《The Tormented Soul》 Chapter 1: my living hell hole Chapter 1: my living hell hole I don''t know if it''s day or night, my room has no windows, my father removed my window years ago. The only way out of my room is through the door that is always locked from the outside. He even removed the door handle from the inside just to make sure that I am locked in and so I can''t escape. I don''t have so much stuff in my room, the only light I have is a smallmp that is stationed in the corner of my room. I only have a mattress to sleep on, my father removed my bed and when I''m going to sleep I only have a dirty, thin old nket to cover myself with. I don''t even have stuff in my room so I can upy myself with. Everyday and night for the past few years I have stared at the wall or at the ceiling hoping that this wille to an end. My nightmare started five years ago when my mother and brother were killed by rogues at our border. My heart broke when I lost the two people I loved. I thought that my father loved me, but I was wrong, just look at me now, I''m locked in my room, I get tortured, beaten, abused, and raped. My father and the pack gotpletely lost when their Luna was killed. She was the rock and the glue that kept everybody in their right mind. I started to get raped three years ago. The first one to rape me was my own father. After that everybody else in the pack was allowed to get a taste of me. It''s obvious that my father doesn''t care that much about me if he let everybody do whatever they wanted to do to me. When I was raped by my father he took my virginity. It hurt like hell to me, he came inside me and so did the other also. He and the other pack members took away all the first things I had nned to give to my mate. First sex, first kiss everything. This is the property of N?-velDrama.Org. My father''s beta who is named Nichs. He held me down when my father raped me for the first time. After my father was done with me Nichs forced his dick in my mouth with my father watching and not caring. Nichs has raped me a couple of times after, literary every night for the past 3 years. He''s the worst of them all except for my father. They have even beaten me so bad that they have broken a couple of my ribs and my spine a few times and thanks to the werewolf gene I have healed. But with my condition, it takes longer for me to heal. They beat me just because they like it or they are bored. Every time Nichses in he has a te with some food on. The first time he came in with a te with food on it, I thought he was going to give it to me, he actually did it in a teasing way, because when I had eaten all the food he kicked me and beat me so badly I puked up everything, it has been this way for the past few years. So I don''t even remember thest time I had a good meal. --- Are''s POV Right now I''m sitting on my mattress, with my legs closed pulled up to my chest and my head resting on my knees, my arms are around my legs to keep me warm. I have my nket on my back and the clothes I have on my body, that are more like rags. I can hear footsteps in the distance. They areing closer and closer, louder and louder, and I know what''s going to happen right now, so I tightly close my eyes as tears escape from them. I can hear that someone is putting the key in the keyhole of the door and turning the doorknob to open it. The door is making a squeaky sound, that makes my whole body shiver in fear. I open my eyes and look up and I see Nichs is standing in the threshold holding a te with food on it in one of his hands and the other one is holding a ss of water. Nichs is around 6 feet tall, broad shoulders, blonde hair, blue eyes, and his bicep muscles are huge, and he has a strong jawline. He could kill you in an instant if he wants to. Everytime hees in he disgusts me. Nichs looks down at me and sees the fear in my eyes and how my body is shivering from it. "Time for food my little whore." he says in a creepy narcissist voice and looks at me. I shake my head with so much fear while he''s looking at me. He leaves the threshold and gets closer to me. "You should be happy that I am evening with food for you all these years, without me, you would have starved a long time ago! So I suggest that you eat now or I will take it away and note back with food for you again!" he says in an annoyed, angry voice. He steps closer to me and gets down to my eye level. "If you don''t eat I will force the food down your throat and I don''t care if you choke on it, like you always do when you suck my dick." he says with a creepy voice and a weird smile formed on his face. "I don''t want to eat. I know what you will do if I eat." I said with a shaking voice. He puts down the te and the ss of water in front of me and moves his head to my ear and whispers in a sadistic voice, "Be a good girl and eat your food. I will give you something I know you like and something you are craving for." At the same time he moves his hand in a weary slow motion up my thigh. I look over his shoulder with tears in my eyes when I see that the door is still opened. For the first time in a long time I see outside the door, all the light outside means it''s night. Nichs still has his face right to my ear. I can feel his tongue on my earlobe, his hot breath around my ear. I push him away, he loses his bnce but he is up fast and ps me over my face, the impact makes me knock over the ss of water, and I can hear that the ss brakes. My cheek is all red thanks to the impact from his hand. He puts his hands around my neck and starts to strangle me. "Don''t you ever do that again!" he screams at me. I can feel that I am starting to lose my breath, I fumbled around with my hands for a while. Just when I start to close my eyes, my handes in contact with a piece of ss that I broke. I put my hand around it and I can feel the piece cut into my skin and it hurts a lot. I put all my force and strength into mming it in Nichs¡¯s left side just under the ribs. He looks right in my eyes as he removes his hands from my neck and moves his right hand to take out the piece of ss from his side. He pulls it out and rolls over to his back and passes out from the blood loss. I take the keys from him and start to stumble towards the door. I don''t have much strength left in me but I need to get out of here, I must make it. I closed the door and locked it so I could get a headstart before Nichs would wake up. I stumble through the house. I manage to get out of the front door without getting caught. I looked left and right and I could not see anyone so I took a deep breath in and started to stumble towards the woods. When the tree line hides me I gather all of my strength that I had left and start running as fast as I can and leave my home and prison behind me. Chapter 2: running for my life Chapter 2: running for my life The sky is clear and the moonlight is shining on the dark night sky. I''m running through the woods, I''m covered in dirt and blood. While I am running for my life I can feel the twigs that scratch and cut all over my body. I jump over rocks and overturned tree trunks. I dodge the branches that are scrambled everywhere. I tried to avoid them but some scratch my skin and make more cuts all over my body that leaves a blood trail and an easier way to track me down. I noticed that in some ces the ground is wet, I stumble and fall to the ground and get more dirt all over my body. My clothes (more like rags) get more and more torn with every fall. Everytime I fall I push myself up and start running again, trying to push myself even further away from my living nightmare. N?velDrama.Org holds this content. Not far behind me I can hear wolves howling and growling. I can hear when their paws hit the ground while chasing me throughout the woods. It''s not easy to run away from wolves, they have an incredible speed, hearing, and they can track a scent. And I know they are tracking my scent now, thanks to the forest it made it easier for them to track me because of my blood trail. I just escaped years of abuse and torture from my own father. My father is the alpha of the Moonlit Howlers, I''m the oldest child of two children but I''m the only one that still is alive and my name is Aleera Hawks and I''m 16 years old. I''ve been told a few years back that I looked like my mother. I had her light blue eye color and the same long dark blond hair. I was 5.6 feet tall, and I had a slim figure, but for thest few years I have be anorexic. I looked more like skin and bones but thanks to the werewolf gene I still looked better then if I was a normal human. If I would have been a human I would probably be dead. My father and his pack are hunting me down right this moment and a female wolf can''t shift before she meets her mate, but we have our wolf inside us and we can talk to them. We do have some stronger abilities than a human. Like we can run faster but once shift we can run even faster. Would you believe me if I told you that my pack was once peaceful and only killed to protect the pack. But everything changed after the rogue attack at our border that killed my mother and my younger brother. After the attack, my father and the pack changedpletely and started to kill everything in their way, other packs, and even humans, I was the only one that did not change. Every fiber in my body feels like it is on fire and I can feel that I don''t have the strength to keep running, but I push myself to keep on going till I lose them. I can hear that they are gaining on me and I try to run faster. I can feel that my body is out of energy, my speed is slowing down, and my vision is getting blurry. ''Aleera you have to keep on going, we can''t get caught and be brought back.'' my wolf told me throughout our mind link. ''Pixie, I know but I can''t run anymore, I can''t run away from them.¡¯ I stumbled and fell on the ground. I decided at that moment to just give up and wait for my father''s pack to find me and to take me back against my will. I can hear that they are closing in on me. I''m starting to drift in and out of consciousness when I see that I''m surrounded by my father¡¯s pack members. I can see with my blurry vision that one has shifted back to his human form, but I don''t know who he is. He is screaming at me then I recognize the voice, it¡¯s Nichs''s voice, and he is furious. I can feel that he is kicking me over and over again. I feel the pain in my stomach and back. He grabbed a fist full of my hair and pulled it. I screamed out. He ms my face down in the ground, I can feel that my nose is broken, I know I will heal but it will take time. He kicked me again and I rolled to my back, he positioned himself on me andnded some punches on my face. While he hits me I don''t register that someone has torn my pants off me. I only registered it when I felt the pain from forced intercourse. Some of the other pack members hold my arms over my head and two others are holding my legs. "I will get you back for what you did to me. Do you think you can escape us? You can''t and we will not allow it" he whispers in my ear in a creepy voice. I feel him pushing himself into me over and over again every time more tears are leaving my eyes. I am screaming so he tries to silence my screams by putting his hand over my mouth. I don''t know how long it goes on for until I feel him release his load inside me. I rolled over to my left side and had tears rolling down my face, I started to lose my consciousness yet again. Just when I thought it was over I felt pain on my shoulder and I knew that one of the wolves had bitten me. I scream out with thest of the air I had left in my lungs. My wolf howls in pain in my head, and I start to lose more of my consciousness when I feel a strong aura and I hear what sounds like a fight going on but I can''t open my eyes to see who is fighting. I''m totally gone. I just want to die and see my mother and brother again. I don''t know how I could hear but I could. The fight was over and I waited for thest hit that would kill me. But instead, I feel the ground disappears under my body and it feels like I''m flying. At the same time, I feel strong arms and warmth around me and I drift off into the darkness. I don''t know who is carrying me or where they are taking me. I have no idea how much time has passed but I hope I will be safe from my father just for a little while until I have the energy to start running again, far away from him and the way he has treated me for 5 years. Chapter 3: face to face with Selene Chapter 3: face to face with Selene It feels like I''ve slept for days, I opened my eyes slowly and I can see a blue sky and a lot of trees. As I sit up and look around I can see that just behind the trees is a smallke. ''Pixie, where are we?'' I asked through our mind link, but to my disappointment, I didn¡¯t get an answer back for her. I start to move my head around more to see where I was. Am I dead? I said out loud. "No my child you are not dead." I heard a voice. I looked around but I did not see anyone there. "Who are you? And why can''t I see you?" Just as I finished my question I saw a bright light and a woman with a long white dress and long silver hair which came to her waist, she had a kind face which was pale but perfect, and her eyes were deep ocean blue color. My mouth fell open to the beautiful creature in front of me. "My name is Selene and you couldn''t see me before because I didn''t want to scare you." She had the most beautiful voice I had ever heard before in my life. "Where am I?" I asked her. She looked at me before she answered my question, "You are in your sanctuary in my realm, I''m the moon goddess, the mother of all the wolves." I moved my hands up and rubbed my eyes to see if I was dreaming or hallucinating. When I took my hands away she was still there looking at me and waited for me to process what she told me. N?velDrama.Org holds this content. "Then why am I here?" I asked and looked at Selene. "You are here because your wolf Pixie came to me and asked me to help you." She gives me a warm smile. "PIXIE?!? Where is she?" I ask her with panic in my voice. "No need to worry my child, she is asleep in your mind. The only way for me to be able to talk to you was to put Pixie to sleep in your mind." She said in a calming voice. I looked at her in confusion and shock at the same time. The moon goddess started to walk over to where I was sitting and reached her hand to me. She had a warm smile on her face, so I decided to take her hand and she helped me up. We walked past the tree lines heading to theke in silence. I can feel the moon goddess look at me a few times, but when I look back at her she looks ahead. When we reached theke she looked at me again. "If you are the Moon goddess can you," she cut me off like she knew what I was about to ask her. "I will tell you all about it when you are ready to hear it. I know you have suffered a lot at the hands of your father and the moonlit pack, but that was your destiny so you could achieve my future ns for you". I looked at Selene in shock, like my eyes were going to pop out my head. It felt like I had a lump in my throat, tears started rolling down my cheeks. "What the hell do you know? You don''t know anything I have been through!" I scream at the moon goddess with a crying voice. "Shh my child, I know about it all. It has hurt me to see it all." She looked at me with pain in her eyes. "But you are the fuck¡­." I started to say when she cut me off. "Don''t you dare finish that word!" She said in a powerful voice." Her face lights up in an angry red color, but it disappears in a blink of an eye and returns to normal. I looked at her stunned. "Sorry, but why did you not stop it?" I asked her, Selene looked out at the horizon behind theke. "You had a different destiny before your mother was murdered. This destiny that is in front of you now, is because your mother was murdered." She paused and took some breath and continued. "Remember my child, you will soon wake up to find out that you are not alone. You will find out more and get answers to your questions and the purpose as to why all this has happened to you, but you have to be patient." I looked down at my hands as tears started flowing down even more. "I don''t want to wake up. I just want to end this suffering and to be with my mother and brother." Selene snapped her head to me, "Don''t you dare think to take your life. I told you, you''re no longer alone, trust me." She said. I look up at Selene with red eyes from crying. "Trust you, how? Look at me I am a daughter of an alpha that tortured and raped me and you never came! I¡¯m broken and lost!" Selene starts to walk closer to the edge of theke but turns her head back and looks at me. "Yes you are broken and lost, but you will find your way back. Aleera my child, my time is up and it''s time for you to wake up" she told me and turned her back to me and started to walk in theke. Literary walking on the surfers! A bright light showed up making me close my eyes. When I opened my eyes she was gone. "You can''t just leave me here with more questions and no answers!" I screamed out over theke. While tears ran down my cheeks. "You can''t leave me, I need you, I can''t do this, I¡¯m afraid to go back." The words stumble out from my lips. I looked around and noticed that everything around me started to fade away and turned to ck. I close my eyes to wait for the end. Chapter 4: where am I Chapter 4: where am I I can hear an irritating beeping sound that grows louder and louder. And I knew right then that I was still alive. I can hear a woman''s voice in the room "Alpha, she has been out for one week and I don''t know when she will wake up." I hear the unknown woman say. I thought to myself ''she said alpha, then I¡¯m back at my pack''. "Can you give me an update possibly on what has happened to her?" That voice, I have never heard before, but then again it has been a long time since I heard anyone''s voice from my pack. The only voices I have heard are the ones that have been in my room every night. The unknown woman answered him. "My examination of this woman and going over her body, she has been beaten and raped. I managed to help her heal from the bite wound she had on her shoulder. And when I did an X-ray, I could see that her bones have been broken a couple of times, they have not been able to healpletely before being broken again, over and over. I hope by being here it will heal up.