedly, "I just y with them." "Don''t you think it will be nice to talk to them?" I asked as I applied lotion on her body. I helped her put on the pretty blue dress she had chosen to wear. "Not all of them like me." She said and my face fell at the fact that my daughter was experiencing a childhood like mine, "I want the blue ribbons too." She pointed at them and I put them in her hair. "You are all set." I patted at her back as she got down from the bed. "Later mommy." She kissed my cheek, grabbed fluffy and left the room. I smiled knowing she was going to have a bit of fun despite the fact that not all the kids liked her. At least she wasn''t stuck in here always like me. Belongs to ? n0velDrama.Org. Hera? Hera! I called trying to see if she was ready to talk now but I guess she was not due tock of response. She was just as broken as I was from yesterday. I walked into the bathroom, took my shower and got out. I went to the closet to get an outfit to where, I settled for a white tank top and jeans not like I had lots of options. I put on the outfit and walked to the mirror to look out myself. Seeing my reflection, I really wanted to take off my jeans. I looked super skinny in them, they showed off my thin legs making me feel worse than I already was. "Don''t you think that Tank top reveals too much of your ugly scarred arms?" I turned startled to see the Beta in my room ring at me. I hadn''t heard her get in, how did she get in? could she teleport like Lycus too? That would make her awesomely perfect for him. "Go..od m..orni..ng." I stammered not knowing what to say as her re on me didn''t get any less contentious. "What is good about the morning when I have your stupid ass in this castle?!" She growled at me moving closer as I backed up against the table, "You still don''t want to leave uhn?" "Leave me alone." I mumbled. "What was that you said?!" She grabbed my hair yanking me from the table, "You have got quite the mouth uhn?" I whimpered as her grip tightened. "I saw youst night and saw how heart broken you were seeing Lycus and I together." She smirked, "He is mine, know that for your own good, so stay away from him or better still leave this ce with your useless pup!" She grinned, "You can never take my ce, you can never be good enough for him nor will you ever be epted here." I snapped! I reached out a hand pping her hard across the face as I felt power and confidence like never before. She let go of my hair reeling back in shock at what had just happened. I too was stunned myself. She held her pained cheek looking at me with zing eyes, "Did you just p me bitch?!" She shrieked. I backed away in fear at what she might do as her wolf was surfacing. "What is going on here?" A voice asked. It was Helena. I sighed in relief, never have I been so happy to see someone in my life. She walked through the open door and Laya quickly straightened her self ring at me. "Good day to you both." Helena smiled, "What is going on?" "I was just greeting the Alpha''s special guest." She said with contemptcing her voice, "Isn''t that right Nyx?" She asked and I nodded in affirmative as a gaze bore holes into me. "I will take my leave now." She bowed her head to Helena and left the room but not before sending me a re that said ''I will deal with youter, bitch!'' "Good morning ma''am." I greeted Helena as she walked towards me. "Ohe on Nyx, you can call me mother." She said dropping a kiss on my cheek leaving me dumbfounded at what she just said, "You look lovely." "Thank you." I blushed at her words, "Mother." I said and she smiled widely. "Come, you have been in here for long, I will show you around." I nodded silently and followed her out of the room as she began chatting about stuff. "I have a question." I said drawing her attention. "What is it dear?" She turned to me. "What rank are you? I saw the way you were treated with utmost respect at the dining hall the other day." "I am one of the members of the wolves council." She said, "I am the head of the wolves council." and my jaw dropped in shock. I couldn''t believe it. "Shocked?" She chuckled as we continued the walk. "So you are like next to the moon goddess?" I asked. "Yes." She nodded. "That is amazing." I smiled, "It would feel great to be beautiful and also powerful." Unlike me, I reminded myself. "Unlike you?" She said with a raised brow and I felt embarrassed that I had said that out loud. "Don''t think so lowly of yourself Nyx." She sighed, "You are beautiful and much more, most importantly you are a silver wolf." "Yea, an abomination." I gave a dry life at my pathetic state. "You are not an abomination." She said, "You are much more than you think." "I do not understand." I was confused, "Why do you say so?" I asked her as her words were mumbled up in my head. "You my dear." She turned to me with a smirk halting me in my tracks, "You are among what we call ''potens lupi'' " "What does that mean?" I still didn''t know what she was talking about. "Powerful wolves." _ 25 25 Nyx''s pov powerful wolves? What is she saying? I looked at her without uttering a word as her words rang in my head. What did she mean I was one of the powerful wolves, how is that even possible? I am so weak, I can''t even fight. I can''t even heal properly. "Guessing from the way you look Nyx, I must say you need more enlightenment on what I just said." She said to me, "Come with me." I nodded at her following her as she led me away. She brought me to a room which had a simr door to that of Lycus''s office, only that it was smaller. She pushed the door open and we entered. I gazed at the room admiring it. The walls were painted white and there were a lot of book shelves against the walls which were filled with books. Tall ss windows covered the far end of the room which were decorated with golden colored majestic curtains and right in the centre of the room stood a work table and afy looking cushion which was behind it. There were two other chairs before the table too. "Wee to my office Nyx." She said going round the table, "I can see you take it to your liking." "It looks marvellous." I said still staring as I stood rooted to my spot. "Take a seat dear." She gestured towards one of the chairs before her table and I did as she bid. I took a seat and watched her intently as she raised her hand, directed it towards one of the book shelves, flipped her fingers and I watched the books move in awe. She reached the one she wanted and lifted it up with that same unseen force. Telekinesis, I stared wide agape as the book came before us and was dropped on the table, "You have powers too?" I asked with my mouth still open, "Just like Lycus." "Yes, I do." She nodded with a smile, "Every wolf born into the royal family of the ruler wolves have special powers from birth." "So, what are your powers?" "We can discuss thatter Nyx." She said brushing the issue off, "For now.." She opened the book, "Let me tell you all about yourself and the abilities you have and the power you could possess." She picked up the book, it looked old, like some sort of book that would have a lot of spells and incantations written in it. "This book contains everything about wolves." She began as she flipped the pages, "From what wolves are, to the types, the colours, the powers, the abominations¡­" "I am an abomination." I said in a low voice cutting her short. "You see my dear¡­" She smiled, "That is where you are wrong, what you are might put you in grave danger, you are¡­" A knock sounded on the door interrupting our conversation and I groaned internally. Just when I was about to learn more about myself, someone had to butt in. "Come in." She said and the door opened. The person walked in and a blush crept up my face, it was Lycus. I looked down at my fingers twiddling my thumbs as I didn''t want to see his face. Although, I felt his gaze on me as he walked into the office. "Mother." He greeted his mom as he got nearer to the table, "I will be quick, would like to borrow Nyx for a moment." "Sure." She said and immediately she pped her hands together and vanished, now that was unexpected! She left leaving me alone with Lycus and I wish I could vanish with her too so I wouldn''t have to face him. "Nyx." He called and I looked up at him. He was dressed in a royal regalia which I had never seen before. He had a golden crown atop his head, an ornamented knee length coat adorned his body which was paired with ck pants just like the color of the coat. "Alpha." I bowed my head slightly, "What can I do for you?" I asked politely despite the fact that I badly wanted tosh out on him and p his face for what I had seen the other Night. "Stand up." I did as he told me and immediately I did, he moved closer to me and lifted my face up by picking my chin with his fingers. I was staring at him now, our gazes meeting. "Nyx." He called softly and he inched his face closer bringing his lips close to mine. As much as I wanted to lean in and ept the kiss, I couldn''t let myself be used again. I had been used my entire life, I couldn''t let it happen again. I summoned the courage and pushed against his chest softly moving him away from me, annoyance shed in his features. "A kiss is a kiss, not two, not three." I said to him without stammering and I was somewhat proud of myself, "You are the king, you shouldn''t go back on your words." I said, "And I am very sure you have other options if you badly need to kiss someone." "Your lover Andros has been released." He gritted obviously very annoyed at what I did, "He would be assigned with some work as I can''t have him being lethargic around the castle." He said. "When can I see him?" I asked feeling excited with the information he just told me. "You asked for me to be released and not for me to give you his whereabouts." He said with a smirk and vanished just like his mother had. I was infuriated by his attitude. what the fuck is his problem Hera? I asked her, one time he wants to kiss us, the next he is in another female''s arms, I hate him so much! Calm down Nyx! She tried to pacify me. I can''t calm down and now he wouldn''t tell me where Andros is and of course he keeps calling him my lover. Maybe he is jealous, She spected and I snorted, him? Jealous? Never! I blocked off our connection and got out of the office. Both my mate and his mother had left me alone leaving me with the task of finding my way back. I could have gotten lost if not for willow. Luckily she had stumbled upon me just when I left the office and she decided to take me outside the pack house again. I didn''t resist this time as she assured me that we weren''t leaving the premises. So I took up her offer, found Amara and followed her. "So do you have a mate?" I asked trying to make small talk as she seemed to be the only one talking while I just kept quiet all the while. "No, I haven''t found mine." She sighed, "Have you found yours?" She asked, "Oh my that is a silly question, you have a daughter surely you have found yours." She said before I could give her an answer and I decided to go with the flow considering that my case wasplicated. N?vel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner. "What is a mate mummy?" Amara asked me peering up a me, "Tell me! Tell me!" "It''s¡­" I stopped not knowing out to exin it to someone her age. "It''s?" She pulled at my clothing and Willow giggled. "It''s someone whom the moon goddess has destined for you." I said lifting her up in my arms, "Someone who is destined to love you." I said. She shook her head and smiled. "Nyx¡­" Willow said, "I have to go now, I wille hang out with you tonight okay?" "Okay willow." I smiled at her and she went off. I looked around and we were alone, it was a great time to talk to Amara now. I put her down and smoothed her hair. "Baby." I said. "Yes mummy." She answered, "I want you to have a mate mommy." She said and I almost broke into tears at the fact that she wished I should be loved, "He will be nice to you, will he?" "Some things don''t happen like we want them to." I said to her, "Not everyone will be loved." She looked confused at my words. "I don''t want you telling anyone where we came from baby or you talking about the bad Alpha." I said to her referring to Titan, "Please do not." I feared that if where we came from ever came to light, we would be forced to return and I will go back to that hell hole with Amara, who knows, he might be looking for me. She nodded at me, "I won''t mummy, can I go y now?" "Yea." I dropped a kiss on her cheek and she ran off after returning the kiss. I continued on my way and soon came to where a group of warriors were training on a part of the field. I hid my face as I passed but I couldn''t hide my smell as their disgusting nces were cast my way followed with growls. I broke into a run in as I tried to get away from them only to bump into someone. "Ouch!" I groaned falling to the ground bruising my elbows. "Are you okay miss?" I knew that voice anywhere. I looked up and I saw that dirty mass of blonde hair which looked cleaner now. Overall, he didn''t look as dirty as thest time I saw him. Andros. 