¡± N?velDrama.Org holds this content. The beeping sound goes haywire and I can feel someone take my hand and I think it is the same unknown woman "Everyone get out!¡± She screams to the others in the room that were there but I didn''t know who or how many. I could hear the door close, but not long after I slowly started to open my eyes. The bright light made it hard for me to see, but I could tell that it was a white room so I guess I was in a hospital room. It was a long time ago that I had seen so much light. It hurt my eyes at first. I turn my head to the left and see a woman with green eyes and brown hair. She has a whiteb coat on and a warm smile on her face. She looks happy to see that I have opened my eyes. I swing my arms to get away from her and I start to fight for my life. "Please calm down." She says with a concerned look in her eyes. "Don''t touch me! Leave me alone!" I scream back. Another persones to help. She also had green eyes but her hair is light brown. "Get me the tranquilizer!" She says to the other one while trying to hold me down. The other person runs to a cab in the corner of the room and opens the ss door. "Calm down! You will hurt yourself!" She says with a terrifying voice. The light brown girles back with a syringe. I look at the syringe in fear. I tried to get free but this unknown woman has a strong hold on me. I managed to get my hand free. I see she is moving the syringe to my IV - Drip the second she put the syringe in the iv bag, I get a hold on the needle in my arm and pull it out. I push the unknown woman in theb coat away from me. I got out of the bed and my legs felt like jelly, it was hard for me to stand. The light brown girl was right beside me. I screamed and punched her to get her away from me. She fell to the floor and I moved around the ce to find stuff to throw at them so they would leave me alone. I could hear the door open and I turned around and to see a man in the doorway. I could smell something, but what was it? I took a quick sniff and I smelled strawberries and choctes, it was so captivating. I can hear my wolf far in my mind screaming one word to me that I don''t want to hear ''mate''. I push Pixie back in my mind and block her out. Who is he and why is he my mate, and how can pixie be so happy about it. I can¡¯t trust anyone right now. He has brown eyes, ck messy hair, a strong jawline, big broad shoulders, and I could see that he had big muscles that his ck shirt was sitting tight around every part of his upper body. He is tall. I would guess about 6.5 feet tall. I look around starting to panic when I see a small te with a scalpel on and I reach out and grab it and hold it to my neck. The unknown man put up his hands in the air. "I am not going to hurt you, so please put the scalpel down." he said. I shake my head. Who was he to ask me that question? What does he want with me? I started to panic even more and my breathing started to go hayway. "Leave me alone! I know he is here! If youe closer I will end my life!" I scream with a terrified voice. I start to back away still holding the scalpel to my throat. The two women took steps away from me so I would not hurt myself. The man still holding his hands in the air took a few steps forward. "Don''t be afraid of me. I am not going to hurt you in any way." He said while looking at me with concerned eyes. "My name is Darius. What is your name?" I looked up in his eyes and shook my head. Darius takes one more step closer. Why is he stilling closer? "Don''te any closer! I will slice my throat! Just bring him in! I know he is here!" I yelled at him. I see that there are more people standing outside the doors threshold. "Who are you talking about?" He asks me. And has a confused look on his face. "Who else? My father! I know he is here, just bring him in so I can get my punishment for running away!" I screamed out. My eyes could not hold back my tears anymore. My body is shaking in so much fear. It''s hard for me to keep the scalpel in a steady hold to my throat. "Who is your father?" He asked and looked confused. "Do you think I am an idiot?" I asked as I backed away and felt the cold wall behind me. With nowhere else to go I start to panic even more. I have moved away from them as far as I can, thanks to this stupid wall. I looked at thedies in the room really fast and then back to Darius just in time to see that he kept following me. I start to hyperventte at this point. Dariuses even closer while saying "I don''t know who you are talking about. This is the Night Shade pack and I am the alpha, Darius Knight. Please drop the scalpel and tell me your name and where you are from." He tells me with a calm and kind but also concerned voice. "No, you''re lying." I said to him as he takes thest few steps then he is standing right in front of me and reaches out his hand to me. "Please give me the scalpel." He said while looking into my eyes. "Noooo!" I screamed out and pushed the scalpel in my neck and everything went ck. Thest thing I could feel is warm hands around my neck and pressure where I pushed in the scalpel. I could feel some weird feelings where the warm hands touched my skin but I could not understand what it was. And I did not want to know. Thest thing I heard before I lost my consciousness was, "Don''t lose her! I won''t lose her! We need her!" Chapter 5: save her Chapter 5: save her Darius POV I have my hand over the girl''s neck and put pressure where she had pushed the scalpel in. Blood was coming out inrge amounts. I have her blood all over my hands. I see the light in her eyes fading away. I look over to Celia and Cassie, they are both standing frozen. "What are you two doing, don''t stand there" I scream out in my powerful alpha tone. They bothe back from the shock and start running the room to get the tools they need to save her. Celia gets down on her knees just above the girl¡¯s head and puts pressure over my hands "Don''t lose her! I won''t lose her! we need her!" I growled at her. "Alpha, I won¡¯t lose her. I¡¯ll do my best, but we have to take out the scalpel." She says in a scared voice. "Then do it for fucks sake!" I growled at her. She looked at me and I know she sees my eyes are ck from so much frustration and anger. I growled at her once again when I noticed she did not do anything. "Alpha, there are risks if I pull it out. I don''t know what the oue will be." She told me with so much fear in her voice. "Celia, she is bleeding out! Take it out but don''t lose her, you need to do everything in your power to save her." I growl at her using the alpha tone. I see Cassie hase back with some weird instruments. She ces them beside Celia. I¡¯m still holding pressure on the wound when I see both put gloves on. "Alpha, you need to move your hands so I can save her." Celia told me in aposed voice. I moved my hands away a bit so I could give them more ess to save the dying girl. --- Third POV Cassie looks at Celia before she starts to clean around the scalpel and to check that it was not in any major arteries before she pulls it out. More bloodes out when Celia removes the scalpel and gives it to Cassie. The scalpel they removed from Aleera¡¯s nack ispletely covered in blood and Cassie puts it in a metal container. Then she pulls out a needle and pushes it in an arm to connect IV-Drip to Aleera. Celia puts some gauze over the cut on Aleera''s neck. To make the bleeding stop. "Alpha, we need help to lift her up on the bed." Celia tells Darius. Darius moves closer and bends down to pick up Aleera. Darius puts one arm under her knees and one behind her head. He walks over to the bed and ces Aleera on it. Darius stands beside the bed and looks at Aleera with worry and terrified look on his face. While Darius is standing beside the bed he sees Celia stitching the wound up so the girl would not bleed out after that she helps Cassie connect machines to her body. The machines start to beep and show her heartbeat. "Alpha, I did my best. I hope she will pull through. The only thing she needs now is rest." Celia told him. Just when she had finished that sentence the cardiac machine that measures Aleera''s heartbeat stops and shows she''s in cardiac arrest. Celia springs into action. "Alpha, you need to get out! Cassie start CPR, NOW!" she screamed to both of us Cassie starts thepressions while Celia puts a breathing mask over Aleera''s nose and mouth. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 ¡­¡­¡­. 30 and Celia pushed two breaths in her. They did this for two and a half minutes still nothing. "Cassie, keep on going I will get the defibritor." Celia said before she ran to the other side of the room. Shees back and tells Cassie to stay clear. "200, clear, ¡­.. check the pulse." Celia ask Cassie "Nothing." "200, again, clear." Aleera''s body jumps from the electric shocks. After three times the cardiac machine started to show Aleera''s heart was back on track. Beep. Beep. Beep. Both breath out in relief that she was back. --- Darius POV I was right outside the door worried like hell. I looked down at my hands and I see that they were still covered in that girl''s blood. I try to calm myself down and to listen through the door. I heard everything. When I heard Celia said that her heart beat is back and on track, I took a relieved breath. As I was thinking to myself, ¡®I don''t want to lose this girl. I know she is my mate. My wolf screamed it when I saved her in the woods. I saw it in the girl¡¯s eyes that she knew it too, but it looks like she pushed that thought away. But why was the question, was it because she did not want me as a mate or was it because of her past?¡¯ N?velDrama.Org holds this content. Someone called my name and brought me out of my thoughts. "Alpha! You have been summoned to a meeting with the other alphas. We have to leave." It was my beta and best friend, James. James came around the corner and saw all the blood on my hands. His eyes grew as he slowly started to put everything together I looked at James, "Can''t you handle it? I think it''s best if I stay here. I don''t want to leave her. I can feel something towards her and I want to be here when she wakes up. Plus we need to find out who she is."'' "I know you want that but the other alphas have requested that you be there in person, something has happened. We will go there and be back here before nightfall. I think Celia can handle her until we are back" I nodded my head at him even if I wanted to stay as the alpha I know I need to do this. ¡°But before we go I do believe you need to get cleaned up.¡± James says to me while pointing at my hands. I left my spot and headed to my room to get cleaned up. After my shower I put on my ck jeans and my ck shirt and walk down the stairs. James was right by the door in his blue jeans and white shirt. He has blonde hair and ice-blue eyes. His broad shoulders and his muscles could be seen all over his body. We had almost the same body type. We have been training together since we were kids. "Darius, are you ready to leave?" James ask "Truth, no, I just want to stay here and keep an eye on her. But I know I have to go, it is my duty as an alpha. Do you know what they want to talk about?" I asked James "Probably the same thing as always, how we should deal with the moonlit pack. They probably killed someone again." James answers me back shrugging while shaking his head. I sigh and start to walk to the door. I open it and walk out, James follows behind me and closes the door. We got in one of our pack¡¯s ck SUVs and James started the car and we drove off to our destination. Chapter 6: second time I opend my eyes Chapter 6: second time I opend my eyes Aleera''s POV Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. In the distance I could hear the beeping sound again. And I know once again that I am alive. I could hear footsteps close to me. My eyes flickered a little before I started to open them. They felt heavy to open, but they opened slowly only to shut them again from the bright light that''s shining in the room. I tried again but this time I squeezed opened my eyes so they could adjust to the light. It felt like it took hours for me to open them when it only took minutes. I looked around and I saw that I am in the same room I woke up in before. I noticed something soft behind my head, that felt amazing and I knew it was a pillow. I was in such a panic state before that I did not notice itst time. It was years ago I actually had one. I looked down and noticed a white duvet covering me, it was nice and warm. I moved my hand and felt the needle that I pulled out before was now back in. I noticed my body was connected to some machines and the irritating sound wasing from them. It was so annoying that I wanted to smash it against the wall. I moved my head around the room and I could see the same unknown woman as before in the white lab coat. She had her back towards me and was doing something but I can¡¯t see. All of a sudden she turns around like she knew I was awake. She meets my eyes with a warm smile and takes a deep breath. "Oh good morning, my dear, please take it easy and what you didst time, don''t you ever do that again. I almost lost you." She said in a disproving tone and paused for a few seconds before she continued. "You were out for three days and we were so worried about you, so please whatever you do don''t try to fight to get away again. We just want to help you get better. You are safe here. No one here will hurt you." The unknown woman said. ''Pixie, we need to get out of here, I don''t trust her!'' I screamed out through our mind link. ''Aleera, we don''t have the strength to run at the moment. I don''t know but I have a feeling that we can trust her but we have to be careful.'' She said back. I looked at her and she gave me a warm smile. "My name is Celia and I''m the pack doctor." She tells me in a calming voice. I still just looked at her but did not say anything in response. She came closer to me but when she was just two meters away I shrugged back. That made her stop and raise her hands. Her smile disappeared. "I am here to help you, not to hurt you." She still had a calm voice and her smile started to grow on her face again. She started to move closer but at a very slow pace. "Will you let me help you?" She asked me. I didn¡¯t answer her. I just looked at her and I slowly nodded my head. Celia gave me a warm smile and walked to me at a slow pace so she didn''t frighten me. "I will just take a look at your Iv-drip so please don''t be afraid. I am here just for you and I promise that you can trust me." She informs me. I did not give her any response, I just nodded again. She took thest few steps and once next to me she took a look at the IV line that was in my hand, She was gentle and had a friendly smile. When she was done with all her check-ups she walked behind the bed and started to push the handle to get the bed up in a sitting position. I moved my head to look at her and I believe she saw some fear in my eyes. "I am going to get the bed up so you can sit up and so you can eat." She tells me. I shook my head so fast that I started to see stars. She looked at me with a confused look on her face. "But my dear, you need to get nutrition so you can heal and get better." She answered me. She inhaled a breath and continued. "Just by the look of your condition you were in when you came here, and still are in, I''m guessing it has been a long time since you had something to eat. That''s why it''s really important for you to get some nutrients." It was no question from her but more like a statement. She had this kind of doctor¡¯s facial expression on her face that she was not going to give up and she was right, it has been a long time ago. "If I eat, what will you do to me?" I said, stuttering my words out in a whispering voice. Celia looked taken back when she heard me ask that. "My dear, what do you mean, what will I do to you if you eat?" She looked confused when she asked me why I had asked her that. "It always costs me something to get some food." I whisper out as tears start to creep out from my eyes and my body starts to shake. "Cost you something? You can''t be serious? We all need nutrition. You will eat and get some more rest so you¡¯ll get better.¡± She had a mothering but stern voice when she said it to me. She was standing beside my bed when she said that and after she finished she turned around to walk towards the door. "I''ll be back very soon. I''m going to get your food." She said as she started to walk out of the room. I started to sob as tears spilled down my cheeks. "No please, don''t leave me alone." The words leave my lips stuttering. Celiaes back right away and starts slowly putting her arms around me to see if I would be okay with it. At first, I looked at her and she stopped but she slowly moved her arms around me in the end. When she had her arms around me it felt weird at first butfortable at the same time. It has been a long time since I had a protected hug. --- Celia''s POV Omg, what has happened to this girl? She is afraid to eat, she is afraid to be alone, and she is so undernourished. I am afraid I will break her if I hug her too hard. ''Cassie, can you please get some food ande to the hospital wing.'' I mind linked my baby sister, who was also a nurse here. ''Of course. Is it for you?'' She asked me back. ''No, it is for the patient. She started to cry so bad and said she didn''t want to be left alone.'' I answer Cassie. ''I¡¯ll go and get the food. I''ll be there In five minutes.'' She said before she cut off the mind link. I still have my arms around her and she was still crying but she has settled down a bit. "My dear, I don''t know your name so I don''t know what to call you. Would you please tell me your name?" I asked her in a calming voice. "You can use some of the nicknames I got over the years." She stuttered the words out. "What nicknames?" I asked her, afraid of what she was going to tell me. "Slut, bitch, whore¡­.." I pulled away from her when I heard those horrible nicknames and cut her off before she finished. My blood was boiling. "Who in the hell has given you these ugly and disgusting nicknames? I will never use any of those names, I want to use your real name." I said to her in an angry and sad voice while looking her in the eyes. She looked at me with sad eyes. "Everyone did. They all give me their own nickname. I just got used to it since they never used my real name." She told me in a soft and broken voice. "But I want to use your real name, can I?" I asked her. "I don''t want to tell you my real name at the moment but you can call me Alea." She told me in a whispering tone. I moved my hand over to her face to wipe away the tears. "What a beautiful name. I hope that one day you will trust me and the other pack members to tell us your real name but that day wille by itself." I told Alea in a trusting voice. N?