26 26 Nyx''s pov "Shit Nyx!" He scowled realising who I was with a look of shock on his face, "Are you okay?" He bent down picking me up and lifting me in his arms bridal style. I felt fuzzy at his action, does he really care this much? "I am fine." I whined from the slight pain I felt in my elbows. He looked at me with worry, walked a short distance before cing me under a tree. "You are free." I smiled at him as he inspected my scratched wounds. My heart melted at his disy of affection and at the worry that filled his eyes. "Yes." He smiled and pulled me into a hug, I gasped in shock at the closeness I shared with him, "All thanks to you love." My heart fluttered at the fact that he had just called me love and I blushed. Get a hold of yourself Nyx! He pulled away from me and I got to look at him well. He was handsome, in the typical cute bad boy kinda way and not devilishly handsome like Lycus, why am I evenparing them? He had fair blonde hair which looked better as it was cleaner, beautiful eyes, a long nose and plump lips. "Keep staring at me like that and I will kiss you." He smirked and I wheezed in shock at his words. I hit him slightly causing him to chuckle, "Your mate thinks we are lovers." He whispered and I smiled, "I wouldn''t mind if you were mine though." I blushed silently not knowing what to say or how to react to his confession. I watched him as he stood up and stretched his hand out for me, I took it and he helped me get up. We just stood there staring at each other and not a word was shared. "You are pretty, Nyx." He said and I bent my head as redness crept up my cheek, "Pretty is an understatement, fuck!" No one had everplimented me in this way before, no man had ever found me desirable. I wondered if he was lying, if he was a monster underneath like other men I had met. Didn''t Lycus find you desirable? Hera snorted. Shut up Hera, I rolled my eyes at her and turned my attention back to Andros. He was still staring at me with a smile on his face. "Thank you Andros." I mumbled. "I will see youter Nyx." He moved closer and dropped a kiss on my cheek living me stunned, "I got to go now, wouldn''t want your mate to find me cking." He turned with a chuckle and walked back into the pack house. I sat back down under the tree instead of going back inside. I wanted to enjoy the little privilege I had of being outside before going back to my room. There was no one around here so it was quite peaceful. Do you think we can trust Andros? I asked Hera, I don''t know if to see him as genuine. I don''t know that too, She replied, But he seems nice although I feel like there is something off about him. Like what? I asked her, what do you feel? I can''t really ce it Nyx, I would say that we should be careful, we can''t really trust him, we do not know him too well and he''s not Lycus. I snorted at her words, You will really rather trust the person that hurts our feelings everyday over Andros? Lycus is just another version of Alpha Titan only that he doesn''t beat us which I believe will soon change. I don''t think he would ever do that to us Nyx, he is nothing like Titan. I do not agree with you, I argued with her, He kisses me and then ns to mate with another female soon, Tears were threatening to fall but I held them back, I had to stop being a cry baby despite the pain. Wanna go for a run? She asked pushing the whole topic aside and I snickered. I would love to but your darling golden mate doesn''t want us outside, I said wondering when I had be sassy but I was kinda liking the new me. oh cut it Nyx! I could tell she was getting angry, i really need to feel the earth beneath my paws again. I felt pity for her, she never actually go to run much often. Back at my original pack, we hardly ever went for runs and now the same thing was happening here. What if he finds out? I asked her as fear crept in my heart at what he would do if we defied him. we would be quick Nyx, I promise, I just need a little run and stretch. Okay, I gulped looking behind me to see therge expanse of the thick forest thaty before me. It was inviting and suddenly I wanted to go on the run more than Hera wanted to. I stood up, looked around before walking away from the tree and following the path that led deeper into the forest thickets leading me away from the pack castle. I felt a chill run through my spine as memories from the very first night I was brought here came back. I tried blocking them away, I couldn''t let them ruin this moment which will cause me to turn back, I couldn''t ruin this moment for Hera. I pushed the images that shed back in and continued walking till I reached a tree. I looked back I could only see the top of the castle behind the tress which meant I was far away from it now. I pulled off my outfit, ced it on the floor and in a swift motion I shifted into my wolf. Hera gave a low howl in happiness as her paws touched the ground. I smiled as she did a jump leaping into the air and andnding on the ground again. Ready to run? She asked me bending to pick up my clothes. Sure! I said. Belongs to ? n0velDrama.Org. She gave out a low growl before speeding off, she ran, her paws hitting the ground with dirt drifting off the ground as she strutted. Hera, we shouldn''t get far away from the castle, I said to her as she picked up her pace, In fact we should be heading back now, I didn''t want Lycus to find out, I didn''t want to get beaten if he got really angry. Just a little more Nyx, She said not slowing down on her pace, I am enjoying this. Me too but we got to go, I seriously didn''t want to get in trouble. Okay, I¡­ Her words stopped as she left out a howl in pain. She had stepped on a thorny twig. She took a step back and her hind paw got on another one making her release a more painful howl. Are you okay? I asked worriedly, Can you walk? I am in pain, it hurts, She said and instantly shifted back. I tried standing up feeling the pain in my legs but not as much as she did. I will start heading back now so you could get enough rest, I said to her and she whined. I hurriedly put on the my clothes and began limping back to the castle. It was kinda hard to walk fast and it was gettingte. I tried my best to limp fast but my efforts were halted when a gush of harsh wind blew forcing me down to the ground. Familiar blinding white light shed before my eyes and a saw a form before me. She had on the evilest smirk I had ever seen and I shivered in fear cowering away from her as I instantly began to regret why I went against Lycus''s order. It was the witch. It was Fay. 27 27 Nyx''s Pov. She descended to the ground with the wind lessening and the light around her disappearing just like thest time. She wore a ck gown which red from the waist with a very large slit and her long hair was braided this time. Shended on the floor with a thump, the light and windpletely dispersing apart from the one with kept her dress gliding. She faced me ring at me with her red ming eyes and fear coursed through me as her gaze burned me. "Well, well, well¡­" She smirked, "If it isn''t the Alpha King''s rejected mate!" She snarled at me, "The weak, ugly and unwanted luna." "What do you want from me?" I asked quivering as the powering from her doubled my fear, "I haven''t done anything." "You do not have to." She smiled. An evil smile, "You being weak, pathetic, ugly and a wimp is enough for you to be hated." She spat, "And you being in my way is enough for me to kill you!" She growled and I jerked in pure panic. "I am going to kill you bitch!" She said and that pushed me as adrenaline rushed in me. I scampered to my feet and began to run which was a very bad choice as I only limped few paces from her, I couldn''t run due to the wounds. Sheughed heartily at my poor excuse of an escape, "You should see yourself right now, so fucking pathetic." I felt a force pull me back and turn me towards her only for me to see that she had begun to influence my movements with her hands, "You should have left a long time ago." I whimpered as she raised me up in the air with that same force and a felt an invisible hold on my neck which began to tighten. I gasped for air as I wed at my neck trying to relieve myself but it only worsened. "I told you I was going to get Lycus for myself either by witchery or any means possible." She said. And one of the means is killing me right? I choked fighting for a breath, tears began to well in my eyes, "Please let me go¡­" "Oh, should I now?" She cocked her head, "I should let you go? Are you sure?" "Yes." I said without thinking and it was a big mistake. Her hands fell to her side and instantly the hold she had on me was gone causing me to fall from the high point in the air and back to the ground. Inded with a thud on my back and I groaned out in pain as I heard a crack. Hera howled in pain causing my ears to ring. Are you okay Nyx? She asked me, I am sorry I can''t help you fight back, she is too strong. I wasn''t given a chance to reply as I was lifted off the floor again and hit on the ground. This time I landed on a rock, the pain seared through me and I yelled out. "You can''t even fight back!" She kicked me in my side, "To think you are to be a luna." "Please leave me alone." I cried, "I did nothing to you." I was tired from the pain she was causing me. "You can never have Lycus." She growled, "I wouldn''t let you! Over my dead body!" He doesn''t even want me! I wanted to yell out but I couldn''t. She made a motion with her hands and I felt w like feels digging in my back causing me to howl out in pain. "Listen here bitch!" She bent to my level grabbing my hair in her hands and turning my face to hers. Her eyes still glowered in anger as she stared down at me, "You are nothing, nothing to anyone, nothing to him now and you will forever be nothing! Forget about him mating with you cause that will never happen like I said I would do everything in my power to halt you both having a thing." My heart broke at her words knowing they were true, knowing that I was nothing to Lycus or anyone. "He is never going to want you, never going to look at you with desire and if you know what is good for you, you''d be best on your feet running away from here cause when Ie back for you I wouldn''t take it easy!" She stood up, gave me onest kick before snickering at me and vanishing into thin air leaving me in my state with terrible wounds and thoughts of me being better off if she had killed me. I stayed there on the ground in the dirt for a while before feeling familiar hands getting wrapped around me. I closed my eyes as I was lifted off the ground and a kiss was ced on my forehead. Lycus? My heart leapt in Joy. "Who did this to you Nyx?" It was Andros, my bleeding heart lurched in pain. How stupid of me to think that Lycus would evere for me but I was d that someone still somewhat cared, Andros cared. He took me back to the castle grounds, right where we had been earlier