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content. I put my arms around Alea once again to make sure she would someday gain trust in me. Alea closed her eyes as I moved my hand up and down her back tofort her. Chapter 7: her name is Alea Chapter 7: her name is Alea Aleera''s POV A knock at the door made both of us jump. The door opened and Cassie walked in with a te full of food on it. Celia noticed the frightened look that was all over my face. "Don''t worry, she is my sister Cassie, I asked her to bring some food because you asked me not to leave you alone." Celia told me in aposed voice. Cassie put the te with food on the table that Celia had put over the bed and left the room. I looked down at the te and was shocked, was this all for me. The te had mashed potatoes and meatloaf, it looked so good. As if on queue my stomach starts to make a growling sound. I look up at Celia. I was still afraid to eat. "Come hun, eat up." Celia told me in a calming tone. I shook my head again, still afraid. Celia noticed the fear in my eyes. She put her hands on my shoulder so she could make eye contact with me. "You need to eat, so you can heal faster. I promise nothing will happen to you if you take the food." She tells me in a trusting voice. I stretched out my hand to take the spoon, my hand shaking the whole time. I got some food on the spoon and moved it to my mouth. My hand was shaking so I almost spilled the food and the IV line in my hand did not help me at all. I was so frightened someone would beat, or rape me if I eat so I was on a high alert. When the food came in contact with my taste buds, it was like an explosion, the taste was so good. I loved it. I swallowed the first spoon with food. I hope Celia was telling me the truth, I don''t know if I will be able to handle more stuff like I had to suffer in my past. I took another spoon full of food and put it in my mouth. When I had swallowed the second one the door opened and he walked in. I don''t remember the name. He saw that I was awake and a huge smile formed on his face. I saw him walk towards me at a normal speed. When he was really close he reached out his hand and my instinct kicked in and I flinched back. He froze in his spot as I shivered in fear. He stood there looking at me and I could feel the inside of my stomach turn inside out and I leaned over the bed side and puked up the small amount I managed to eat. Celia got up from her seat to help me. She takes a hold of my hair to make sure it''s not in the way. When everything was out Iid back on my right side and breathed heavily. It felt like the air couldn¡¯t get through my lungs right. I did see Celia look back at the man that was standing beside me. Her face lit up in anger. "Outside now." The tone of her voice was like a volcano before it woke up. She put her hand on my forehead. "I will just be outside that door. I will be back in a second." She walked to the door and the man from before was right behind her and he closed the door behind them. --- Celia''s POV "What the hell was that?" I asked Darius I heard Darius growl at me. I looked at him, my insides were boiling and ready to explode. "What? Don''t use that look on me, I am your alpha." He was angry. I could tell by the way he looked at me and the tone of his voice. "Yes, I know you are the alpha, but she is my patient. Do you have any idea what you just did?" I asked him, still holding my head high and my eyes locked with his. No one dared to do that. But I had to stand my ground. "No. What did I do? I just wanted to check up on her. She is still my mate and I wanted to see how she was doing." "All the work I had done is gone like the wind, just because you decided to walk in. I finally managed to get her to eat." I told Darius a little frustrated. Darius looked at me. He was still angry and breathing heavy, his eyes were pitch ck. "It can''t be just because I walked into the room." He said. "Yes, she is afraid of what you would have done to her if you saw her eating. We have no idea what she has been through. Did you see how she flinched when you reached out your hand? She is scared of us." I took in some deep breaths. As Darius was about to answer me I put up my hand to show him that I was not done. "From now on no one is allowed to walk in that room except me and Cassie. If you want toe in then mind link me and ask if it is the right time. We have to get her to trust us and we have to go slow, otherwise she will probably do something to herself like she didst time." Darius had almost calmed himself down and his eyes were almost back to normal but after what I said his anger red back up and his eyes turned pitch ck once again. "You can''t forbid me! I AM THE ALPHA!" I raised my voice. No one was prepared for that, not even myself. "YES, I KNOW, BUT THIS IS MY HOSPITAL AND I DECIDE WHO WILL ENTER!" When I had finished that sentence I felt Darius hand around my neck. My head and back hit the wall behind me. The impact made me see stars just for a few seconds. I put my hands on Darius and tried to push him away, but it was useless. I heard footstepsing running towards us and Darius¡¯s hand disappeared from around my neck. I hadn''t noticed that I had screamed for help. When I looked up I saw James and the pack¡¯s third inmand, Samuel. Both of them have a grip on Darius, he looked at me with ck eyes. I have never seen that much ck in his eyes before. He started to take deep breaths to try and calm himself down. "I am sorry alpha but if you want her to live then you have to do what I said. I am not doing this to keep you apart, I am doing it to make sure she will survive. I want her to live and I know you want that too, so please listen." I said and I touched my neck where his hand was just a few seconds ago. James and Samuel did not let their grip on Darius. I could see in their eyes that they were mind linking each other. "Darius, get out, take a run to calm down.¡± James said. Darius looked up at him and nodded and turned his back against us and started walking. "Her name is Alea." I told him and he stops in his tracks and looks back at me before he turns away again and runs out from the hospital wing.N?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content. Chapter 8: calming down Chapter 8: calming down Darius POV N?velDrama.Org holds this content. I rushed out from the hospital wing and ran towards the forest line. It didn''t bother me that I ripped my clothes to shreds when I shifted, I just had to get away to calm myself down. I have never reacted in this way before. Sure I have in different situations but this was different and I felt so bad about it. She just wanted to help her to survive and get better. How could I react that way? I was running as fast as my paws could take me. I felt twigs snap under my paws and I didn''t care about the pain as they scratched them. My heart was beating faster and faster and I ran pushing myself. I dodged branches and jumped over rocks. I felt the wind in my fur. My wolf isrge and he has ck fur. I let Xander take over while we run to calm down from the earlier situation. We ran for a while around our territory and ran to a ce my mother had told me she went to when she lost control. My mother and father are no longer with us, they died three years ago in a fight with the Moonlit pack. I came to a meadow with a small pond that was far, far into the woods. It was here my mother always went to. Not many in the pack knew about this ce. I sat down and closed my eyes and inhaled deeply. The smell that surrounded me was so calming. The only sound around me was from the water and the leaves dancing with the wind. Other than that there were no sounds at all. While I sat there trying to calm down as I thought to myself. ''When I saw her push the scalpel in her neck I thought I would lose her. I need to find out where she is from, what has happened to her and why, and what pack is she from. When I saved her way was she being attacked by the moonlit pack? Does she belong to the pack or not?¡¯ I opened my eyes and looked over theke and meadow. I see the sunshine that reflects on the water. When the sun rays touch the water surfaces it shines like diamonds. I breathed out and thought back on her. ''Her light blue eyes, her long dark blonde hair that reached all the way to the middle of her back, her small figure, and her sweet voice. I thought about her amazing scent that was a mixture of Rose''s and sweet grapes.'' I closed my eyes again and the memory of the image popped up that is imprinted in my mind forever --- Darius memory I and a few of my pack members were out patrolling around the woods close by the moonlit pack to make sure they don''t kill any humans or any other wolves when I heard a scream from far away but it disappeared right away. It was strange, but I ignored it as it disappeared right away. After I had ran a few meters more I could smell the most amazing scent in the wind. I followed the smell that caught my nose, I mind linked the other wolves that were with me to follow me. We ran for maybe ten minutes south of where we were. The closer we got the stronger the scent got. When we reached the source I saw a girl on the ground and she was surrounded by at least fifteen other wolves. Her clothes were ripped off and one of the males that were standing over her had a sadistic smile on his face. She was bleeding from cuts and I could smell that someone had put his semen on or in her. My insides were burning. When I saw that this man was about to kick her we attacked the wolves. We fought for a while, but my eyes were deadlocked on that man that was standing over her before we attacked. When he saw us he shifted into his light brown wolf. His wolf was smaller than my wolf and I attacked him with my paws, scratching at him and biting him with my teeth. I bit him on the neck and his front paw when he tried to defend himself by attacking me. The fight did notst long before we chased them off. I shifted back to my human body and I walked over to the girl that was unconscious. I bent down and I picked her up carrying her bridal style. I heard my wolf Xander scream in my mind ¡®MATE¡¯. She was so beautiful and I decided in that moment that I will protect her with my own life. And the response from Xander was ''Of course, we will protect her, she is our mate and our light in life''. End of memory I opened my eyes again and I could feel tears escaping my eyes. Right now I am d that no one can see me, I was an alpha. I can¡¯t show my pack members that I cried or that I am weak. Who will they turn to if they knew? But I will be strong for them and for her. Just thinking about her makes my anger slowly fade away. I looked up to the sky, ''This is for you Alea.'' I thought out while I looked at the sky I took in a deep breath and I howled out with all the alpha power I had in me. Chapter 9: help from both sisters Chapter 9: help from both sisters Aleera''s POV The door opened and Celia walked back in. During the time she was outside the room I had turned around and was nowying on my left side so I could see the door. I noticed she had some red marks on her neck that weren''t there when she had walked out. She noticed that I was looking at her neck. "No need to worry about the red marks on my neck, Darius lost his temper because he thought I tried to keep him away from you." She told me in a calming tone. I nodded my head as she walked over to me and sat down on a chair beside the bed. She took my hand and looked right into my eyes. "Will you try to eat now or do you want to try itter?" She asked me. I thought about it for a few seconds. "Later." I whisper out. I was still afraid that the man she called Darius woulde back in. We sat there inplete silence for a few minutes. She was looking at me and I looked around the room when Celia broke the silence. "Is it okay if I remove the duvet to do some exercise with your legs so you can get your muscles back on track?" I looked at her and gave her a small nod. She smiled and raised from her chair to remove the duvet. She ced her hands on my legs and moved my left leg first then she did the same on my right leg. "Can you move your toes for me?" She asked me. I looked at her confused. Why does she want me to move them? I looked at my toes and concentrated on moving them. It took a while but I was able to move them after a while. When I had finally managed to move them I spotted that Celia now had a huge smile on her face. "Perfect! Now we know that your muscles from your back all the way down to your toes work." She said in a happy voice. Celia looked at me before she continued. "How do you feel about trying to get up and walk around the room?" I looked at her before I nodded my head, I was a little afraid that I would fall. Last time I stood up my legs felt like jelly and it was hard for me to stand at that time and I hope I will be able to do it this time. I moved my legs so they dangled on the right side of the bed and moved closer to the edge of the bed. "If you feel unsteady you can hold my hands." Celia holds out her hands for me to grab a hold of if I needed them for support. When my feet touched the floor I got that same feeling of having jelly legs so I grabbed Celia''s hands for support. I moved my left leg first and then my right leg. It felt like I was dragging my feet behind me. When I was about to take the next step a loud and powerful howl echoed through the wind. I froze in my position and my body shivered in fear. My grip on Celia''s hands became hard and I could see her skin turning red. I looked up and I saw the pain in her eyes but for some reason I couldn''t loosen my grip. "Rx, it was just Darius." She tells me. I slowly rxed and loosened my grip on Celia''s hands. "I do think you should start to breathe my dear, before you will faint fromck of air." She told me with small amusement in her voice. I had not noticed that I had stopped breathing before she told me and I started to breathe once again. I looked down at my feet so I didn''t notice where we were walking. It was not until I lifted my head I saw that we had entered the bathroom and I could feel that I was starting to panic a little. I looked around and I saw a shower in the left corner and in the right corner it was a bathtub. On my left side it was a toilet and beside that was a big white basin. On my right side there were shelves where towels and shower stuff was put in. Why was I in here? Celia noticed my confused facial expression. "I was thinking we could use some freshening up, a shower or a bath." She said. I shook my head so hard that the room started to spin around. Just being in the bathroom brings back memories I don''t want to think of. "Why not my dear, Alea?" "It''s nothing." I told her and I tried to turn around to walk out of there but Celia turned my back so I faced her. "Of course it must be something. You don''t need to tell me now, but I''m going to guess it has something to do with your past." Celia said. I didn''t know what to answer, so I just nodded. I felt Celia''s hands move under my eyes, I didn''t notice that I was crying and I looked up at her. "Shh my child. I know this is hard on you but just look at you, I can tell it was probably a long time ago that you had a shower or a bath. I don''t want to force you to do anything, but I promise that you will feel much better after a bath. I will be here with you all the way. I will not let anything happen. I know you have been through alot but somewhere you have to take a step to get on your way to recover." She had a really calm voice. I sat down on the toilet when I saw Celia walk over to the bathtub and turn on the water. She put something in the bottom of the tube, I guess it was something that will keep the water in the tub. I know what it is but I just can''t remember what it''s called. I heard the water ssh in the tub and while the water filled up she helped me to take my clothes off. Once she had pulled my clothes off I noticed it was not my rags that I had before. I had not noticed this before. "Where are the clothes I had on me?" I asked in curiosity. N?