that morning and he ced me under the same tree. "Who did this to you?" He raised my bruised face up to look at him and I looked away knowing I looked uglier than ever. I know fresh wounds being added to the permanent scars on my face would only result in a repulsive facial look. "Don''t look away please." He held my face again turning it to his and he stared at me, his eyes looking deep into my soul as if searching for answers, "You know I do care about you Nyx, who did this?" "How did you find me?" I croaked. "That doesn''t matter." He said, "Who did this to you?" I broke down into tears wrapping my arms around him and bringing him closer into a hug. He was shocked at first but then he epted my hug drawing me closer and cradling me in his arms as I cried my heart out. "It''s okay love." He patted my back trying to soothe me, "You can let it all out." He words drove me to cry harder and harder. After a while, I was done. I withdrew from himying my back against the tree and he took my hands in his. "Do your wounds still hurt?" He asked and I nodded in affirmative, "Do you trust me?" I looked at him with uncertainty, Did I trust him? I didn''t know that, I didn''t know if I did. He was the first person I had ever known to care about me but I didn''t know if I trusted him. "Do you trust me Nyx?" He asked again and I nodded saying yes. A part of me was curious as to why he asked. He smiled at me before entangling his hands in mine and I felt a calming sensation pass through me. My wounds began to not ache as they did and I wasn''t as weak as before. "You are a healer too?" I asked as he opened his eyes withdrawing his hands. "Yes." He smiled, "Not really a healer, I just have mild healing abilities which can''tpletely heal everything but it lessens pain at least." "Thank you." I smiled. "So, tell me what happened¡­" He asked again and I sighed before letting everything out. I told him everything I had been going through excluding my past life, I didn''t want him to know about that. Content (C) N?v/elDra/ma.Org. "You don''t deserve that Nyx." He said after listening intently to my ramblings, "You deserve better." "I don''t¡­" "Shh!" He cut me short cing a finger on my lips stopping my words, "Don''t you dare put yourself down." He said, "The King is an idiot to let you go and treat you like this, if you were mine, I would treat you right." I smiled highly ttered at his words although they were hard to believe. "You deserve to be loved and respected." He said bringing a hand up to caress my scarred cheek, I didn''t flinch nor did I push his hand away. "Nyx." He murmured lifting my face up to meet his, our gazes met and not a word was shared. His face inched slowly towards mine and I closed my eyes as I felt his lips on mine. I didn''t push him away like I was suppose to, instead I rxed into the kiss enjoying the feeling of his lips on mine as he deepened the kiss. His other hand went to my back running his hand along it and that made me pull away from him. "I am sorry." He said trying to catch his breath, "I had always wanted to do that." His words were just empty whispers in my ears as my eyes caught sight of a figure leaning against the wall, his dark eyes met mine and my heart jumped in fear. His face hardened in anger, his jaw was clenched and I could see his fists balled by his side. It was Lycus. His facial expression only confirmed one thing. He saw everything that had happened. He saw me kiss Andros. 28 Nyx''s pov Dammit! I cursed inwardly as he turned around and stormed back into the castle. He looked pretty pissed, okay that is an understatement. He looked mad, he was raging. The way his facial expression was and his clenched jaw wasn''t really enough to disy his rage. "Why do you look like you have seen a ghost?" My attention was taken back to Andros as I felt him run his fingers on my chin caressing it, "Are you okay?" "Yes, yes, I am." I cleared my throat standing up from my spot with my heart beating fast, "I had better go find Amara, it''s getting quitete." "Where can I find you Nyx?" He said standing up too, "Would love to spend the rest of the evening with you." I gave him a stunned expression as I didn''t know if to tell him where my room was or not. What if Lycus saw us together again? What if he got angrier? What if he kills me or Andros? My face paled at my thoughts as my heart continued racing, what does he care? He doesn''t want you remember? He almost rejected you! He is mating with someone else soon. "Well..." Andros began to talk, "Are you going to say something?" He asked looking at me intently, "You seem to be in deep thoughts, you do not want us meeting?" "No, it''s not that." I sighed, "I don''t quite know how to describe my room yet, so I can''t really give you details." "That wouldn''t be a problem." He said with a smirk as he suddenly pulled me into a hug. He bent his face to my neck sniffing in my scent, "Hmmm." He hummed, "You smell nice love." He said pulling me away from him. "Why did you do that?" I asked puzzled. "I have memorised your scent now, I wouldn''t have issues finding you." He smiled before cing a kiss on my forehead. My heart fluttered at his gesture, "I have to go now." He said, "See youter Nyx." He gave me onest look before skipping on his way back into the castle. "Bye." I said whispering after his retreating figure. I left there after a while and went on my way to find Amara with hopes of me not bumping into my mate. I haven''t seen Lycus for the past few days now, he didn''te to meet me or send for me. Even when I took walks in the pack surroundings, I didn''t see him. It was as if he was avoiding me. "You do not seem to be watching the movie." Willow said drawing my attention back to the TV screen, "What''s bothering you, you look confused." "It''s nothing." I said waving her off as I didn''t know if to let her in on what was happening. She rolled her eyes, took the remote and put off the Television, "We are best friends for a reason." She said and the phrase ''Best friends'' was still very foreign to me, "Spill." I looked around her room admiring it. It was way bigger than the one I was put in, she even had the luxury of a Television. Her bed was bigger too and it felt softer than mineced my fingers in the sheets rubbing them. "Are you going to say something or you are going to keep staring like you are lost?" She chuckled. Should I tell her? I was about to ask Hera but I knew she wouldn''t respond. She hadn''t said a word to me since we kissed Andros. Excuse me, you kissed him! Not we! You did it! She growled in my head before shutting out again. She was really mad that I kissed him, she imed we were cheating on Lycus, as if! Content (C) N?v/elDra/ma.Org. "Well..." I started as Willow gave me the peering look, "I kind off kissed someone." She gave a really girly squeal and giggled while wiggling her fingers, "That''s awesome, when do I meet this mate of yours?" "Uhmmm..." I trailed off not knowing how to put the issue forward to her. "Wait..." She rubbed her chin thoughtfully, "There is something you are not telling me, don''t you trust me?" She pouted giving me an awful look which struck a sad feeling in me. I was being really unfair to the only female friend I had ever made by not letting her in and I am sure she felt the friendship was one sided. "The Alpha is my mate." I said after taking a deep breath and her mouth dropped open in shock as she stared wide eyed. "Now that was unexpected." She said with a look of unbelief, "Oh my God!" She stood up from the bed before bowing slightly before me. "What are you doing willow?" I asked very confused at her actions. "Paying respect to my luna." She said and I felt the tears well up in my eyes, it didn''t take long for them to start falling and I became a sobbing mess. Willow rushed back to me and pulled me in her arms as I cried like a baby, "What''s going on?" She asked trying to console me, "What ever is happening, you will be fine." "He doesn''t want me." I sniffed, "He would never want me." I cried harder as she rubbed my back. "There, there." She said, "It''s okay Nyx." She smiled at me, "Just tell me everything." I nodded before I began to speak and of course leaving the part of Alpha Titan out, I told her about how I was found, how he almost rejected me, about the witch, Andros and every other thing that had happened. "I know what to do." She said after listening to my ranting, "There is no need to worry anymore." "What do you have in mind?" "We are going to make him jealous." 29 Nyx''s pov After agreeing to Willow''s n and she assured me that nothing could go wrong, I feltfortable going ahead with it but now there was an issue. Willow wasn''t here, she had to leave as per Alpha''s orders she had said. She left with Lycus''s mother, an emergency they called it and now I had no one to talk to but Andros.N?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content. The n was to wear this super skimpy silver dress Willow had fished out for me, hang out with Andros, make sure Lycus sees, then he gets angry and reacts. As if he wasn''t angry enough already. But now I didn''t feel toofortable with going with the n, I didn''t feel confident knowing willow wasn''t here to brace me up. I am not going to do this, I said to myself, May be when shees back, I am just going to put on the gown, see how it looks on me, pull it off and go to bed. I pulled off my present clothing and put the gown over my head pulling it down my body. I gasped looking at myself in the mirror. The gown had an open back and there was a baring at the front in the middle that exposed a little of my cleavage, the baring went all the way down stopping right above my belly button, the gown stopped way above my knees, it wasn''t too short but it was too short for me. you would have looked hot, I said to myself, If not for your ugly face and scarred body. The marks and scars were more visible with me having this gown on. I quickly pulled it off feeling very bad about myself, picked up an old bby gown and threw it on. I walked away from the mirror and back to the bed getting ready to sleep early. Amara wasn''t sleeping here tonight, she had a kid''s sleep over. I was about toy back on the bed when I heard a knock, it was familiar. I walked to the door and opened it. Andros was standing there with a huge smile on his face holding what I suspected to be packs of food, "There you are" He growled yfully with a wink and I felt my face heat up. "Hi..." I said, "What are you holding?" "Food." He shrugged, "We are going to have dinner under the moonlight." He said with a smile, "Come on..." I nodded and followed him without declining. We went outside the castle and back to that tree which was now our usual spot. We sat under it and heid out the food. I didn''t waste time in digging into it. "This is delicious." I said munching on the bite I took. "I made it." "The cook let you do that?" I couldn''t believe it, she looked like someone who was definitely going to look down on Andros too. "I have my ways." He winked at me and I blushed. "So, would you like to go for a run when we are done?" He asked. "There will be no running!" Another voice boomed answering before I could. We looked in the direction. Lycus was storming towards us with zing eyes and the auraing from him was rming. We bent our heads in respect as he reached us. "Andros is it?" He asked with a growl as he reached us, his question didn''t need an answer, "Get out!" He snapped. "I can''t leave her." Andros said stubbornly. "Are you challenging me mutt?!" Lycus faced him using his Alpha''s voice, "I said get lost!" He growled and Andros obeyed immediately. "You!" He barked turning back to me, "You areing with me!" "No! I am going nowhere." I protested but it fell on deaf ears. He bent down picked me up and threw me over his shoulders before running with wolf''s speed. We were before his office in no time. He opened the door walked in, kicked it shut with his leg and dropped me on in the floor. "What is..." "Shhh." He silenced me with his fingers on my lips, before I could say anything further, "You smell like him." He frowned, "You have been a bad girl Nyx." His eyes darkened, "A very very bad girl." He rubbed his thumb over my lower lip and I swallowed, hard. "Was he a better kisser than me?" He asked, "Is that what you do? Going about kissing men you aren''t mated to." "No..." I shivered in lust, his actions, his words turned me on. Things are about to get dirty, Hera said drooling and I shut her out. "But I saw you, I saw everything, the way you epted his kiss like you didn''t have a mate!" He said in a whisper as he ran his fingers down my throat leaving sparks. "You don''t want me." I said, "You have no right." He withdrew his hands, smirked at my words and walked over to the couch. His hands began working on his shirt buttons. What is he doing? Why is he removing his shirt? I gulped as the shirt came off revealing his sexy and muscr torso. I felt heat travel through me at the sight. Daddy wants to y, Hera panted in lust. Shut up! I snapped at her while still watching lycus. He sat on the couch with his legs wide apart, leaning backwards with his arms draped on the seat. "Come here." He crooked at me with his finger and I moved towards him wondering what he was going to do. "Lay across myps with your ass facing upwards!" Hemanded and I felt heat pooling between my legs, what is he doing to me? I did as he bid and his hand slowly lifted my dress and I closed my eyes. Soon felt my panties being dragged downwards and I heard him hiss in anger, he saw my marks. His hand came down on my ass caressing it slowly, "Bad girls get punished Nyx." He said and I fought the urge to clench my legs. "You are going to count as I spank you." He told me squeezing my ass cheek. Yes daddy! Hera howled and I rolled my eyes. spank! His hand came down, "One." I said, "I didn''t get pain like I expected, I got pleasure, I got wetter, why am I enjoying this? "Two." I yelped as his hand came down again, "Three." He spanked me again then rubbing my ass in circr motions. I was on fire. "I can smell your arousal mate." He growled lowly and I shivered with lust. I felt him hardening underneath me. "Four!" I counted again, "Five." He was done. He just spanked me five times and I was dripping wet, I felt liquid running down my legs, I had never felt like this before. "Get up." I stood up at hismand and fixed my dress, "Can I go now?" I asked meekly. "No." He said standing up not attempting to hide his bulge, "Andros seem to have found a precious sweet thing and I will be stupid to let it go, yes?" He asked trailing his hands on my face. "What do you want?" I asked getting turned on the more as his hands travelled to my neck. "Do you want to know?" His fingers traced my cor bone. "Yes." I nodded. "Get on the couch Nyx with your legs wide open, I want to taste you." 30 Nyx''s pov zing ck wolves! What in the moon did he just tell me? I clenched my legs then swallowed hard as I gaped at him hoping he''d repeat what he had just said. I couldn''t believe what I had just heard, is he joking? "I...sh...ge..." I stammered trying to form a coherent sentence while walking towards the door but it wasn''t working, his words had left me speechless. "Do you want me to repeat myself Nyx?" His hand came around my neck pulling me back to him, "Don''t run away now, I am not done with you yet." He smirked at me. I bit my lips and I saw his eyes darken. "Don''t do that kitten." His hold on my neck tightened, "Now you will get on the couch and spread open those pretty legs like the good girl you are." do it Nyx! Hera cheered at me, gosh he so hot. His hold on my neck rxed and I moved away from him walking towards the couch. He stood there watching me with a smirk and arms folded across his bare chest. I sat on the couch, raised my legs up to the seat and widened them a little. I looked down not meeting his gaze as it travelled all over my body. "Wider." He growled with lust as he walked towards me. I did as he told me to and he dropped before me on his knees, his hands came to my legs, bunching my dress up to my waist and widening my legs more. "Such a good girl." His fingers traced my thighs causing my arousal to worsen. He traced my thighs, his face tightening as he saw the marks but he never said anything. I felt somewhat powerful at the moment with the sight before me. The Alpha King was on his knees before me, ready to please me. My breath hitched as his hand came to my panties, hooking his fingers on the band, he dragged them down relieving me of them. He dropped them on the floor before returning his fingers back to my centre. I closed my eyes. "Open up!" Hemanded, "Watch what I am doing to you." His fingers traced my pubic mound as his head descended. I tried to close my legs. He pped my pussy sending desire straight through me and I moaned loudly. "Try closing them again and I will fucking tie you up." He said as he brought his head lower and lower. "Please." I moaned as he kissed my thighs teasing me not giving me what I wanted. My arousal dripped down my core and he licked a trail of it from my thigh. "Ly..." His name finished with a moan as I felt his tongue on my pussy giving me one long lick. I jolted in shock. His hands on my thighs tightened holding me down on the chair as he continued his wicked assault of my weeping core. "Lycus." I moaned threading my fingers in his hair as he devoured me like his first meal. He forced my legs wider and I could hear the slurping sound of his mouth on my core. My clit throbbed as I moaned harder trashing against his face. I felt one hand go down and his thumb grazed my clit, I moaned loudly feeling the shoot of pleasurable sparks. His thumb continued to rub circles caressing it as his tongue licked my wet folds. "Aahhhrrgh!" I screamed in pleasure feeling his mouth wrap around my clit drawing it suckling on it. My legs began to wobble as the pleasure intensified. He picked my legs up and threw them over his shoulder making him gain more ess. He drew my clit in his mouth sucking on it with much aggressiveness and then he did what I had never expected. His teeth grazed by sensitive numb and he bit down on it ever so gently. "Fuck!" I screamed feeling hot liquid rush from the core flowing from it messing up the couch and the person before me. He withdrew his head and he met my gaze, his eyes had grown darker with lust, his face was all wet and his lips were glossy with my juices. "I can see you are a squirter." His lips curled in a smirk as I felt him slip a finger into to me. I bucked against his hold throwing my head backwards. "You like that kitten?" He asked working his finger inside me my response came as a moan and he pped my ass, "Words!" "Yes." I moaned as he slipped a second finger into me. "Yes what?" He asked pumping his fingers in me aggressively and I was beginning to see stars. I stared at him being confused through my pleasure not knowing what to call him.Content (C) N?v/elDra/ma.Org. "It''s yes daddy." He said dropping a kiss on my soaked pussy and fuck! him telling me to call him daddy was hot, I got wetter and I didn''t even know it was possible. "Fuck! You are so tight." He growled, "I am going to have so much fun fucking that tight pussy of yours." He said and I clenched around his fingers. "That''s how you are going to clench around my fucking dick." He said licking my folds causing me to roll my eyes in pleasure. He withdrew his fingers and I didn''t have time to whine at the loss of them as his mouth came down again attacking my core. I felt my insides tightening as if there was something begging to be released. I had never had this feeling before. I moaned louder as his lips attacked my clit and he slipped a finger into me again Pumping aggressively. "Are you going to cum for me?" He asked and I nodded not knowing what he was talking about. The feeling I had intensified as I bucked against his fingers and his tongueshed on my clit. "Cum for me baby." He said and that was when I felt it. The tightening I had felt loosened and I felt something shoot through me, I saw stars and I moaned louder with my legs shaking and my breathing intensified. I guess I just came, for the very first time and I wanted more of that feeling. The familiar liquid oozed from me again spattering about and I blushed as he looked up at me with desire written over his features. "I made you cum and squirt twice." He winked at me as he stood up on his feet. He body came in view and my eyes travelled from his torso down to the huge bulge in his cks. He bent over me on the couch and lifted my chin up for me to meet his gaze, "Keep staring at me like that and i will take you right here on your knees." I blushed at his crude words as he withdrew from me. He walked over to his work table running his hands through his hair. I sighed as a sad feeling washed over me knowing that this only ended here, he was always using me when he was bored. I stood up picked up my panties and put them on before adjusting my dress. Without sparing him another nce I began walking towards the door, "Nyx." He called calmly and I turned to meet him. He stood up and walked towards me drawing me into an embrace startling me. He bent his head to my neck sniffing in my scent and I moaned in delight while Hera purred at the intimacy, "You smell nice." He said and I froze. Did he justpliment me? "Th..ank you." I stuttered but there was no response from him. He suddenly fell limp against my body. I could feel his skin was terribly hot and I moved away from him instinctively. Lycus fell from me to the ground with a thud. what happened to him? Hera panicked as I bent over his body trying to turn him over. I don''t know Hera, His eyes were squeezed shut and his body was still very hot, his breathing began to slow down rmingly and I felt tears prick by eyes. "Lycus, are you okay?" I asked touching his face which was very sweaty now. The office door opened with force and in walkedya the Beta. Her face furrowed in anger seeing Lycus on the floor in my arms. "Please help." I begged her having no choice, "I don''t know what is wrong with him." I cried, tears flowed down my cheeks. "What did you do to him?!" She screeched as she took in the situation, "You witch!" "I didn''t do anything, I swear." I said to her as she began to back away from him, "Why would I want to hurt him?" Hera, what is going on?! I cried to her, why is this happening? I don''t know Nyx, Her voice was muffled as she was sobbing like me, the fear of something happening to our mate was grave. "Help! Help! Help!" The Beta began to scream, "She killed the King! She killed our Alpha!" She screamed louder and I heard footsteps thumping towards our direction with noises echoing. Several armed guards rushed into the office heavily armed with swords, I looked at them shivering in fright as I backed away from lycus''s limp body. "No." I shook my head shifting away from them, "Lycus, say something! Wake up!" I screamed at him but he justid there lifeless. "Take her! She killed the King!" The Beta pointed at me with tears streaming down her face. The guards rushed towards me and grabbed me. I kicked and fought against them but they were too strong for me. "What do we do with her Beta?" They asked as they dragged me towards her. "Throw her in the dungeons for treacherous criminals." She said her voice still teary, "She shall be arranged before the elders!" They dragged me away at her words. "Please, don''t do this!" I begged them, "Please, I am innocent." My please fell on deaf ears as they dragged me outside the castle. All pack members were outside now, news travelled around fast. Different things were thrown at me apanied with insults. My only thoughts were where was Amara and what will happen to her now? Was lycus dead? Was he okay? They dragged me back to the cells where I had once been but this time was thrown in a room with no windows and no light. The iron door was mped shut after they chained me to