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content. "You had no clothes on you when Darius brought you here. He told me those wolves that attacked you had torn them off of you, so my sister Cassie gave you some clothes she had never used before. I just nodded and looked down at myself. I could see all my scars I got over the years as a prisoner. It was scarred all the way from my legs up to my back. I had bite marks here and there. Celia turned around to turn off the water and then walked back to me. She helped me walk to the tub. When I was beside the tub I started to have a panic attack. Celia hugs me and tries to calm me down. "I know you don''t want to tell me anything about your past right now but please tell me why are you afraid of the water." I thought to myself for a few seconds before I started to exin it to her. "For the past few years, the people that held me tried to drown me a couple of times and they almost seeded. That''s why." My words stumbled over my lips as tears ran down my cheeks. "My dear Alea, I will not let that happen. If you feel safer you can hold this pen to my stomach. Just rx and trust me." Celia said to me in a trusting voice that made me want to believe her. I nodded at her, but I was still scared as hell, and with that she helped me to get in the tub. The first thing I felt was warm water and the warmth filled my body. The water was not deep at all, it only came a little over my hips. Celia took the shower hose and turned on the water, she looked at me. "I am just going to soak you down so I can wash you." I was terrified and I pushed the pen against her stomach and I know she felt it. "It''s okay, now the water wille. Will you lean back for me?" She asked me I did what she said and the second the water came over me I did have some shbacks and I could not take it. Celia noticed it and stopped to make sure I was fine. After I calmed down she asked to try one more time but this time I tried not to think about the past, so I enjoyed the warm water that touched my skin. "When was thest time you had a shower? This water is so dirty already." Celia said with concern in her voice. "I don''t know, I don''t remember, thest time I remember is 5 years ago." "Oh my God! That long? Then I really have to scrub you." She said with a littleugh. She washed my hair with shampoo and conditioner and scrubbed my body with some shower soap. At the time she started to wash me someone knocked on the door. --- Third POV "Come in!" Celia shouts out. Cassie walks in to offer her sister some help and notices the pen Aleera had in her hand that was held against her sister''s stomach. ''Celia why is she holding a pen to your stomach?'' She asked through the mind link in panic. ''I gave it to her so she would feel safe. It''s because she has some trauma from her past.'' Celia answered back. Cassie calmed down when she heard that. Both of them helped Aleera up and put a towel over her head to dry her hair then they put a robe over her body. Cassie took out a brush to fix Aleera¡¯s hair. "Alea, is it okay with you if I cut some of your hair? A bit of your hair is so damaged. It will help your hair to grow more beautiful." Cassie asked while she brushed her hair. Aleera just nodded because she enjoyed this feeling. Cassie took scissors and cut off the hair that was damaged. But she was of course careful not to scare Aleera. "Would you like a french braid?" Cassie asked Aleera after she finished cutting her hair . Aleera remembers that her mom used to do that when she was a kid so she nodded again. Aleera could feel Cassie braiding her hair. When Cassie was done they both helped Aleera put on a light pink PJ¡¯s. Celia walks in front of Aleera and Cassie walks behind her from the bathroom to the hospital bed. They helped her in the bed and put the white duvet back over her. Aleera hadn''t noticed that Cassie had put new food for her to eat on the table beside her bed before she came to help in the bathroom. This time it was some sort of soup. Celia helped Aleera to eat everything and then she told Aleera that she needed to get some rest. Aleera crawled down and she closed her eyes. It didn''t take long before she drifted off into a deep sleep. Chapter 10: me and Darius Chapter 10: me and Darius Aleera''s POV For the first time in a long time I was able to sleep without any nightmares. You can just guess how nice it was, I had nothing to worry about. I felt something move over my right cheek. What was this strange and unfamiliar feeling that this touch left me with? Why does it feel like my guts are filled with butterflies and electricity that travels over my body? Then the feeling was gone. It was probably nothing, so I didn''t think much about it and I tried to get back to sleep. I needed rest to get my strength back. Wait, that unfamiliar feeling is back. I felt something move over my cheek again and this time I opened my eyes to see Darius brushing his hand over my cheek. I moved back with fear all over my face. "Sorry if I woke you up." He said in a calm voice. "W..ha..t are you do..in..g." The words came out in a stutter. "You had something on your cheek so I removed it for you." He answered me. I was confused and I guess my facial expression showed it. "W..ha..t did I ha..ve?" I stuttered. "You had a tear on your cheek." He answered me back with a sad smile on his face. Was I crying? It was not before I looked around I noticed that Celia was not in the room. "Where is Celia?" I whispered, slowly starting to feel less scared. "She had to go and take care of an emergency so she asked me toe and sit here with you until she came back." He had a slight smile when he said this. I nodded my head. I still felt a bit nervous about him being here, alone with me. Celia is not here to save me if he does something so Iid close to the left side of the bed farthest from him as I watched him closely. My brain spun around and I could not rx with him being here. It felt like my brain was riding a rollercoaster. I didn''t hear that Darius tried to talk to me before I felt his hand over my hand. I looked down immediately when I felt the sparks travel where our skin touches. It felt so good, but why? It scares me a bit so I removed my hand. I looked up at him trying to avoid looking into his brown eyes but something pulled me to meet them. When my eyes looked right into his I could see the pain. Why does he feel pain? What is going on? Something in his eyes pulled me to drift away and I don''t know how to exin it but I loved his eyes. I was terrified and a warning voice echoed in the back of my mind. What is this feeling? I don''t know if I should ask or not. I broke our eye contact and looked down. "Thanks, I whisper out to him He was taken aback. "What are you thanking me for?" He asked, confused. "You know, for saving me." I told him. A smile grew on his face. "Anyone would have done the same thing as I did when I saved you." "But why did you save me? I am nothing. I am just a girl and you don''t know me. So why?" I spoke really fast and I didn''t know why I spoke fast but it''s out now and there''s nothing I can do about how fast it came out. I nced just a little bit at him, avoiding his eyes. I could see he was confused and that my question had formed a question mark all over his face. "Why wouldn''t I save you? You are not just a girl, you are more than nothing, and yes I do not know you now but I do n to change that." His voice was calm but a little frustrated. "That doesn''t answer my question." I was more frustrated. He took a deep breath before he answered me. "Okay, do you know what a mate is?" "Yes I do, what does that have to do with why you saved me?" Now he was getting on my nerves. Does he think I have no brain cells? "I saved you because you are my mate." he said loud, proud, and clear. The air I was breathing in got stuck in my throat, I was confused. "No, that can''t be." I told him. "Why can''t it be? You are my mate. That''s one of the reasons I have. I was out in the forest when I got a whiff of your scent and I must say I really like it. It''s like a mix of roses and sweet grapes." He took a breath again before he continued. "But that is not the only reason. I would have saved you anyway because you don''t treat a woman that way. When I found you, you were in quite a bad state. I thought I was going to lose you right then and there. I have been looking a long time for my mate and I was so happy when I found you but I was furious when I saw what state you were in." The room was left in silence for a couple of minutes before I spoke. "Just do it." "Do what?" He asked me. "Reject me. Why do you want a broken girl like me?" I whispered with my voice sounding small and broken. I couldn¡¯t help the lonely tear that slipped out from stopping. My heart felt like it wanted to break and I¡¯m not sure why or how to take the feeling. "That is out of the question. I will not reject you." "Why not?" I asked him. ¡°Because I don''t want to give you up.¡± Darius answered me. He moved closer to me and reached out his hand and touched my cheek. He moved his hand under my chin and moved my head so I was looking right into his eyes. This is the property of N?-velDrama.Org. "Do you know how much I adore your eyes? They are so beautiful. I don''t know the pain that''s hiding inside them but I will be here for you and one day you will be here for me too." He said to me and I can¡¯t help but think he is serious. I noticed that he started to lean in closer. I didn''t know what he was doing so when he almost touched my lips with his, my eyes grew and I moved away from him. My whole body was shaking and tears were running down my face and I screamed out of fear. Just when I finished screaming on the top of my lungs the door burst open and Celia came running in. "What happened?" Celia asked Darius in a worried and panicked voice. "I don''t know. I think I scared her." Darius said with pain in his voice. "Darius, please get out so I can give her lenitive to calm her down." Darius nodded and walked out of the door, closing it behind him. Celia puts lenitive directly into my blood and as soon as it starts to spread through my bloodstream I start to calm down and it leaves me feeling so tired that I start to doze off. Chapter 11: what did I do Chapter 11: what did I do Darius POV After I left Alea¡¯s room I walked towards my room. I entered the packhouse and walked up the stairs to the third floor, I was the only one that lived on this floor since my parents died. I opened my room and walked in. My room had a gray color on the walls and the floor was a darker gray colored carpet. I had a ss sliding French door that led to a balcony with a view over the forest. It went from the floor all the way to the ceiling and had ck curtains on both sides. My king-size bed was stationed by the left wall with a portrait of my mother and me over it. To the right side of my room I had a 75 inches t screen. Between my bed and my t-screen TV and a ck couch. I also had two more doors in my room, one of them led to my huge walk-in closet and the second one was to my master bathroom. I sat down on my bed leaning forward putting my elbows on my legs, my face in my hands while I thought to myself. This is the property of N?-velDrama.Org. ¡®What the hell was I thinking? Why did I do that? I probably scared her even more now. How could I ever gain her trust now? How could I ever stop myself, just one look Into her eyes and I was a goner.'' I lifted my head and stood up and turned around walking towards the balcony. I opened the door and stepped out and took in the fresh air. I stood there for a few minutes before I decided to take a hot shower. I walked back into my room and walked towards my walk-in closet to get fresh clothes. I took a pair of boxers and ck sweatpants and walked towards the bathroom for a well needed hot shower. In my bathroom I had the toilet on the right side and beside it I had a white basin. My shower is located to the left and is big enough to fit two people, I preferred a shower over a bath. I stripped off my clothes revealing my six-pack and walked towards the shower to turn the water on. I stepped under the water and let the water flow over my tense muscles and rxed a bit. I stood in the shower for maybe 30 minutes. When I was done I stepped out and took a towel to dry myself and then I put on my boxers and sweatpants. I walked out of my bathroom with water still dripping from my ck hair. Iid down in my bed not caring that my hair still was wet. I closed my eyes and pictured Alea in my mind. Her light blue eyes, her light red lips, her dark blonde hair that was cut a little bit shorter now. She looks like an angel. I am so happy that she is my mate but will she forgive me and ept me as her mate? I hope she will be alright and gain trust in me and will be able to tell me everything so I can help her. I want to help her. I want to be there for her. I have already started to have feelings towards her. I thought about her until I fell asleep. Chapter 12: moving day Chapter 12: moving day Aleera''s POV It had been a few days since Darius was here and told me that I was his mate. I remember my wolf Pixie told me that the first time I saw him but I pushed it away. It''s not like I don''t want a mate, I do, but I am not ready at all. Right now I think he would be better off with another woman that can be with him and want to be with him right from the start. A knock at the door brought me out of my thoughts and in walks Celia, Cassie and Darius. I look up at them with a concerned expression. What¡¯s going on? I looked at Celia first, then my eyes turned to Cassia and finally to Darius. I could tell that they saw the expression on my face. Celia sat down on the chair next to me and looked at me, she took a deep breath and then she started to tell me why they were there. "Sweetie I want to tell you now that you''re healthier and your strength is back on track, even if it''s not one hundred percent back yet, I''m going to discharge you. So you are going to move to your own room." "What, bu..t ¡­ bu..t where?" I replied with a slight stutter, I was starting to be frightened. Where am I moving? Celia took a deep breath and turned her face to Darius to look at him and then looked back at me. "You are going to move to the pack house and there you¡¯ll have your own room on the 3rd floor. No one except for 6 people have clearance to go up there, but it¡¯s only you and Darius that have a room on that floor.¡± My breath got caught in my throat, It felt like I couldn''t breathe. Why the hell am I going to live on the third floor with Darius and why am I going to move to the pack house? I don''t want to live there not after what I have been through. I was shaking my head so much that my long dark blonde hair danced with my movement. Celia took my hands and I looked at her still shaking my head but slower now. "Hun, you can''t stay here forever. You will still be safe even if you move to the pack house. The pack house is the safest ce you can be at Alea." Celia tells me in a calm voice. "No, ple..ase, I ca..n''t." The words came out in a stutter again. Tears now running down from my cheeks. Celia moves her hands over my cheeks to wipe away the tears. When she was finished she put her arms around me, hugging me. The room was left in total silence for a few minutes until Darius finally broke it. "Alea, I know you are afraid and ufortable with moving to my pack house, but I assure you that you will be safe. Your room is next to mine and I have fixed up your room all by myself." I looked over Celia''s shoulder right Into Darius chocte brown eyes and he looked right back into mine. During the time we stared at one another it felt like it was only the two of us in the room and no one else. We stared at one another for a few more minutes before I broke eye contact. Celia moved away from our hug and looked at me. She turned her head to her sister Cassie and I could tell she was mind linking her sister. Then I saw Cassie start to walk up to me to disconnect me from the machines. My mind went haywire right away. ''They want me to move right now? No they can''t do this to me. I feel much safer here.'' When they had removed all the cables from me I looked down at the end of the bed and I could see new clothes. ''They really want me to move right now...'' Celia saw that I looked at the clothes at the end of the bed. "If you want I can stay and help you or we all will go outside and wait for you to change your clothes." "Are you really throwing me out?" I asked with a sad broken voice as tears threatened toe back. "No one is throwing you out. You are just moving to your own room. We are not leaving you, we will always be around here." Celia said to me. "Do you want help or should we wait for you outside?" She asked me. I thought for a few seconds. "Help." I whispered to her. "Cassie and Darius can you please leave the room and wait for us outside?" She asked both of them. They both nodded and walked towards the door. Darius was the one that exited the roomst and closed the door behind him. Celia helped me to sit up and she took the ck sweatpants and the grey hoodie from the bed and she held it up to me. After I put on the big gray hoodie she helped me to put my legs through the sweatpants and stand up. When we were done I pulled the hood over my face and let Celia lead me out from the hospital room. Celia opened the door and I saw Cassie and Darius waiting outside. We walked out from the hospital wing and walked towards my new room. --- Third POV As they walked towards the pack house Aleera could feel people were staring at her and she didn''t like it, it made her feel ufortable. She lowered her head so they couldn''t see her. Darius walked beside Aleera. While Celia and Cassie were behind them. They walked for a few minutes before they reached the pack house. The pack house was not a house. It was more like a mansion with three floors. In front of the house was awn with a fountain in the middle of it. We walked past it and reached stone steps. Aleera looked up just a little to notice the big ck doors. When they were standing by the stone steps Aleera started to breathe heavily like she was going to have a panic attack. Celia was right there beside her to make her breath in a deep and calm breath. Aleera''s body shivered so much that she had to sit down on the ground. With a stuttering voice Aleera said, "Ple..ase, do..n''t ma..ke me live th..ere, I can''t." Celia got down on her knees and moved her hand up and down Aleera''s back. " I know that moving in here might bring up horrible memories. You were most likely all alone the whole time before, but this time you¡¯re not alone. We are here with you and we are here to stay." Celia said to her using a calm tone. Aleera nodded her head and looked up at Celia with tears in her eyes. She also looked at Cassie and Darius. She hides her face with her arms and bursts out in a loud sob. Aleera feels sparks that go all over her body and she knows that Darius has put his hand on her shoulder. She looks up and sees that Darius hase down to eye level. "Alea, if the first steps into my pack house are too hard on you I can carry you in, with your permission of course, it could be of some help for you." Darius said to her. Aleera nodded her head to Darius''s proposal, Darius kept his facial expressions intact and scooped her up to carry her bridal style. Aleera puts her arms around Darius''s neck for support. She buries her face against the curve of his neck as he carries her towards her room. She inhales his scent, that''s a mixture of strawberries and choctes and it helps her rx. Darius walked up to the pack house with Aleera in his arms. Celia opened the front door and they walked in. Darius could feel that Aleera was shivering in fear in his arms. He moved his head just little and whispered in Aleera''s ear. "Shh, everything will be fine, I''m here with you." Aleera increased the hold on Darius''s neck as they walked through his house and climbed the stairs to the third floor. When we had reached the third floor it was a long hall. The walls were covered in pictures and were a dark red color. Darius stopped in front of a door and somehow he managed to open it while still holding her. Behind the door was arge room. The walls were a shade of darker beige color with light beige carpet that covered the whole floor and a crystal chandelier was hanging from the ceiling. The room also had a ss sliding french door that went from the floor to the ceiling with light gray curtains on both sides. Beside the ss door were two beige colored armchairs and through the ss door was a balcony that connected to Darius''s balcony. On the right side of the room there was a queen sized bed with a ck frame and on each side of the bed were ck bedside tables. On the left side were two more doors, one to the bathroom and one to the walk-in closet. N?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content. Darius put Aleera on the edge of the bed and she looked around the room. It was so open and light. She was stunned at the sight. "I hope you like your room. My room is right next door." Darius said to Aleera. Aleera nodded her head even if she was afraid. This room looked so amazing. She just wished she had grown up in a room like this and never had to go through what she did. "The second door to the right is your walk-in closet. I sent my betas mate Nicole to the mall to pick out some new clothes for you. I hope you will like them, if not then once you''re ready then you can get items you like." Darius told her. She is still sitting on the bed and admiring the room. Aleera''s stomach made a sound that gave Darius and Celia a signal that she was hungry, even if she was not going to admit it, she still had problems with eating and she was afraid that she would puke it up. But they have made progress to get a small amount of nutrition in her system. "I will get you something to eat." Darius said with an amused smile on his face as he walked out of the room and Cassie left to go back to the hospital shortly after we got in the room. Celia was sitting in one of the armchairs. It was silent until the door opened and Darius stepped in with a te full of food. ¡°I''ll leave it here and leave so you can eat. If you need anything I will be in my office a floor down." He left after he had ced the te on the bedside table. Celia got up and came over to sit next to her. On the te there was pasta and bolognese. Aleera eat a quarter of the food. It was a huge progress. When Celia noticed that Aleera had stopped eating she took the te from her. She was happy with the amount she had eaten. She got up and walked to the walk-in-closet to pick out something for Aleera to wear to bed. She found blue PJs for Aleera. Once dressed Aleera crawled under the white duvet and Celia tucked her in. "Get a goodnight sleep. I will be back tomorrow morning, I promise. If you need anything Darius''s room is next door." Aleera nodded her head and Celia turned around and walked out of the room and closed the door. But she left the light on on the bedside table. Aleera felt sofortable in this bed, It felt like she was on a cloud. It didn''t take long before she was sleeping. Around 3 am Aleera woke up screaming her lungs out. "They are here! Get them off me!" Chapter 13: stay please Chapter 13: stay please Darius POV I went to my bed two hours ago and I was not able to fall asleep. Iid on my back above my duvet in my boxers and sweatpants. I have been tossing and turning the whole time. I¡¯ve triedying on my back, both of my sides, and my stomach but nothing worked. I was starting to grow restless. I have been working my ass off me with a lot of paperwork since I left Alea''s room trying to figure out what pack she belonged to and why the moonlit pack hunted her down and beat her, but I haven''t been able to find out anything. Every time I close my eyes my brain goes haywire trying to figure out why anyone would do that to her. I put my right arm over my eyes trying again. I breathed in a deep and calm breath trying to sleep when I heard an ear-piercing scream echo through my packhouse. I jumped out of my bed and ran toward my door. I opened the door and came out in the hallway and I heard the screaminging from Alea''s room. "They are here! Get them off me!" I ran towards her door and threw it open and saw Alea sitting up in her bed screaming her lungs out. I ran to her and took hold of her arms while looking straight at her face. Her eyes were empty and they showed so much fear. "Alea! What''s the matter?" I don''t think she heard me because she was still screaming her lungs out. "Alea, calm down no one is here." I told her trying to calm her down. But whatever I did, nothing worked. While I tried to make her stop screaming I heard some of my pack members asking through our mind- link, ''What is going on?'' ''Are we under attack'' ''Who is screaming'' ''We aren''t under attack. I believe that the girl we saved from the moonlit pack is having a nightmare.¡¯ I said back through the pack mind link cut the mind link shifting my focus back on Alea when I heard Nicole in a private mind-link. ''Do you need any help?'' ''No. I will handle it.'' I said back. I looked at Alea¡¯s face and she was still screaming and her breath was not good. What the hell should I do? How can I calm her down? She was literally having a big panic attack. Then I remembered what one of my old teachers taught us. I just hope she will forgive me for this. I smashed my lips against hers, making her hold her breath and at the same time stopping her panic attack. I held her in my arms with my lips on hers. I moved my hand up to her cheek and deepened the kiss, even if this was not my intention. I just couldn''t help myself, she tasted so amazing. I licked the bottom of her lip to ask permission, I never thought she would open up to me but she did and I stuck my tongue in. She tasted even more amazing than I ever imagined. ''I have to stop this before I end up in an awkward situation.'' I thought to myself when I felt my member start to grow in my sweatpants. I broke the kiss and I looked at Alea and I could see that she was now calm and her breath was back to normal. I just hope she will forgive me. I did promise that she could trust me and I didn¡¯t want to force myself on her. She looked at me in shock. Her eyes were red and swollen from all the crying. I still had one of my hands on her cheek and the other on her lower back. I could see the fear on her face and the tears that threatened to escape her eyes again. "Shh, Alea. Everything will be fine. I am here." I slowly put my arms around her to give herfort. It was then I noticed that she leaned her face against my bare chest and I started to rock her back and forth. I could feel that she rxed more and more in my arms. It was then I leaned down and kissed her on the top of the head. We sat like this for a while but when I started to notice that she was about to fall asleep leaning against me I put her head on the pillow and put the duvet over her body and tucked her in. I got off the bed and started walking towards the door when I felt a hand grab my arm stopping me in ce. I turned back and saw her look right up at me. "Please. Stay," She said in a whisper. I looked at her and thought for myself. ''Did I just hear right?'' "Are you sure?" I asked back. She just nodded and took a breath. "I don''t want to be alone" With a low voice. I gave her a smile and I got back in the bed, but I was on top of the duvet. Iid my arm over her and she snuggled closer to me. I felt happy that she asked me to stay. Xander screamed in joy. While Iid there I thought to myself. ''I will stay until she is asleep. I don''t want to freak her out in the morning when she wakes up.'' I am happy that I have found my mate. After all, I have been looking for her for such a long time. But laying here next to her was hard for me because my instinct told me to mate and mark her, it''s our nature. I can''t do that to her or to me. Not after what she has been through, not right now, I will wait till she is ready. I could feel that she was breathing deep so I knew she was about to fall asleep. I will just hold her a little more before I go back to my own room. It took a while before she was fully asleep. I moved away from her and slowly took my arm away from her so I could get up and leave, but as I moved my arm away she started to make sounds that sounded like her mind and dreams were haunting her. I put my arm around her once again and the second I had my arm around her she was quiet. I tried to leave a few more times but every time I took my arm off her she made that sound again. So eventually I gave up and decided to stay and sleep next to her. I pulled her close to my chest and wrapped both arms around her to make her feel safe and to make sure she sleeps all she needs to. I closed my eyes and I leaned against her and fell asleep beside her smelling her amazing scent, both I and Xander were happy but we both were a little frightened about how she would react when she would wake up. But that is a problem I will handle then.N?velDrama.Org holds this content. Chapter 14: first morning in my room Chapter 14: first morning in my room Aleera''s POV I am half asleep and could feel the warmth around my body. I could also feel some weird heaviness that I never felt before. This was a really nice night I was able to sleep the whole night. I kept my eyes closed. I didn''t want to wake up, this was so nice and I was sofortable when I felt something breath on my neck. I opened my eyes and I looked down at my waist and I could see an arm. I thought to myself, ¡®what the hell is that doing there and whose arms is it?¡¯ I could then smell the aroma of strawberries and chocte. I moved my head just a little bit so I could look behind me and I saw Darius. Why was he here and why is he holding me? I took a hold of the duvet close to my chest so that I could move away from him. As I moved away I must have woken him up because when I looked back he was awake. He looked at me and he probably saw the fear that crossed my face. He put his arms up in surrender and I took a breath. "Alea, you don''t need to be scared I know this probably looks weird to you but I promise I did not do anything to you." "What are you doing in here?" I asked him with a scared voice. "You had a nightmarest night and was screaming so bad that you woke up the whole packhouse. People thought that we were under attack. You asked me to stay here with you." He took a breath and then continued. "I tried to go back to my room when you fell asleep but every time I moved away from you, you would make weird sounds like your mind and your dreams were being haunted so that''s why I stayed the whole night with you." He said so calmly. Now I was in shock. Did I really say that he could stay here? I held the duvet to my chest covering me while I looked down trying to remember what I was dreaming aboutst night but I couldn¡¯t remember it at all. I was so deep in my own thoughts trying to figure out my dream fromst night that I had not noticed that Darius was talking to me until I felt his touch and I looked up into his brown eyes. N?velDrama.Org holds this content. "Huh?" I said because I did not hear what he said. "I said, you don''t remember right?" "No, I don''t." I answer back He still had his hand on my arm. He was moving his thumb up and down sending electric sparks throughout my body. "You were screaming. ¡®They are here. Get them off me.¡¯ Who were you screaming to?" "No one you know. I don''t want to talk about it." I told him and turned away from him so he could not see my face. Why would I scream that out loud? I have never screamed anything out loud before when I had nightmares, not that I know about. So why would I start doing it now? He said that I made sounds and it sounded to him that my dreams and my mind were being haunted. The reasonable exnation for that must be that I was dreaming about my past. Just the thought of that made my body shiver. I pushed Darius¡¯s hand away from my arm and pulled my legs closer to my chest and my arms around my legs. I leaned my face to my knees that was under the duvet and I could feel that I was crying and that the duvet got wet from my tears. I could hear him say my name a couple of times before I looked up. "Alea, you know that me and my pack are here for you. We just hope that you will gain trust in us and tell us what happened to you so we can help you move forward." He said. I don''t know where the need to tell him something came from but suddenly I had the courage to say something about how I felt about the past and what it has done to me. "I will tell you that I feel numb throughout my body. I don''t trust anyone, especially men. After all these years I have been treated badly and it feels like I am dead inside. I am afraid that I will go through that again. Everytime I close my eyes I¡¯m back where I have been for so many years.¡± I took a breath and continued again. "If you know how to bring me back after so many years of being tortured and living nightmares most couldn''t dream of then be my guest because I certainly don''t know how." "I didn¡¯t ask you to open up right away. And yes you''re right, I don''t know what you have been through, but I can see it in your eyes that you are in pain. Being your mate it hurts me to see you in pain. I will protect you. I just hope that one day you will open up to me, and gain trust in me. " He paused and then continued when our eyes found each other "The only thing I know is that you have been abused, beaten, and I know for certain that you have been raped." Now I was shocked! How did he know ALL that? I only just now told him about the torture. "How do you know all that?" I asked him with an angry and scared voice. "When I found you I could smell some other men''s semen on you. And when Celia did an examination on your body when I first brought you here she told me that she could see that you have been beaten a couple of times, but by who we don''t know." Tears were beginning to well up in my eyes and run down my cheeks when I noticed Darius¡¯s hand coming closer and closer to my cheek and I moved away and pointed to the door. "Please get out." "I will leave the room, but I will never leave you. You are my mate and I will be with you until that day I die. Remember this Alea, I will always have your back and support you." He sighed looking into my eyes before he left the room. Before he closed the door I did look up and into his eyes again and I could see pain and sadness. I know I caused it because I was not ready to fully open up to him. I don''t know if I ever will be. Chapter 15: escape the forest Chapter 15: escape the forest Aleera''s POV After Darius had left my room I decided toy down for a bit. But I couldn''t getfortable so I got up and walked into my walk-in-closet to take a look around it for something to wear. I finally decided on a pair of white sweatpants and a ck tank top. When I was done in the closet I walked out and my eyes looked at the bathroom door. I have been a prisoner in my own home for so many years without the opportunity to have a shower. I looked back at the door to the room and because i was alone it would not be that scary and no one could do anything to me. So I decided to have a shower. I walked into the bathroom and I locked the door, just in case. I stripped my PJs off and got in the shower. The hot water ran down my body helping to wash away my irritation and helping to rx my muscles. I was in the shower for at least thirty minutes. When I felt I was done I turned off the water and stepped out. I dried myself off with my towel and sat down on the toilet to get dressed. Celia and Cassie had talked to me about going to get special training with them in two weeks or so because I have never trained before. She also wanted to see how my muscles would handle it and if they woulde back to normal strength. Celia had talked to Darius about it also. I did look forward to it but at the same time I didn''t. When I was back in my room I could see the sun was shining in through the ss door into my room. It has been so long since I have been outside. I have lived in a room with no windows and this was my opportunity to go outside. I really wanted to go outside to feel the sun rays on my skin. I walked towards my door and opened it and started walking down the hallway to the stairs to the first floor. Once on the first floor I heard voices in a room close to the staircase and I knew that I would not go over there, I was not ready to meet anyone from his pack that I have not already met. So I walked in the other direction and I ended up at the back exit. When I had exited the house I ended up in the backyard. In the backyard was a huge sitting lounge with light brown wood chairs and benches. There were flowers in the ground and in flowerpots. When I looked up I saw outdoor string lights hanging from the closest trees and a wooden privacy screen but it was not on during the day, it was so magnificent. The forest was just a few feet away so I started to walk towards it I walked around the backyard for a bit then moved to the outskirts of the forest for a while before I decided to leave for a bit and be alone to think in peace, something I had not experienced in a long time. As I reached the forest line I looked back at the house and then back to the forest. This would be my second time in a forest since I escaped. Am I strong enough to do it? I took a breath in and then started to walk into the forest. I decided to walk instead of run, I wanted to enjoy the view. While I was walking around the forest looking at everything and admiring everything my eyes could see it felt like someone was watching me but I ignored it. When the feeling did not disappear it started to creep me out so I started to run. The feeling did not leave even if I ran away from it so I tried to run faster but now I could hear paws hitting the ground and became scared. I pushed myself to run even faster. I wanted to get away from whatever was chasing me. Darius promised me that I would be safe on his territory, but he lied to me. He must have lied, if he was not then why was someone chasing me on HIS territory? The fear I felt was so bad that it made me run faster than I ever thought I could. I just want to get away. I want to be safe! I still can''t shift, Celia believes it''s because of all the stuff me and Pixie have been through. And as you all know, we female wolves can''t shift before we meet our mate. I was pushed to the ground and it brought me back to some of the horrible memories from that night and I felt tears forming in my eyes. I turned around slowly because I was scared. What I saw when I had turned around was a young boy, maybe in his early twenty. He had blonde hair and two different eye colors, the left one was blue and the right one was green. He then bent down and he grabbed my arms with such force that I knew I was going to bruise from it. "How dare a rogue like you enter our territory. " He screamed at me and his hold on my arms got harder. I tried to push him away. "I am not a rogue, I am a guest here." "Stop lying! You aren''t a guest here! If you were I would know about it! You must be lying as I don''t know anything about a guest!