the wall with silver cuffs. I let the tears fall more as soon as they left, cursing at the moon Goddess for bringing misfortune upon me, I hated my life. I was having a good time with lycus and then this had to happen. I was surely cursed. I stayed there chained to the wall having no choice as I wondered what judgement awaited me. 31 Nyx''s pov My eyes shot upon as the ssh of freezing cold water met me. The light streaming in from the open door burned my eyes since I was already used to pitch ck darkness, I squeezed my eyes shut at the scorching effect of the light. "Wake up you ursed mutt!" I heard a growl followed with a p across my face. I opened my eyes and came face to face with the person before me. He was one of the guards whom had dragged me out of Lycus''s office, "You die today!" He barked at me. I growled at him instead of whimpering which took him aback, a sudden surge of power rushed through me and I growled louder struggling against the silver cuffs. There was something in me that wanted to unleash fury unto him, I felt powerful but then I couldn''t unleash it, it was like I was being held back by a force and I got weaker with this force. Soon, the power died and my head fell back against the wall with my hands going limp, my breathing was quickened. The guard who has looked scared out of his wits broke into full blownughter, "You thought you could attack me?" He punched my face the impact turning my head to the side, "Weak omega! You shall meet your end today!" He spat before walking out of the cell, he closed the door and I was met with darkness again. Nyx? Are you okay? Hera asked me, what is happening to us? What are they going to do to us? I am fine Hera, I said even though I was not, my body ached and I felt strained from the sudden surge of power that I couldn''t let out, Did you feel that? That power when the guard was here? Yes, I did, She said, I felt like I could break through these chains and rip his head off his body but I couldn''t let it out. I felt the same way too, I wonder what it was? Maybe it''s rted to... Hera never got to finish her sentence as the door swung open again, several guards came in with the scariest of looks on their faces. I whimpered at their sight, they approached me and the silver cuffs were loosened, I fell to the ground with dirt staining my body. They picked me up muttering profanities as they dragged me out if the cell. The roughness of the ground pricked my skin leaving injuries and I was beginning to get bruised. "Where are you taking me?" I struggled against them screaming, "What are you going to do with me? I am innocent? Where is my daughter?! Let me go I beg off you!" I yelled crying but they all turned deaf ears and dragged me outside the dungeons. "Keep talking and we would tie you to the horses to drag you on the earth all the way to the hearing like the scum you are!" A guard spat on me and I kept mute. I was hurled into an iron cart that was attached to the steeds, other guards entered the cart with me. Silver cuffs were ced on my hand and one of them signalled to the cart rider and he began to move. We rode away from the castle grounds, through the forest, deeper into it and through the ride, i cried silently while Hera whimpered in my head as we both wondered what our fate would be. The carriage stopped and I was brought down. We walked a short distance before we came to an ancient building, I was dragged through the gates and pushed to an open clearing. I heard boos and shouts instantly, I looked up to discern my surroundings. I was in something like an open stadium only that the clearing was circr, there were seats around it which were filled with the royal pack members who couldn''t stop hurling insults at me. In the middle of the clearing was arge podium which housed some seats, I was met with familiar faces of members at the breakfast table and of course the Beta,ya. "Move mutt!" The guards pushed me leading me to the podium and as I ascended the boos increased.N?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content. "Witch! Traitor! Harlot!" And all sort of insults were thrown at me. I climbed onto the podium and saw my daughter standing there crying. "Baby!" I yelled pulling myself from the guards and rushing towards her, I threw my cuffed hands around her and she hugged me back crying. "Mummy, they want to kill you." She sobbed, "They took fluffy away." She cried louder. I was dragged away from her by the guards causing her to fall on her back. She stood up trying to follow me and shetched onto one of them biting him on his leg. He yelped kicking her aside and she fell back, "Stay put mutt!" He growled at her, "Put your bastard in ce." He yelled at me and I gave Amara a soft look. She walked back to where she had been standing. I was dragged before the pack elders and made to drop on my knees with my head bowed. "Silence!" One of them spoke and the crowd instantly went mute, "We shallmence the trial of the one who dared to murder the Alpha King!" He pronounced and the crowd erupted in shouts again, "I said silence!" They all went silent again, "This is an act of treachery that needs to be attended to immediately and so we the elders shall pass the judgement instead of waiting for the wolves council as we cannot have a murderer in our midst!" Content "I am no murderer!" I growled at them and a blow was delivered to my back causing me to fall. "Mummy!" Amara cried and I heard someone growl at her which made her shut up. "Let the first witnesse to tell us what she had seen." A different elder spoke and I saw a brown haired womane forward to the podium. I had never seen her in my life. "My lords." She bowed before them courteously, "I have seen her sneaking potions in the Alpha''s meals!" She said and every one gasped including me, "My guess was that she was poisoning the Alpha slowly and once I confronted her, she attacked me iming to end my life and that of my pups if I was to breathe a word." She said breaking into tears. I was too shocked to say a word as tears streamed down my cheeks at what she had just said. I had never seen this woman before, I didn''t know her. She was dismissed and two other people came up telling tales of how I had attacked them when they found out my ns of bringing down the Alpha. "My lord." Another witness spoke, "This harlot drugged me knowing I was one of the Alpha''s guards, she got into bed with me and used some mystic powers on me coaxing me to tell her more about the Alpha." And soon it was time for the Beta. She walked to the witness stand and burst into tears, making the crowd to murmur pitiable words at her. She was handed tissues, "I saw her do it." She sniffed wiping her tears, "I saw her drain life out of him with her hand movements, i saw her kill lycus, your Alpha, my future mate!" She cried angrily provoking the crowd, "She is just like thest one!" The crowd gasped and I wonder what she meant by that, "I never wanted him to take in an omega who was a rogue but your Alpha is too kind to see evil! I couldn''t stop her, she had some hold on me and now Lycus is gone, I just hope he survives this." She cried harder and she was led away from the witness stand back to where she was seated at the table. "Due to the credible witness tales that we had heard today, we find the used guilty." An elder pronounced and the throng screamed in joy, "What punishment do we give her Betaya?" "I wished she and her daughter be burned at the stake after she gets whipped!" She pronounced and I got mad. "Leave my daughter out of this!" I freed myself from the guards and shifted into my wolf letting Hera take over. Everyone gasped at the sight of my wolf as she pranced around growling. Hera jumped to attack the Beta but something pierced her fur, silyer. She fell to the floor giving me back control instantly. I was naked and weak as the silver had hit deep. "Kill her! She is the cursed silver wolf! Abomination! Burn her! Hang her!" The shouts came and one of the elders raised a hand causing them to turn quiet. I was dragged before them again and made to kneel. I was breathing heavily. "She is found guilty and thereby sentenced to a thousandshes then death by being burned and her daughter banished!" My sentence was pronounced and they all screamed in jubtion. Amara cried as I was dragged to where I was to beshed. I was tied to a wooden bench and theshing began. The whip hit me causing pain as it wasced with silver spikes. I cried out with each hit as the crowd counted, I could feel blood running over my body. I could feel fresh wounds opening and I could feel myself getting weaker. I couldn''t even feel Hera anymore. I stayed mute not even being able to cry further as the whip came down the present hit worse than thest, I stayed mute epting my cruel fate. 32 Lycus''s pov Everything seemed foggy around me as soon as I opened my eyes. I blinked severally trying to get a clear vision of where I was. I was met with the sight of familiar ceilings, smoky atmosphere and my nostrils were filled with pungent smell. I wheezed as smoke made its way into my nose. I flung off the covers that wereid on me and struggled to get off the bed. I was shirtless, why was I shirtless? Where the fuck am I? My head banged as I stood on my feet, they were wobbly and I felt light headed. The room was dark but I could see nheless as I had extra vision as an Alpha. Spyro are you there? I triedmunicating my wolf, can you hear me? yes I can, He answered, where are we? And where the fuck is my Nyx? I froze at his words, Nyx? Where was she? Images of what I could recall began flooding in my head. I remembered the passionate moment we had shared, me ravishing her sweet core and how I made her cum and after that I remember hugging her before falling into unconsciousness. The door opened interrupting my thoughts and in walked who I had guessed it was from the way the room was. "Your highness." He said bowing before me as soon as he entered, "You might want to sit down, you need to rest." He walked towards me hunched on his walking stick. "Xerxes." I called his name with a nod while I sat back down on the bed, "What happened to me?" He walked over to me, dropped his stick and held my head in his hands, "Can you sense your wolf?" He asked. "Yes." I nodded in affirmative. "Good, that means he wasn''t affected then." He said and I was puzzled. "Speak clearly, do not confuse your King." He let go of my head with a smirk and stepped back taking his stick, "I see you have found your mate, my king." "No." I lied, no one was to know I had found her, how did he ever know? you are such an idiot! Spyro cursed at me. "Don''t lie to your healer, my King." He smirked at me and I sighed in defeat, "You will want to tell me the truth." "Yes, I have found her." I said, "What has that got to do with what happened to me?" He walked further away from me towards some shelves where he stretched, took down a bottle and returned to where I was. "What do you want to do with an empty bottle?" I asked him. "Oh this, I might need itter." He dropped it on a small bench next to us. "So what exactly happened?" "You are bewitched!" He said to me and I wasn''t shocked at his revtion, "A type of spell has been cast on you." "What type?" "The type that causes one to hate his mate." He said, "And the bad thing is, it will drain your energy making you really weak, that is the side effect of the spell cast on you." He exined, "The good thing is you wolf was too strong for the spell to take over him and so it only affected you." "How does the spell work? Why did it affect me and not spyro?" I asked trying to make sense from hisst statement. "The spell works when you already have pending hatred towards what the person who casted the spell wants you to hate." He answered my question tapping the end of his stick where my heart was, "Tell me more about this mate of yours." "She is exactly like the one before her and they both appeared in the same manner." I said and he hummed. "That doesn''t mean she