¡± He said back to me and his voice was beyond angry. "I am not lying. I am telling you the truth." I said in a stuttering voice. N?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content. He had me pinned to the ground and was now straddling me. I can''t take this. What have I done to deserve this? I filled my lungs with air and I let it out in a loud scream that echoed through the forest. "HELP ME, SOMEONE!" I was fighting and fighting but I could not defeat him. I was screaming for help over and over again. "Stop screaming rogue, no one will save you. I will give you the punishment for entering our territory." He said. He grabbed my breast with one of his hands and he squeezed it hard. What kind of punishment is this? He is crazy! I struggled and finally, I got a hand free and I pped him across his face. "You have some nerves to hit me! You will regret that!" He screamed at me. Then he put his left hand over my throat. Now I was scared for my life! I pushed his hand away and screamed out. "DARIUS HELP ME! " Tears wereing down my eyes heavily. I did my best to fight him off but he was stronger than me and he also had the upper hand. I was screaming and screaming to the point it hurt my lungs and throat. I don''t know for how long I have been trying to fight him off when I heard one powerful voice. Chapter 16: she did it again Chapter 16: she did it again Third POV "AARON, release her this instant!" Aaron turned his head to face the direction we heard the voice and he saw an angry James storming towards them. "Why? She¡¯s a rogue." "She is not a rogue. She''s our alpha''s mate, our future Luna. Do you have any idea what you have done!?" James said, shaking with anger. Aaron let go of his grip around Aleera''s throat and got off her, stepping away from her. He bent his head down bowing and showing his neck in submission to show James that he regrets what he did. Aleera was still crying heavily and her breathing was fast so she was starting to have a panic attack. She got up on all four and started to crawl away from both Aaron and James. When she had some distance between them she put her arms around herself and started to rock back and forth. ¡°I am sorry, I didn''t know. Why hasn''t our Alpha said anything?" Aaron asked James and he used a low voice while still looking at the ground as he still was scared of what James would do or say to him. ¡°Because she is a victim and is suffering from a big trauma from her earlier life. Since Darius and a few other pack members found and saved her she has only been in our hospital and she was just discharged from the hospital yesterday. She has not yet epted him but he has epted her.¡± James said back to Aaron and the anger could still be heard from his voice. "What have I done?" Aaron said with a regretting voice. If James could be this mad and angry for what he did, just the thought of how the alpha will react sent a shiver down his back. "Do you have any idea how furious he will be when he finds out what you have done to his mate and our future luna? Now it will take longer for her to recover.¡± James said to Aaron while he looked at Aleera that was rocking back and forth. James started to walk slowly towards Aleera but she moved back which made him stop and move back. James got down at the same eye level as Aleera as he mind linked Darius. ''Darius, you need toe to the west side of the forest and do it fast, it''s Alea.'' ¡®What do mean it''s Alea? She is in her room resting. Why do I need toe over to the west side of the forest?¡¯ Darius said back in the private mind link between him and James. ''She must have snuck out. One of our younger pack members that just came back to our territory thought she was a rogue and attacked her and he might have done some other stuff to her by mistake too. He didn¡¯t know who she was and now she is in a bad state.'' James said back to him through the mind link. ''What? On my way.'' He said before cutting the link. Darius ran as fast as he could and he was there quite fast. When he saw her on the ground shaking in fear. He then used his powerful alpha voice to yell at Aaron. Aleera was so deep in her own bubble so she didn¡¯t even flinch when he used the alpha voice. She only noticed him when he was at her side getting down to scoop her up, he stopped when she turned her head to look at him and started to scream at him. "You lied to me. You promised me that I would be safe here." "I am sorry. This will never happen again. You are safe now." "How can I believe you this time?" He let her scream at him before he scooped her up bridal style and what she did next surprised him after what she said, she leaned close to his chest and cried her eyes out. He started to slowly walk back to the packhouse. He soon noticed that she got calmer and calmer. It looks like Darius¡¯s touch and smell was calming her down and he couldn''t help but smile at that. When they arrived at the packhouse he took her up to her room. Once inside her room, he walked over to her bed and ced her on the edge of it. He sat down beside her looking right into her eyes. "I don''t know what just happened in the forest, but can you tell me what you were doing there in the first ce?" Darius asked her in a concerned voice. Alea looked away from him when she decided to answer him. "I just wanted to go outside. I wanted to feel the sun on my skin and I wanted some time alone.¡± She answered in a low voice. Darius ced one of his hands on her cheek and moved her head so she had to face him. "Right now I prefer that someone is with you if you want to go outside. Many of my pack members do not know who you are and I don''t want you to experience what happened in the forest now ever again." Darius said while looking at her and then he continued. "And what he did he will have to answer to me for. I am also going to have a talk to every pack member and tell them about you and who you are to me and to them. You are their future luna, and that they can''t hurt you." What was he talking about, me the future luna, he must be crazy. I am not fit to be their luna, I am a mess. I just escaped years and years of being a prisoner. She shakes her head no to what he said, I am not going to be their luna. I just want to be free. Darius was about to answer her but a knock on the door interrupted him and the door opened and James''s head popped in between the door and the doorframe. "Sorry Alpha, our guest is here now. Pleasee down when you have finished talking to her." "I will be down shortly." Darius informed James. James closed the door and walked back down to greet their guests. Darius looked back to Aleera. "Will you do me one favor and please stay here while I have a meeting with the other alphas from the other packs? If something happens to you while I am at the meeting I don''t know what I will do." He said to her and he could not resist his urge to lean in. His lips touched hers briefly. Aleera shrugged back when she felt his lips on hers. Why did he do that? "I am sorry, it was probably too fast. I couldn¡¯t stop myself." Darius said to her. She could see the pain in his eyes so she leaned in and gave him a kiss on his cheek. Darius smiled at her first move. "Now, go and meet your guest. I will stay here." "You do really want to get rid of me. Don''t you?" He said back to her with a small hint of amusement in his voice. She smiled at him and he got up from his seat and walked towards the door. N?velDrama.Org holds this content. He still had a big smile on his face when he left her to go down to meet the other alphas. *** Aleera''s POV There was a spark that went through my body during the brief moment his lips touched mine that must have been the connection between mates. Or else what was it? I do feel it every time he touches me. so it must be that. It¡¯s something I need to figure out. But to see him smile like he did when he left did make me happy, but I am not quite ready to open up to him yet. I was still sitting in the same spot on my bed where he ced me when we came back from the forest. Now when I was alone again my mind wandered off to what had happened to me in the forest with one of his pack members and it sent shivers through my body. I have been through so much. What have I done to deserve all these horrible things to happen to me? I literally thought I would be safe here but thinking about what had happened to me in the forest just now I remembered what I had been through at the moonlit pack. Just to be reminded of what happened to me brought tears to my eyes. I heard a knock on the door and I didn¡¯t manage to wipe away the tears before the door opened and Celia walked in. The first thing she saw was me sitting on my bed with tears in my eyes. "Sweetheart I came over as fast as I could after I heard what happened to you in the forest. I came to check if you are okay." "I am fine." I said back to her even if I am not fine. Who would be fine after the attack and molesting by the pack member? Celia walked up to me and she sat down beside me and put her hand on my shoulder. "I know that you are not fine. I can see it. Do you want to talk about it?" She asked me concerned. I shock my head as a no. I didn¡¯t want to talk about it. It was enough to think about it, how would it be if I talked about it? We sat there in silence when she broke it. "I have a book that reminds me of you, you can borrow it from me if you want but that is of course if you can read," Celia said to me. What kind of subject change was that? First, she is trying to get me to talk about what happened in the forest then she jumps to a book. What is wrong with these people? "Yes, I know how to read. My mother taught me to read when I was young but it has been years since I read any books." "Do you want to give it a try? If you don''t like the book we can see if we can find something you would like from our packhouse liberty." "Sure, I can give it a try. It would not hurt to see if I will like it or not. I will never know if I don''t give it a chance." "That is a good instinct. I must warn you, I have read the book so many times and the first page and first few sentences are fucked up but I could not stop reading it once I started reading it." She said to me and she chuckled when saying that. Celia was still looking at me with a huge smile on her face. "I can go and get it now if you want, it¡¯s the liberty. I don''t have much space in my room." She asked me. "Sure why not." I said back to her and tried to smile at her. She left to go and get the book she was talking about. I¡¯ll see if I will like it at all but I did say to her that I would give it a try. After she left I felt like I needed to be freshened up, So went to the bathroom and I locked the door automatically. I walked over to the sink and when I saw myself in the mirror above it I could see how red and swollen my eyes were after all the crying. I turned the water tap on and filled my hands with cold water to ssh over my face so the redness and swelling would reduce. While I washed my face I remembered what the moon goddess had told me when I met her before. She said that this was my destiny. How could this be my destiny, to be chased after, molested by every man I see? I don''t deserve this and I know for sure I can''t take it anymore. I put so much force into my fist and smashed it into the mirror, I could not stand looking at myself. I could hear the sound of ss pieces hitting the floor after I had broken the mirror into pieces. I looked down at my knuckles and saw blood, not a little bit of blood either. I could see some small ss pieces that were stuck around my knuckles and out of the corner of my eye I saw that there were some pieces laying in the sink with my blood on them. In the sink I saw one big ss piece. I picked it up and clenched my hand around it. I could feel the piece cutting into my skin. This is just too much for me to handle, I can''t do it anymore. Without any hesitation I drove the big ss piece into my stomach and pulled to the side so it left a big flesh wound. I felt the warm liquid dripping from my stomach down to the floor. I felt that my body get heavier and heavier until I was no longer able to stand up and I copsed on the tiled floor. I was still wide awake when I heard Celia on the other side of the door. I could see that the door handle was moving up and down faster and faster so I guess she can smell the blood. She kept screaming at me. "OPEN the door ALEA! I can SMELL the BLOOD! What have you done? OPEN the DOOR immediately!" When she did not hear me answer her she continued to call out and bang on the door. But I guess her patience was gone so when I heard a loud brake I knew she had kicked in the door. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?" She yells at me when she grabs a towel from the shelf and puts it on my wound and applies pressure to it to help stop the bleeding. Celia got bloodstains on her hands from putting pressure on it with the towel. During this urrence neither me or Celia had noticed that Cassie had entered and the first thing she was seeing was me on the floor bleeding out. When Celia noticed her sister she screamed out to her. "MIND LINK DARIUS NOW! SHE HAS HARMED HERSELF AGAIN" Chapter 17: Darius in a meeting Chapter 17: Darius in a meeting Darius POV Before I went down to meet up with my guest I went to my bedroom to have a quick shower. After the shower I put on dark blue jeans and a ck tight shirt. I heard voices when I got downstairs and by the tone that they used I knew that something must have happened. As I opened the door to the dining room everyone got quiet and looked at me. The dining room was bright and had white walls with light cream curtains on each side of the big windows. In the middle was a long brown table that fitted twenty chairs around it. I looked around and I saw James standing on the other side of the room having a conversation with Alpha ke. I walked towards them. "So what happened this time? As all off you showed up unannounced!" I asked Alpha ke when I reached them. "Darius, we are sorry that we showed up here unannounced but Isaac has struck again. That¡¯s why we needed to have an emergency meeting." Alpha Lucius answered my question as he appeared behind me overhearing my question to ke. I turned around to face Lucius. "What? Who has he killed now?" I asked him with so much shock in my voice but it held anger in it too. "It''s Alpha Raymond and his pack. No one made it out alive." Lucius answered me back and sighed, he had lost his neighbor and friend. What?" Was the only thing I could get out as I thought about how Alpha Raymond was a peaceful man and how kind he was. I left my spot and walked towards my seat. As I was taking my seat everyone was taking their seat as well. I was sitting there taking in the devastating news I found out, which took me a few minutes to digest the news. As I digested it I looked around the table to see that everyone was looking at me waiting for me to say something. Around the table were Alpha Alejandro, Alpha Mathew, Alpha Lucius, and Alpha ke with their beta beside them and on the phone, we had 5 other alphas listening in. Alpha Zane, Alpha Corey, Alpha Emilio, Alpha Tristan, and Alpha Philip. They wanted to help but unfortunately, they are either too far away or they can''t help during the fights because they are no longer as strong as they used to be. A long time ago we were 20 strong Alphas spread out around this country but it all started 5 years ago when Alpha Isaac went nuts and started to kill everything and everyone that was standing in his way. Today we have only 10 packs left. We have had war after war during these past 5 years, and we have lost other packs and friends, as we also have tried to help each other out we have been losing members. So now it only depends on Alejandro and Mathew and ke and myself to end this was before we all die "Who found out about Alpha Raymond and his pack?" I asked everyone. Alpha Mathew was the one to answer my question. "I sent some of my warriors to his pack when I didn''t get a response from him for the past few days. I knew then something had happened when they came back they told me they confirmed my suspicions. They told me there were dead bodies lying everywhere, some beheaded and some without limbs. They looked for survivors but there were none alive¡±. And that''s when all hell broke loss with everyone talking at once and not listening to each other. I leaned back in my chair and started to massage my nose bridge with my thumb and index finger. I was trying to figure out a n so we all would survive. We need a good strategy to take down Isaac and his pack. We need to take him by surprise as that would only help us. Every time we have tried to attack him, he has somehow known about it and has been prepared for us. We need toe up with a perfect surprise attack n to take him and his pack down once and for all. But the other alpha''s were having a heated conversation and my patience was running out fast as I got up from my chair, I had enough. N?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content. "THAT IS Enough!" I screamed at them all. "This will not solve anything. We need toe up with a n that will save us all from Isaac." I said to them in an irritated voice. Alejandro was the first one to speak. "Do you have any suggestions, Darius?" As I was about to answer him that we needed to find a solution to this calmly. Cassie''s voice BOOMED inside my head. ¡®DARIUS,e quick! WE need your help! ALEA has hurt herself in her bathroom. There is blood everywhere!¡¯ I did not give Cassie any answer back. I just ran out from the room leaving the other alphas without saying anything to them. All that mattered to me was Alea nothing else. I ran up the stairs to the third floor and down the hall to her room. The second I entered her room I could smell her blood. I found them all in the bathroom and the scene I saw when I entered was Alea on the floor and Celia almost on top of her applying pressure to her stomach with a towel. Alea was still wide awake and she found my eyes when I entered. I rushed to her side and got down on my knees beside her head. "What have you done?" I asked her and I was really worried about her condition. "I am so sorry, I couldn''t take it anymore. So much pain." She answers me with a stuttering voice and tears running down from her eyes. I ced both my hands on her face whipping away her tears with my thumbs. "''You can''t do this to yourself just because you can''t handle your trauma. Let me in so I can help you to deal with it. I am here with you and I can¡¯t lose you." I said back to her and it could be heard in my voice that it was broken by her action Alea did not answer me back, I was looking at her hoping she would answer me when I noticed Cassie coming in with some medical tools. When did she leave? "Keep her still." Celia said to me. I did as she told me to. Then Alea screamed out in pain, I looked down and saw Celia punching a needle into the wound to help speed up the process for her to heal, she is still too weak to heal fast like others can and hurting herself did not help her recovering state at all. She only put in like 6 stitches and then ced a bandage over it. When I looked back on Alea''s face she had passed out. I looked back at Celia and Cassie and they were now standing up. Celia was whipping her hands off and she was about to open her mouth but I knew what she was going to say so I picked Alea up and brought her to the bed. When I had put her white duvet over her I turned around to Celia and Cassie "She has been sedated and will be out for the next 24 hours. But from her actions today I suggest that we don''t leave her alone anymore, someone needs to be with her all the time. She will probably do this again to herself if she is alone." Celia said to me then she looked over to her sister. "Cassie, do you mind staying here with her? I need to go back to the clinic and Darius needs to go back to his meeting. He can send you back as soon as he is done with the meeting." Celia asked her sister. Cassie nodded her head. Before leaving I walked over to Alea and kissed her forehead. Then we both left the room, leaving Cassie there to watch over Alea. Third POV Darius went back to his meeting with the other Alpha''s. As he got to the first floor he still had the image in his mind of how she wasying on the floor. He still had it on his mind when he entered the room. The facial expressions he was faced with when he came back to the other alpha''s was worry and confusion. "Sorry that I rushed out of the meeting but my mate tried to kill herself." Darius told the other alphas. "I didn''t know you had a mate. Congrattions and I sincerely hope that she is okay. I do hope it''s nothing serious." Alpha Mathew said. "Thanks, she is okay for now. She drove a piece of ss into her stomach." Darius said back. "Oh my god. Why did she do that?" All the alphas said together. Darius walked back to his seat, wondering why she would do this to herself. She looked fine when he left her earlier. As he sat down he noticed that everyone was looking at him and waiting for him to answer them. But what could he tell them, he does not that much himself "She is suffering from some sort of trauma, she has not told me anything yet. I have almost lost her four-time since I saved her from being attacked three weeks ago" Darius told the other Alpha''s and they were shocked by what he had told them "Who attacked her?" Alpha Alejandro asked. "The moonlit pack." Darius said with anger in his voice. When Darius said the moonlit pack the room became silent instead "Why would the moonlit pack attack her?" Alpha ke asked, breaking the silence in the room. "I have no idea." Darius said back sadly. "How much do you know about her? has she told you what pack she belongs to or if she knows why they attacked her?" Alpha Alejandro asked Darius "No, she has yet not opened up, she is too afraid. Every time I try to talk about it or ask about her past she hurts herself. She has told me that she does not want to talk about what she has been through, it''s painful for her. She has not answered me what pack she belongs to, but she belongs to my pack now as she is my mate" Darius answered Alejandro''s question. "What is her name?" Alpha Lucius asked "She has not told us her full name. She has only told us a nickname and that is Alea. She has not even told us herst name." Darius stated looking around the room hoping that someone would recognize the name but no one did. But they said they would ask around in their pack to see if anyone did recognize it. They left the Aleera subject and went on with the real problem to find a solution to stop Isaac and his pack but after four hours no one hade up with anything they agreed to think about it on their own and then tell everyone at the next meeting. Darius has tried to be a part of this meeting but he has been half-minded worrying about his mate two floors above him. After the meeting, Darius went up to Aleera¡¯s room and told Cassie that he would stay and keep observation over her. He sat in the armchair for the rest of the night and kept a close eye on his beloved and broken mate Aleera Chapter 18: leave me alone Chapter 18: leave me alone Aleera''s POV I opened my eyes slowly and my head felt so heavy because every move I did felt like I was going to pass out again. I moved my head to the left slowly and found Darius sleeping in one of my armchairs. Has he been here all night? He must have because he has the same clothing on as he did yesterday. As I tried to sit up I felt a sharp pain in the area when I punched in the ss piece yesterday. I took off my duvet to do some inspections on my wound when I found a bloody bandage on. I sighed and pulled the duvet back on because I got cold when I took it off. I looked at Darius again and called out to him. "Darius, wake up," Darius woke up after I called for him once. He got up from the armchair and came over to me in a sh. "Alea, how do you feel? Are you in any pain?" He asked. I could hear the worry for me in his voice too. "Yes, I am fine. I just feel some pain here.¡± I pointed to my stomach. ¡°By the way, why were you sleeping in here and not in your own bedroom?" I asked him. Darius reached out his hand and took mine as he looked straight into my eyes. "Do you really think I would not stay here after you drove a ss piece into your stomach yesterday?" He answered back and then he took a deep breath. I could see he was upset. I noticed he was calm again and he continued. "Do you have any idea how scared I was? I almost lost you again. You can''t keep doing this to yourself or to me. I can''t and I won''t live without you." He said with a sad tone and he looked down after. I took my hand away from his and he brought his eyes up to meet mine. "I can never give what you want. I am too broken and can never be put back together again. You deserve a woman that can love you and be with you the second you meet each other." I said trying to hold back the broken tone and my tears. "And I will make you whole again. I am here for you if you need to talk or have a shoulder to cry on. I want you and no one else. If I need to wait years for you to ept my love then fine I will wait." "I am not ready for it. I don''t know if I ever will be or if I even want it, so please stop talking about love. Can you please leave me alone?" "Fine I can stop talking about love for now but I am not going to leave you alone, not until I know for sure that your suicidal behavior is gone." He said back and he had a firm tone. "Excuse me. What?" I said in a shocked voice "You heard me. After what you did yesterday I have decided that you will no longer be alone and that is final." He said back to me and now I was even more shocked. "You can''t do this to me. I refuse to be a prisoner again." I said back to him. Now I''m pissed off. "You can go wherever you want as long as someone is with you all the time, and you are not my prisoner, you are my mate. And what do you mean by a prisoner again?" He asked me concerned. Why did I say that to him? Now he knows that I have been a prisoner. "Nothing that concerns you. Just get out and leave me alone. I don''t want any of you near me." I said back to him. I turned my head away from him and pushed myself off the bed, it hurt like hell. At lightning speed Darius was by my side and he grabbed my arm and turned me around so I had to face him. "Of course it concerns me. You are my mate and I don''t want you to deal with your past alone. You need to talk to me or to someone." He said back to me and I don''t know what came over me. I could not stop myself before my hand came in contact with his cheek. When it had sunken in what I did, I screamed at him. "GET OUT AND LEAVE ME ALONE!" He was so shocked and he moved his hand up to his cheek to touch it. It was red and sore. His eyes met mine and I could see that his eyes had turned pitch ck, he was angry, but instead of hitting me or screaming at me he stormed out from the room leaving me alone. After he left I felt bad for him. What did I do? He has done nothing bad to me since he saved me from my father and his pack. But he did put pressure on me to tell him. If he only knew how scared I was to be around him. I had never had a good rtionship with any man and what will he do or think about me if I tell him about my past? I slid down the wall to sit on the floor. I didn¡¯t care that my wound hurt like hell. I leaned my head back to the wall and cried, not because of the pain I felt from my wound but for the wounds I felt inside. I have been through so much so I don''t believe time would heal me or erase the bad memories from my past ''I''ve been alone all along. I am scared to open up, to let people know my childhood fears and the haunted dream I still have. How I can see their faces that still haunt my once pleasant dreams and won''t leave me alone. This is driving me to madness. I know I can''t stop the pain. What will happen if I open up? Will the pain slowly disappear? What should I do?'' Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. Third POV Darius left the house to go for a run to calm himself down. After he left the house he mind linked Celia and told her about what happened and that she should go up to Alea. When Celia was outside Alea''s room she did not open it and she refused to, she screamed that she wanted to be left alone. Celia tried over and over to get Alea to open up the door. She even brought lunch with her but she still refused to open the door. When Darius came back after he had calmed down he also tried but she still refused. Sure they could force their way in but they wanted her to open the door to gain her trust and everything. Every time they tried she screamed out that she wanted to be alone, so the only thing they could do right now was to grant her wish and leave her alone so she could calm herself down. They knew as long she answered them by screaming they knew she was fine and had not done anything to herself. Aleera was no longer sitting on the floor, she had moved around during these hours. At this moment she was sitting on her bed thinking to herself if she should keep it in or if she should tell him about her horrible past. She knew for sure that he would run away and leave her alone if she told him Chapter 19: Reviling me true identity Chapter 19: Reviling me true identity Aleera''s POV Later that evening, I was sitting on my bed with gray leggings and a loose ck tank top. I have been sitting here doing nothing since I smacked Darius on his face. I looked over to the bedside table and noticed something there that wasn''t there before. I moved closer and I saw a book. After all the commotion from yesterday, I had totally forgotten that Celia was going to let me borrow her book, it must be this one. The cover looked interesting and I turned it around to read on the back. The genre was young adult and supernatural and the book was in a small series and the series was named hush hush written by Ba Fitzpatrick. I decided to give it a try since I had nothing to do. As I started to read the first chapter I was shocked. ¡®I WALKED INTO BIOLOGY AND MY JAW FELL OPEN. Mysteriously adhered to the chalkboard was a Barbie doll, with Ken at her side. They¡¯d been forced to link arms and were naked except for artificial leaves ced in a few choice locations. Scribbled above their heads in thick pink chalk was the invitation: WELCOME TO HUMAN REPRODUCTION (SEX)¡¯ This was the weirdest thing I have read in a long time and it was in chapter one. What kind of book has Celia given me? But I do remember she told me to keep reading, that it was weird in the beginning. So I continued to read. ¡®His ck eyes sliced into me, and the corners of his mouth tilted up. My heart fumbled a beat and in that pause, a feeling of gloomy darkness seemed to slide like a shadow over me. It vanished in an instant, but I was still staring at him. His smile wasn¡¯t friendly. It was a smile that spelled trouble. With a promise.¡¯ It was starting to be more interesting, Celia was right. As I was about to turn the page a knock on the door interrupted me. I looked over to the door and sigh. I put the book on my duvet and went to open the door. They have been knocking over and over again all day. Let''s see what they want this time. When I was almost at the door the knock came again but the sound came from behind me so I turned my head to the ss door and there he was, standing outside. I sighed and walked over to the ss door. As I got closer to the ss door I could see that he was wearing ck jeans and a white shirt that hugged his upper body so his muscles were on disy. After I opened the door I could hear music out on the balcony. I did not say anything to him, I just looked at him with a frustrated stare. He looked at me before he decided to talk. "I was wondering if you would like to join me for dinner out here on the balcony?" I looked down at the floor before I sighed and shocked my head. "Did I not tell you earlier that I didn''t want you near me and no I don''t feel like eating. I am not hungry." "I do remember and I insist you join me. I know that you have not eaten the whole day and you need to eat otherwise you will starve yourself." I knew that he would not give up. I sighed and answered back. "Fine, I will join you." I followed him out on the balcony and what I saw out there was something I did not expect at all. There was a round table with a white satin cloth and on top of it were white and red roses and there were lit candles in the middle of the table. I looked at him, what was this? He said dinner, nothing fancy like this. "What is this? I thought you said dinner." I asked him and pointed to the table. "I wanted to have a dinner date with my mate. I thought I could do it so it looked cozy and not boring and I also thought we can take this opportunity to talk to each other and get to know one another, but you don''t need to talk about the stuff that hurts to talk about." He is not giving up on this mate stuff and now he wants us to talk so we can get to know each other. I sighed and walked over to the table to sit down when I heard the music more clearly. ¡®Don''t¡­ Don''t close your heart to how you feel¡­ Dream¡­ And don''t be afraid the dream''s not real¡­¡¯ "It''s Johnny Logan with the song Hold me now." He said to me and I just nodded to him not knowing anything about the singer or song. He was a gentleman and pulled out the chair for me and I sat down as he pushed the chair closer to the table and he sat down on his char right in front of me. I looked down and saw a te with food on and it was something I have never seen before or eaten, at least nothing I could remember. I must have looked confused while looking at it because he spoke up. "It''s Beef with Ramen Noodles" I nodded, it looked so yummy in my eyes. I still had some problems eating but as Celia had said to me I have made huge progress. The first bite was so good, the taste was so amazing. I continued to eat in a slow-pace so I could enjoy it. We did not talk so much as we ate our dinner. sadly I did not eat it all up, but i had eaten around half of the te and i was happy about it. "What is your favourite color?" He asked. "I have always loved ck, red, and white." I answer back. He nodded and asked another question. "Sorry to ask this, have you always been against finding your mate?" I looked at him first before I shocked my head. "No, my dream was to find my mate. I have always loved the idea of having a mate, someone that would love me the second he saw me. I had nned to give him everything but as everything has been taken away from me I am ashamed of myself and that I can''t give him anything and it breaks my heart that I can''t give you what you want." "I don''t want you to be ashamed about it. You should know it''s not your fault that it has been taken away from you. They took it without your permission and they will pay for it, that I can promise you. You should know that I do love you and want you even if they have taken all the things you wanted to give me. I fell over heels in