is like her." "I cannot take chances Xerxes." I growled at him, "How do you break the spell?" "By getting closer to your mate." He smiled at me, "It''s the only way you can break the spell." He said and I groaned loudly. "Is there any other option aside that?" I inquired. "Of course there is." He nodded, "Your not doing as I say and the spell keeps affecting you thereby you be so weak, your throne gets taken from you cause no one wants a weak king!" He snapped at me. I had nothing to say to him and we both stayed silent for a while. "Getting closer will be quite a hard task." I sighed breaking the silence. "Why? Cause you hate her kind?" I nodded not having to answer verbally. you didn''t think about hate when you were face fucking her pussy! Spyro snickered at me as he was highly irritated by my attitude, drop this hate shit and fucking ept the one the moon goddess has chosen for us. I ignored him and took my attention back to Xerxes, "Give her a chance." He said to me, "I know what happened in the past must have been tragic but.."Belongs to ? n0velDrama.Org. "Who do you think did this?" I asked cutting him short not wanted to hear talks of giving chances, "Do you think she is the one? She has to be the one it happened when I was near her." oh moon goddess, why did you pair me such a daft?! I rather be paired with a squirrel! Spyro whined in my head causing me to frown. "No your Highness, I think it''s a really strong witch." "It''s fay." I whispered in realisation suddenly remembering all her threats. oh bravo! Genius! Bravo! He finally deciphered the obvious, what a clever king! You might want an award perhaps? I have had enough of your sass! I growled cutting off our connection. I mind linked the most of the warriors immediately and they all came rushing in the room in an instant. "Good to see you are awake your highness." One said as they all bowed before me. "I am d too." I said to them, "Get some of your men and go find fay, the coven queen, bring her alive!" I said and they all stood at attention to my order. "Your highness, the person who had tried to kill you is currently being punished as she deserves." "Who do you speak off?" I asked confused. Something is off! Spyro said, Something is wrong somewhere. "The omega slut whom was found in your office." The person who had spoken before answered and I lunged towards him holding him by his neck, just then I felt a harsh pain tear through me and it only meant one thing, it was Nyx and she was in danger. "Where the fuck is she?" I growled at him. "The pack elders gathering." He wheezed and I immediately dropped him and breezed through the door. I ran with my Alpha speed towards where they said she was. I reached the location and I could hear cheers and chanting. I caught her scent it was mixed with blood, I ran straight into the ce and reached the clearing in an instant. I could see members of the elders at the table including my Beta. Nyx was bleeding on the floor lifeless with a guard standing above her whipping her mercilessly. How dare they?! I growled in angermanding attention as I shifted letting spyro take over. He didn''t waste time in lunging at the guard, bringing him to the ground and snapping his neck. The whole crowd went hush. 33 Lycus''s pov "Who did this?!" Spyro growled furiously stepping away from the body, the anger he felt was way greater than mine and every single person present had their head bowed, "I asked a fucking question!" He barked at the Elders at the table. There was no answer which only enraged him further. I swear I am going to snap every one of their heads if I do not get a fucking reply! He growled at me, They will pay for hurting what is mine! Calm down, I tried to pacify him but he blocked me out and made way to where Nyxid on the floor. Her crying daughter was already there cing her hands all over her. The girl flinched in fear on seeing Spyro. "Calm down I won''t hurt you." He said to her as he reached Nyx. Sheid on the floor almost lifeless, she bled all over. He bent and licked her face but there was no response. He let out a loud howl in pain as he turned back to the table, "If I do not get a fucking answer, I am ripping all of you to shreds!" "She deserves what she got!" The Beta spoke and I knew she was going to regret it with the way Spyro whipped his head towards her. "What did you just say mutt?!" He growled at her. Give me back control, I pleaded with him as I didn''t want him to do anything rash, he wasn''t thinking clear. Laya shook with fear as he breathed furry towards her, "She tried to kill you." She said, "She deserved it." Spyro leapt jumping over the table and tackling her to the ground, gasps came from the crowd seeing what had just happened. She whimpered as he growled at her trapping her with his paws, her neck was bowed in submission, "I am sorry Alpha." She said. "I could easily snap your neck or throw you in the dungeons, all because Lycus tolerates you doesn''t mean I will!" He said to her before walking away after giving her a growl. He gave me back control, I shifted and ran over to Nyx quickly picking her up in my arms. I felt her lean into my touch as itforted her.N?vel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner. You fucking caused this! Spyro reprimanded me but I ignored him and walked over to the table, their heads were still bowed and Laya was on her feet now fixing herself up. "I understand your wolf is furious." One of the Elders spoke, "But my King she has to be dealt with, she is an abomination, she tr..." "Complete your words, I dare you!" I said to him, my tone was low yet daring. He said nothing as I expected. "He really is bewitched! Look at him being all protective over her! She has cursed our King! Oh the moon goddess save him! She really is a strong witch!" Murmurs loud enough for my hearing rose from the crowds making it really hard for me to keep my cool. "Silence!" I barked at them and they all went mute, "Not another word! And anyone caught saying false things shall be hanged!" "But your highness..." One of the Elders protested. "Defy my orders, I dare you!" I sent her an icy cold re that got her cowering, "I believe I am done here." And with my final statement I raced out of the ce in a bid to get Nyx back to the healer and not the pack doctors this time, her wounds were too severe. you know you could just teleport dumbass! Spyro snapped at me halting me in my tracks. I rolled my eyes at him and immediately did as he said. I appeared in the healer''s room and he still got startled even after I had mind linked him, "Are you trying to give me a heart attack?" I avoided his question and went straight to the bed cing her on it, I drew some covers over her. "She is in critical condition." I said as he walked over to us, "Is there anything that can be done? Brew some herbs or something!" I shrieked as I felt her hand which I held getting colder. "First of all." He said, his voice was calm, too calm, "Hold her closer, the mate bond will help." He said and I did as he told me to. "Secondly, put some shorts on." I grabbed the pair of shorts he threw towards me and hurriedly put them on then went back to holding Nyx. I heard her sigh and I felt her getting warmer. Xerxes returned with some potions and set them aside on the table then he motioned for me to stand up. I did as he bid and watched him intently. He reached out his hand trying to draw the covers down but I stopped him, "What are you doing?" "Are you going to let me heal her or not?" He asked giving me a pointed look. "Well, can''t you do that without seeing her naked?" I red at him not wanting him to see what was mine, he had no right. "I am beginning to think that you know my job better than I do." He gave me a dry smile, "Let me heal her or she dies and you be useless due to her death and leave with the guilt for the rest of your life!" I backed off at his words letting him do his thing. He drew the covers away grimacing at the wounds and began to drip the potions over her The bleeding began to lessen and her skin was gaining colour again, "I won''t be able to heal it all buther wolf is strong which will aid in immediate healing." He continued his process before setting down the vessels containing the potions. "Will she be fine?" I asked him as I looked at her unmoving body. I was worried just like the first time when I had saved her from an attack. "She will be." He patted my back, "We just have to sit and wait." After some time I left the room to attend to other delicate affairs. I had everyone involved in the sentencing of Nyx dismissed and I went to meet with the soldiers I had sent off to find Fay. "What do you mean you didn''t find her?" I growled at them mming my fists on the table causing them to jump in fright, "Get out of my office, go find her, search the human world if you have to and do not show your face here if you haven''t found her or else I would have your heads!" "Yes Alpha!" They bowed down to me before getting out of the office. I stood up from my chair and teleported back to the healer''s chambers to check on Nyx. Her condition was worsening as her wolf only got weaker despite the potions and getting the doctors involved, Seeing hery motionless on the bed tore at my heart and only had myself to me. I left the room and went back to my office. The anger and fury I felt due to my mate being harmed was Beginning to drown me. Spyro had withdrawn due to the incident and I was left by myself. I picked up my office chair and threw it to the wall letting out a frustrated growl. Everything was a mess. My mate was unconscious and Fay was no where to be found. 34 Lycus''s povN?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content. I flinched as her palmnded on my cheek, the effect of the hit turning my face sideways. I couldn''t retaliate. If it was to be another person they would have been dead by now but in this case it was different, very different. "You are such a fucking idiot!" She cursed at me ring daggers but I kept mute, "You are the cause of this! Look what the poor girl is going through all because of you, Lycus!" She shrieked at me. "How the hell is this all my fault?" I snapped back at her, "How is it my fucking fault?!" Are you seriously asking that genius?! Spyro snorted at me loving the exchange between us, he was d that I was getting reprimanded. "If you had epted her as your luna and treated her as the one destined for you, if you had loved her and respected her, no one would darey a hand on her be it you being present or not!" She let it all out in one breath, "But no, I raised a fool!" "Mother." I said lowly, "I am sorry." "You are sorry?" She scoffed, "Look at her." She pointed her Nyxying still on the bed, "You should be fucking sorry to her, who knows if she would survive?" I didn''t have a reply to give her as guilt began to gawn at me. "You do not know how blessed you are having finally found your mate." She said tearing up and I didn''t know if to draw her in an embrace or stay where I was due to her anger, "Your father passed on leaving me heartbroken and no one has ever filled his void but here you are having the luxury of a mate but you chose to be stupid." She sniffed wiping her tears. I moved closer to her and drew her in a hug which she didn''t refuse as I had feared, "I am so sorry mum." I patted her back, "And as you know, it isn''t entirely my fault, I told you Xerxes had said that I was bewitched with a spell causing me to hate my mate." "And he also said that for it to work, you must have hated her kind yourself." She reminded me. "And also having hate for her Kind isn''t my fault." I chipped in, "You already know what happened before and how I can''t trust her." "She isn''t like that son." "I can''t take chances." I said and she sighed in defeat, "It''s really hard on me." "You just have to try." She smiled up at me before moving away from my embrace, "I have got matters to attend to son, I will see youter." She kisses my cheek before vanishing into thin air. I rubbed my temple with my fingers as I moved towards Nyx on the bed. I sat on it and leaned in towards her caressing her hair with my fingers, I felt the sparks but they were dull which frightened me, she was slowly slipping away. I moved from her hair to her face tracing it, taking note of the scars that covered it. My heart lurched knowing someone had hurt my mate and observing her up close began to make me wonder what her story was. No Lycus, I chided myself, Not again, you can''t be a fool twice. I stood up from the bed abruptly and walked towards the door, my hand wrapped around the door knob and I casted onest nce at her before walking out of the room. My eyes scanned the pages briefly before flipping it aside and moving on to the next. I had a lot of workload which were slowed down cause of my mood being affected my Nyx''s state. I picked the next file and did the same like I had done for the others. I put it aside and was about to take the next when I heard my office door open. It was Laya, I could smell her. I frowned as I raised my head up to look at her. She closed the door behind her and sashayed her way towards me moving her hips seductively. You had better get her out of this office before I take over and do it myself! Spyro growled huffing in my head. "What do you want?" I asked her ignoring spyro''s threats which only made him more livid. "Isn''t it obvious?" She winked at me, "I want you." I rolled my eyes and went back to my paperwork, "As you can see, I am busy and I do not have time for this." I warned her. "Your wolf doesn''t like me." She said. "I wonder why?" I muttered sarcastically while still paying attention to my paperwork. "What are you going to do with her?" "That shouldn''t concern you." I said knowing she referred to Nyx. "Are you going to ept her or reject her?" She asked and I growled sending her a warning look. "She''s weak, an abomination and not fit to bena." She stated, "You can''t mate with her, no one would allow it, you shall stille to me." She said with a smirk and i couldn''t help but know that she was somewhat right. Nyx isn''t worthy to be luna, I thought deeply. And you aren''t worthy to be king! Spyro snapped at me, Why the fuck was I paired with you? I rather be a lost wolf soul! "You are going to be a fool twice, if you aren''t careful." She said still smirking at me, "Don''t say I didn''t warn you!" "Laya, do not talk to your Alpha like that!" I snapped at her using my alpha tone and her neck was immediately bowed in submission. "I am sorry." "Leave before I make you truly sorry!" I growled and she hurried off leaving the office. I ran my hand through my hair as I let out a frustrated sigh. what if she is right? What if this will be worse and more disastrous? I couldn''t help as the thoughts ran through my mind. come quickly! something just happened, Xerxes mind linked me interrupting my reflections and I leapt off my seat frantically. is she okay? Is anything the matter? I asked hurriedly closing the files on the table, speak up! I am afraid, there is a problem your highness, He said sounding really worried, Your mate, she is dead. 35 Nyx''s pov I didn''t know if to panic at the unclear sight of Lycus pinning the old man whom I had never seen before to the wall. Their words were all mumbled up to my hearing and I couldn''t even see them well as my eyesight was foggy. I tried regaining my senses as I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them again. I mustered enough strength to sit up on the bed which Iid on but it wasn''t sessful as I fell back on it, I decided to strain my ears to know what exactly was going on as I listened to their conversation. "How dare you xerxes?!" My mate growled squeezing the man''s neck, he gasped for air and I had begun to fear for him, "What the fuck were you thinking?!" "It was just a joke." The older man wheezed as the hand around his neck tightened, "forgive me please." "Why the fuck did you tell me she was dead?" Lycus didn''t look like he was forgiving him anytime soon and are they talking about me? "I could end you!" "I do not think that would be a very wise decision." The man said and Lycus heaved a sigh before releasing his hold on him and he fell to the floor. The man stood up and picked a walking stick which I hadn''t noticed earlier while Lycus turned to me. He stared at me and I returned the gesture, his eyes raked down my body darkening and it was then I realised that I was naked. I blushed while I quickly drew the covers back covering my body. "You are awake." He said strolling towards the bed, his gaze not leaving me. "Isn''t it obvious that she is?" The old man rolled his eyes and Lycus immediately sent him a re that got him cowering away. "How are you feeling?" He asked sitting really close to me on the bed, I flinched, distancing myself away from him and I saw a hurt expression ovee his features which he immediately masked. "I..a..m..fi..ne." I stuttered unintentionally and he quirked a brow at me. Stuttering again Nyx? I chided myself. He moved closer to me but this time, I didn''t move away. He took my face in his palms assessing me as if trying to check if I was actually fine. "Come Xerxes." He signalled to the old man who had been standing some feet from us watching us with a smirk on his lips, "He is the pack''s healer." Lycus told me. I watched as the man approached hunched on his stick. He had long brown hair and pale skin with bright blue eyes. He reached the bed and signalled for Lycus to get up which he did without hesitation. The man peered at me intently as I returned his gaze wondering what he was doing, "Can you sense your wolf?" He asked me and I nodded. I could sense Hera but we hadn''t talked since I regained consciousness, "How do you feel physically?" "Weak." I groaned, "But my wounds do not ache as much." I added with a small smile and he nodded his head. "Why did you copse at the office?" I asked Lycus as he sat back down on the bed. "It''s nothing." He frowned. "It''s something." The healer chimed in. "It is none of her business." "Okay your highness." The healer bowed before him and then turned to me, "Your mate has been bewitched to hate you but the potion worked stronger cause he already had hate for your kind and the only way to break the spell is if he bes closer to you or else he bes really weak due to the spell." The healer let out in one breath and Lycus growled angrily while I tried to process what the healer had just said. "I will deal with youter Xerxes!" He snarled at him before snatching me up from the bed and at the same time wrapping the sheets around my body. He held me really close to his chest, sparing onest re at the healer, he teleported and Instantly we were in my room. Content He took long strides towards the bed and ced me on it. "Are you sure you are okay?" He asked taking my face in his hands, "I need you to be fine." He rubbed his thumb on my cheek. "Why?" I gritted at him, "So you can''t be weak due to the mate bond or so that you can use me to break the spell?" He frowned at my question and moved away from me, "I shall send food up for you, do try to get some rest." He said and walked out of the room banging the door behind him. I was stunned as he left knowing that the reason why he didn''t deny my thoughts was because it was the truth, Nyx do not cry, do not cry, do not cry, I tried holding my tears back not wanting to cry over someone who didn''t even care about me. I stood up from the bed, dropped the sheets and they pooled around my legs. I stepped out of them and walked to the bathroom to take a bath. I stood under the shower fighting hard to keep back my tears as the water flowed down my body, my wounds stung a bit but not too much. I finished the bath quickly and walked out of the bathroom in a towel only to meet with a pleasant sight. Amara was sitting on the bed swinging her legs and I could see that she held fluffy in her hand. She jumped down from the bed on seeing me and ran to hug me. "You are back mommy." She squealed as I picked her up with my waning strength, "I missed you mummy." "I missed you too baby." I smiled kissing her head. I walked back to the bed and dropped her on it while she continued talking as I dressed up. I wore a simple gown after drying of my wet skin and went back to join her on the bed. I pulled her close in a hug as she began to cry. "Why are you crying?" "The bad people, they beat you, there was blood." She sniffed, "They pushed me and took fluffy." She looked up at me with a puffy face, teary eyes and running nose. "It''s okay baby, we are fine now."N?vel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner. "I want us to run away just like we ran from the bad Alpha." Just as I was about to give her a reply, the door was flung open and in ran an excited willow. I smiled seeing my best friend again and stood up from the bed with Amara attached to my hip. Willow engulfed me in a hug as she gushed about how much she missed me. Soon enough my mate''s mother entered the room with a tray of food wearing a wide smile. She also hugged me just as willow had done, "If I was around I would have stopped them dear." She sniffed trying not to cry, "I am so sorry you had to go through that." Content I smiled at her and reassured her that it wasn''t her fault, it never was. We all had lunch together and after sometime they left saying that had some work to attend to. Night came quickly and I put Amara to bed beforeying down next to her. After unsessful minutes of trying to fall asleep I stood up and left the room in a bid to find Andros while hoping that I do note across Lycus. 36 ********* Nyx''s pov I walked through the hallways, down the familiar staircase and straight towards the kitchen. The mumbles of the pack members having dinner in the kitchen got louder as I neared the door way. I got to it soon and all mumbling stopped as they noticed my presence, my breath hitched in my throat as all eyes turned towards me. I stood there frozen in my spot as time seemed to stop, were they going to attack me? Cuss at me? Insult me? Throw things at me? I began to wobble a bit at my thoughts of what they might do till they all decided to suddenly turn back to their dinner. I let out a breath of relief and silently scanned the crowd for Andros, he wasn''t there. I was about to move further when I felt a touch at my back and I was suddenly pulled into a body causing me to yelp. "Rx Nyx, it''s me." The person said and I realised it was Andros. I quickly turned around hugging him tightly as I had missed him and our conversations, "I missed you so much." He said rubbing my hair as he sniffed in my scent. "I missed you too." I smiled up at him and I felt Hera grumble at the over familiarity. I shifted away from him as the thought of someone seeing us crept in my mind but all the others present seemed too interested in their meals to pay us heed. "Come." He said taking my hand in his as he led me through the kitchen and out of it into the back. He led me to a tree, it was a smaller one this time and not the usual tree we hung out at. "I am sorry about what happened to you." He said as soon as we sat under it," You didn''t deserve to be treated that way." He held my hands in his caressing them, "I wish I could protect you." "It isn''t your fault Andros." I mumbled, "It''s all mine, if I try to be less hated I wouldn''t get in trouble." "Don''t say that Nyx." He frowned at my words, "Who wouldn''t love you?" "Well my mate, for a start." I said giggling dryly as I tried tough off the horrible fact that Lycus wanted nothing to do with me, "Do you know why everyone was staring at me like that, back at the kitchen?" "Cause you are very pretty." He smiled brushing a lock of hair from my face. I blushed beet red at his action andpliment. "Thank you." I said, "I am being serious though." I continued, "They just stared at me without a word of insult or an attack attempt." "It''s cause Lycus may have kinda warned them all to stay away from you." He said and I was shocked at his statement. "He did that?" I asked as it was hard to believe.N?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content. "Yes, he did." Andros sighed, "He was really mad at everyone of the elders including the Beta for what they had put you through." See! I always knew that mate cared, Hera purred excitedly at the back of my head on hearing Andros''s words. I snorted at her and shifted my attention back to the man before me, "But he hates me." He hummed, "How are you feeling now? Have your wounds healed?" "Not all too well." I sighed, "But I am good." "That''s good to know." He held onto my hands tightly and I felt something pass through me, he was trying to sooth my present pains and my heart warmed at how much he cared, "Feel much better now?" He asked and I nodded which made him smile. We sat there for a while chatting about random things and I was really enjoying hispany. "Nyx, can I ask you something?" He said and I nodded giving him a go ahead. "You do know that I really really like you right?" He asked and I stared nkly at him not knowing what response to give, "I want to know if you like me too." "I do." I mumbled lowly as I didn''t see the need to lie, but I didn''t know if I liked him as just a friend or it was more. "Will you run away with me when things get worse?" He asked and I was about to answer when someone suddenly appeared before us. "Having fun, I see." He sneered at us breathing in anger. I didn''t know how Lycus found us but he happened to be standing right there staring daggers at us, especially Andros. Andros immediately got the memo, he stood up bowed before Lycus, gave me a sad look before turning and going back I to the house leaving just my mate and I. "Who is he to you?" He asked as I stood up from the ground watching in warily. I didn''t know how far his anger could go and he seemed really angry. "We are just friends." I answered swaying a bit on my feet and he caught me before I could fall, sparks travelled all over me as he drew me closer and peered down at me with those gleaming dark eyes. "Just friends do not hang out around each other all the time." He said swinging me in his arms in one motion, "You are weak, you should eat." "I am not hungry." I protested. "Do not defy me Nyx." He boomed as he walked back into the pack house. "It''s not like you care, you just want to get closer to me to break the spell." I confronted him with my words and I saw a shift in his features. "That isn''t entirely true." He said and my face fell at the fact that most of my words were true. We entered the kitchen and luckily it was empty. He plopped me down on a chair next to the counter before turning around towards the shelves to get me something to eat, "What pack are you from Nyx?" He asked and Kwas stunned that he was inquiring about my personal formation. "I am a rogue." I lied not wanting him to know about my shameful past of being rejected and tossed around. "You are lying." He turned towards me with a te in his hand and he set he food before me. "I am not." Targued not wanting him to perceive that I was actually lying. I picked a spoon that he had ced before me and dug into the food as he just sat there watching me with amusement on his face. S "We are going on a date tomorrow." He said and I stared at him in horror being greatly surprised yet horrified at what he had just said. "Wh...y..." I stammered. "Cause I said so." He frowned, "Now, eat up." He said to me and I did as he said. "Aren''t you going to eat?" I asked him reaching for the ss of water he had given me. "Oh no darling, don''t need this." He said, "I have my meal right before me." He said with a wink and a quick dart of his tongue across his lips. choked on my drink knowing the meaning of what he had just said and I blushed furiously. Content He chuckled at my reaction and I looked up at his face to see a small smile creep upon his lips. My heart jumped at the sight. This was the very first time, Lycus had just smiled at me. 37 Nyx''s pov "How long will you be gone mommy?" Amara pulled at my dress as I stood before the mirror with Helena brushing my hair and Willow trying to apply some powder on my scarred face. "I don''t know yet baby." I said to her, "But I will be back soon, I promise." "Can Ie with you?" She asked with a pout and I gave her a light smile. She couldn''te with me, Lycus had said that he wanted it to be just the two of us and I found it strange. "No baby, you can''t." I cooed at her, "You are going to y with fluffy, willow and mummy Helena while I am away okay?" I reassured her rubbing her head and she nodded before going to sit on the bed. "You look wonderful my dear." Helena said as she finished with my hair. Her hands were ced on my shoulders and she gave them a light squeeze, "Lycus will be pleased." "Can''t wait to see the Alpha King looking all mesmerized." Willow squealed excitedly as she stepped away from me too. I didn''t say a word to them, I only smiled lightly in response. My gaze trailed to look at my reflection in the mirror and I couldn''t believe their words of me looking wonderful and how Lycus would be mesmerized. My hair was done up in a loose bun and I had on a simple white dress which had cream colored buttons from the neck down till the waist line and they had given me ts to wear which were the same color of the buttons. "Thank you." I smiled at them and they both smiled back, "Do you really think he would like me? Do I look good at least?" "Stop thinking about yourself so lowly." Willow scoffed at me, "Come on Nyx." "You look gorgeous as always my love." Helena gave me a kiss, "Now it''s time for you to go give my son some butterflies." She winked at me and I blushed. I kissed Amara goodbye before Willow and Helena hurried me out of the room to go see my mate. He had mind linked them that he was waiting for me downstairs. Calm down Nyx, I can feel that you are so nervous, Hera said to me trying to calm me down, You just have to breathe and take it easy. What if I mess it up? I don''t even know where we are going? What if I do something bad or embarrass him in public? I let out all my fears to Hera and she did an eye roll before sighing. Do not worry, none of those will happen, She assured me, Just be you. Just be you! Just be you! I chanted in my head as I cut off the connection walking down the stairs to see my mate, But who am I? Who was I ? I kept chanting the words to myself as I nearly reached the front door when I suddenly tripped over and fell t on my face, "Ouch!" I cried out as my head throbbed in pain. "Watch where you are going next time!" A voice barked at me, a very familiar one. I stood up toe face to face with the Beta,ya. She sneered at me while her eyes bore holes in my soul, "You think you are special cause he is taking you out?" "Why didn''t he take you instead?" I said before I could keep my words in me. She fumed with anger at the fact that I talked back. "You ugly scarred bitch!" She screeched, "He is just using you!" She barked at me and her words hurt, "Wait till he is done, he will toss you aside ande back to me." She bumped my shoulder before storming away. I tried not to cry as I smoothed my dress and got out of the castle. I couldn''t let my only chance of having fun to get ruined. I walked towards where I was told Lycus would be waiting for me. He was already there leaning against a ck car which I didn''t know what type it was. He wore a white shirt and simple ck pants, his head was bent low as he tapped away on his phone. He raised his head up as he saw me, a small smile crept to his lips as I drew nearer, it made my heart flutter even though I knew that he was just using me, "You look beautiful Nyx." He got off the car and took quick steps towards me before pulling me into a hug. He sniffed at my neck inhaling my scent, "You are beautiful." "Tha...nk you." I stuttered a bit amazed that he hadplemented me. He pulled away and walked me to the car, it was at this point that my nervousness heightened. I had never been in a car before. "Are you okay?" He asked noticing my sudden shifts in emotion, I nodded that I was fine and he opened the car door for me to get in. I got in and he got to the other side and joined me in it. My hands began to quake a bit as he moved to start the car, "Seat belt Nyx." He said. "Uhn?" I looked at him not knowing what he was talking about. He only shook his head reached across my seat which caused me to shift backwards in panic, he pulled out a stretchy belt thing from a part of the car, pulled it across my chest, his finger tips brushing my boobs as he did so. I closed my eyes in pleasure as his touch ignited a fire within me, Maybe we should do this seat belt thing more often. He hooked it in a ce, moved back to his seat and started the car. The ride was a somewhat long one and it was silent. I tried not to puke through out the ride, it was my first time riding in a car and the way it moved fast was somewhat strange and nauseating to me. Although, I loved watching Lycus drive and turn what I learnt was the steering wheel, with his hair ruffled and his hands with long fingers that had once been inside me, I was getting super turned on. Horny bitch! Hera giggled. We were in the human territory now and he took me to what was known as the Cinema. I had never been to one before, he said we were going to watch a movie. We got down from the car and he took my hand leading me straight into the building. We got to a counter where he said he wanted to purchase tickets for the movie and as he did that, I looked around seeing a lot of people, different couples holding hands showing off public disy of affections and my heart ached wondering what that must feel like. "Let''s go." He said again taking my hand and he led me to where popcorn and other snacks were sold, "Do you want anything?" He asked. "No." I mumbled quietly even though I wanted the popcorn, he rolled his eyes and ordered for few packs of popcorn which i was d he did. "Do we eat them now?" I asked. "I thought you didn''t want any?" He smirked at me, "We will eat them while watching the movie." He took me to one of the theater rooms which was not filled up. I noticed that it had few people mostly couples. He led me to a part with the most secluded seats but we could still see the screen clearly from there. We sat down and the movie began to y, it was titled ''School of rock'' I found it really funny as I couldn''t help myself from giggling while I munched on my popcorn. I could feel Lycus''s eyes on me and I wondered why he wasn''t watching but I was too hooked on the screen to ask. I felt him shift nearer closing the little space between us. His hands came up to my chest trailing down to myher regions in a soft caress. "I noticed the way you stared at me while I was driving." He whispered in my ears and I was beginning to breathe really hard while trying to focus on the screen. His hand went down to thest three buttons opening them leaving the top ones still closed, "You were turned on weren''t you?" I closed my eyes as his fingers delved into the open part of my dress making contact with my skin, he syed them across my belly caressing it and tracing my belly button with his thumb, "I asked you a question baby." His tongue flicked across my ear lobe before drawing it in his mouth sucking it. Content fuck! "I was." I said clenching my legs together. His fingers travelled downwards tracing the hem of my panties. "I bet you are soaking wet." He said and he was right. I was drenched just by his little touches. I let out a low moan as his fingers slipped into my panties and began creeping downwards to my slit, "I am going to need you to be quiet." He cooed dragging a long finger across my slit, I gasped in shock. "Any word or moan from you and I will stop." He gave me a low warning while biting down softly at my neck area.N?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content. Damn! I am fucked! The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!