love with you the night I saved you." I could not hold back my smile. I had a warm feeling inside me and it frightened me. We did not say anything more for a while, we just sat there looking at each other until he broke it. "Can I ask you something?" He asked me. "Yes, you can, but if I answer it is up to me." I said back to him. He nodded "What do you think of dancing?" Wow, that was not what I expected him to ask. I was silent for like a minute before I answered back to him. "I liked it when I was a child, my mother used to dance with me in our living room, but it all changed after she was murdered. I have not danced since then. Why do you ask?" Instead of answering me he picked up his phone and typed something in, I looked at him confused, then the music changed in the speaker to slow music. What is he nning? He got up from his chair and reached out his hand to me. "May I have the honor of a dance with you?" I looked at him in shock. "I don''t know, it was years ago. I don''t know if I remember how to dance." I said back to him with a shy smile. "Give it a chance. You can do it." He said to me and I knew once again that he would not give up so I sighed and took his hand. As he took me away from the table to a ce with more room to dance I could hear the lyrics from the song. ¡®Ooh Ooh Ooh Love''s my religion but he was my faith Something so sacred so hard to rece Fallin'' for him was like fallin'' from grace All wrapped in one he was so many sins Would have done anything everything for him And if you ask me I would do it again¡¯ He ced one of his hands on my waist and the other one was holding my hand. As it was so many years ago, I did not remember where I should ce my other hand. I guess he noticed and grabbed it and ced it on his shoulder. As he moved to the song I was trying to keep up even if it was slow dancing, but as I said it was years ago, I had to try to remember how the steps were. He must have noticed how stiff I was. "Alea, rx trust me, let me take the lead and just flow with me" I rxed as much as I could and followed his moves. Not long after I was rxedpletely and we moved around the balcony as air. He also insisted on a second dance. After the dance, he pulled back but he was still holding me. "Alea, I promised that I would not push you at all, but can you tell me something about you? I have no idea who you are or where you are from. It kills me not knowing anything about my mate." I looked up at him, I thought to myself, what can I tell him so he can stop pressing me. "I will tell you something, on one condition. You will not ask any more about me or my past until I am ready to tell you. You need to understand it hurts me like hell to even think back." "I promise that I will wait until you are ready to tell me more, unless I feel that I need to know to keep you safe." Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. I sighed and got myself free from his hold and leaning against the balcony railing looking at anything but him. I could feel tears rolling down my cheeks. Just the thought of him knowing just a little bit about my life hurt me a lot. What will he think about me after I have told him? ¡°My life was perfect until I turned 11 years old. My mother was murdered just months after my birthday. After that, my father lost everything about himself and he locked me up and kept me as a prisoner in my own home. The first person to rape me was my own father, then he tossed me around to the others in his pack. The night you found me was the first time I managed to escape.¡± When I managed to find the courage to look up and face him, all I could see were pain. He moved closer to me and ced his hands on my cheeks to wipe my tears away. At the same time he looked deep into my eyes. "What is your real name?" I looked down to the floor, here it goes, let see what happens now. I took a deep breath, and looked up at him again. "My real name is Aleera Hawks and my father is Isaac Hawks, the alpha of the Moonlit pack." Chapter 20: I am not ready yet Chapter 20: I am not ready yet Third POV Darius was standing there in shock. He just found out that his beloved mate is the daughter of Isaac Hawks, the worst alpha living right now. The alpha that has caused so much pain for others and the person he was nning to kill. Finding out that his future Luna is the daughter of the pack he and the others are going to destroy because of what they are doing, was a huge shock to Darius. What is he going to do now? He just found out what Isaac could and has done to his own flesh and blood and he couldn''t believe it. He hoped that Aleera would understand what they had to do. Aleera looked at Darius and took in a deep breath, what she said after was a shock to Darius. "I Aleera Hawks, reject you Darius knight as.." But she was never able to finish. "Stop, what are you doing?" "You can''t possibly want me now when you have found out that my father is Isaac Hawks." "Of course I want you. Yes your father is Isaac Hawks, but you have nothing to do with what he and the rest of the pack has done during the 5 years. As you said, you were his prisoner and was locked up." Darius looked at Aleera and took a breath and continued. "You were born in the moonlit pack and they treated you horrible, but now and forever you are my mate. I wouldn''t allow you to reject me. I can''t be without you." N?velDrama.Org holds this content. "Yes, I was their prisoner, but they are still my pack and my father, that is something I can¡¯t change.¡± "They will always be a part of you, but then I wonder, do you want to be with them as a pack member and protect them after what they have done to you?" "God no, I never want to see them again." That was a relief for Darius to hear. He pulled Aleera closer to hug her. Aleera responded and hugged him back. It was a relief for Aleera to know that he epted her anyway and she started to cry as they hugged each other They were standing there on the balcony for a few minutes in silence holding each other in their arms. Aleera slowly started to calm down and stopped crying. When Aleera had stopped crying she tilted her head back and looked up at Darius as he looked at her. Aleera could see something in his eyes but she didn''t know what it was. Darius slowly moved his hands from her back up to move her hair away from her face so he could see her beautiful eyes. "You are so beautiful. Do you know that? The day when you are ready to ept me as your mate will be the best day in my entire life." He said and leaned down slowly to brush his lips against hers. What happened next no one was prepared for. Aleera was not able to hold back a small moan that escaped from her lips. When Darius heard it he broke the kiss to look at her. She was blushing and biting on her lower lip. Aleera didn¡¯t know why she was biting her lower lip but then Darius pulled her even closer while she continued biting her lower lip and it was teasing Darius to the point he could not hold back anymore. He smashed his lips against hers and kissed her with so much passion. He ced his hand on her cheek to deepen the kiss even more. Aleera''s POV Our lips were moving in synchronization, when I felt that he had managed to enter my mouth with his tongue. A slight moan escaped my lips once more, it was then that I felt him moving his hand on my back lower and lower. I ced my hands on his muscr chest and moved them up to his neck. One of his hands came in contact with my butt and he squeezed it tightly sending electricity bolts through my body. It felt so good and my body wanted more yet my head tried to tell me to stop, but my body had its own mind and it was winning the battle. I could not control my own body. I believe that my body is sending the wrong signal to him. He grabbed my tights and he lifted me up and my legs were automatically wrapped around his waist. He moved his hands from my tights back to my butt cheeks and squeezed them again, his lips moved from mine and moved slowly to my jaw and then down to my neck and ced small kisses where a mate is supposed to mark their mate. When his lips touched there I could not hold back the moaning. I was breathing heavy but he was breathing heavier than me. I could feel that his d**k was poking me and it was frightening me, I am not ready yet to do it with him. My hips started to move against him and his breathing got deeper. He tilted his head back and looked at me and I saw that his eyes were pitch ck. I need to stop this before it goes out of control. He moved backward until I felt the wall against my back. He was now back kissing the marking spot on my neck, I could not hold back my moaning and it got worse every time he kissed there. He moved his hands from my ass up under my loose ck tank top. He was now touching my bare skin, his hands were moving slowly further up. I could tell that my body wanted him even more. I could feel that I was wet in my lower part and I knew he could smell it. I pulled him closer to me with my legs as my body wanted more, but my head told me to stop right now. "Darius, you need to stop. I am not ready." I moaned out to him. Chapter 21: back in time and present Chapter 21: back in time and present Third POV Meanwhile at moonlit pack (To the night) This is the property of N?-velDrama.Org. Alpha Isaac was standing in the main hall in his packhouse, all around the packhouse was dusty and broken furniture, the windows so dirty you could not see through the ss and the curtains on the side of all the windows were in shreds. Nichs and a few other pack members that had chased after Aleera when she ran off were on their knees in front of Isaac who was angry as hell and had beaten them up because they let her get away. Nichs was the one who looked the worst of them all. His face was swollen and he had cuts above his eyes and blood dripping down. "YOU ALL ARE USELESS! HOW COULD SHE GET AWAY FROM YOU?! TELL ME WHERE SHE IS!" His angry alpha voice echoed throughout the whole house. Nichs looked up to his alpha "We did not let her get away, we had her!" He snapped back at his alpha. "We were able to catch her but she was saved by the alpha from the Night Shad pack." Nichs answered Isaac and he instantly looked down. "TELL ME, HOW DID SHE MANAGE TO ESCAPE IN THE FIRST PLACE?" He snapped back knowing the answer and ready to snap Nichs¡¯s neck. "I was not prepared when she struggled when I came into her room. She ran away after she drove a ss piece into me but I will bring her back even if it kills me." Nichs answered Isaac while he was still looking down at the ground. Isaac was so angry that they let her escape and was not able to bring her back. When he found out that his rivalry Darius was the one that saved her he got even more furious. "You are going to bring her back and I don''t care if any one of you die. If that means that we will cross the border and start a war to get her back, so it will be." Isaac spat out before turning around to leave but when he was at the door he spat out. "If you don''t get her back I will kill all of you!" And with that, he mmed the door shut. Everyone was still on their knees after Isaac had left. Nichs slowly lifted his head and his eyes were ck, he was out for revenge. He was going to bring her back whatever it took and he will bring more pain and suffering to her than ever before. He will kill anyone that is trying to stop him, even if Darius is standing in the way, he will kill him in front of Aleera''s eyes. Nicholes and the others started to form a n to seed at bringing her back, but to manage it they had to take out Darius¡¯s alliances one by one and with that, they decided to take out Alpha Raymond and his pack first. Aleera''s POV (present time) After I moaned out to him that he needed to stop as he knew that I was not ready yet. He tried once again to kiss me on my lips. Did he not hear what I said? "Darius, we need to stop." I said again and I was moaning this time too. "I am so sorry. I just couldn''t stop myself. You are so beautiful and hearing you moan like that it¡¯s hard for me. I know that you are not ready and I will wait for you." He said and slowly putting me down and I was grateful that he was still holding me as my legs felt like jelly We were standing there looking deep into each other''s eyes as he was still holding me. I was the one that broke our eyes connection first and I knew that my face was red as a tomato. I had almost given in and let our bodies take over and continue but I was still able to stop it from going farther. I could see from the corner of my eye that he had a huge smile on his face. He was happy that he at least got the chance to taste my lips. He lifted my head with his index finger under my chin so I had to look up at him again. He looked me in the eyes and pulled me closer and I felt that he still had his erection and my face turned even more redder. "You don''t need to blush. It will only be like this for you, so you better get used to it, my beautiful. It''s yours and only yours, forever." Is that how it worked? How was it only mine? forever? for some reason when I heard this my heart started to pick up speed again. I also felt a strange feeling in my lower region I have never felt before. Is it because of him? I must be honest, I have no clue or experience in this romance intimacy, I only know how it feels to be raped and I am a bit scared of how my feelings are towards him and how it will be the day I will be intimate with him. The longer we were looking at each other the more I could feel towards him and I could feel that I was losing the small amount of control I have. I turned my head away from him and looked at something else in hope that I would gain my control back, but it did not work as much as I hoped it would because he was still holding me. I got free from his hold and turned around to look out over the balcony. The sunset turned the sky pink and yellow. It was so amazing and beautiful. "It''s so beautiful." I said when my eyes were locked at the sunset. I felt that him standing right behind me. He moved his hands so they were around my waist and pulled me closer to him. "Yes it is beautiful, but it can notpare to you." He whispered to me, at the same time his lips were moving on my neck. I did my best to hold in my moans but one escaped from my lips. When I started to feel the strange feeling in my lower region once again I knew that I needed to break this and leave before it goes too far. I turned my head to him and shocked my head. "Not tonight, as I said I am not ready." I said and got free from his arms and walked away from him. When I was at the ss door to my room I turned around and looked at him, he was still standing there with his huge erection and looked back at me. Chapter 22: hot hot shower Chapter 22: hot hot shower Darius POV I was standing there on our balcony and my eyes followed Aleera when she just left me there. It was hard for me not to run after her but I have promised to give her time and I will honor it. I don''t want to have intimacy with her if she is not ready. I was standing there looking at her ss door. Some part of me wished she was ready. I want to give her all the love and satisfaction I can give her. The wild image I got inside my head did not help me in this time at all. I tried my best to push them away but sadly it did not work at all. With this image in my head it got hotter and hotter and the only thing to help me to calm down was an ice cold shower, so I went back to my room and took a long cold shower. After I was done I grabbed my ck sweatpants and put them on and was about to get into my bed when I heard her through the wall, I focused on the sound and it was a sound I did not want to hear in this way. It would have been better if we were doing the it together She was moaning inside her room and I was turned on again just by her moaning. I heard Xander screaming in my mind go in there and help her. He was trying to get out and take over but I pushed him back. ''Xander, stop it, she is not ready.'' ''Then why is she moaning like that right now in her room all by herself?'' "How would I know.'' ''We both know that she will never be ready, if we go in there now and help her out she will love it and she will beg for more.'' "Of course she would like it but I will not go in there not until she asks me to. We have to respect her as she is still hurting. She is not ready. She will be soon, I know it.'' Xander was about to say something but I blocked him out. He was telling the truth, I or we would love to help her out, give her a night she would never forget, but I am fighting myself not to go into her room. I want her to invite me herself, I don''t want to just rush in there and frighten her even more. She has told me almost everything she has been through and finally who she really is. Of course I was shocked when she told me her real name but being Isaac¡¯s daughter did not bother me at all. It was the moon goddess that paired the mates and if she had paired us together she must have something nned for us both. I still heard moaning from her room and I tried to block the sound out but it was hard not to listen, the sound was so amazing. Aleera''s POV As I entered my room I closed the ss door behind me and pulled the curtains closed so he couldn''t look in and another part of it was that I did not want to see him right now. It did feel weird to leave him out there after everything that just happened and what would have happened if I had not left. I felt hot so I decided to take a shower to cool myself down. I stripped off my clothes. When I was about to take off my underwear I could feel that they were wet. I moved my hand over them when I hit something that sent this weird kind of feeling all through me. It felt so good that I couldn''t hold in a moan as I closed my eyes. I stopped myself and slowly slid my underwear down while looking at how wet they were, I was shocked to see this but I let them fall to the floor. I stepped into the shower and turned on the water, I let the water surround me. I enjoyed the shower so much and without thinking my hand moved down between my legs. I started to stroke my hand over my already wet pussy over and over again hitting that one spot that sent waves of pleasure through me. I closed my eyes and moaned. I kept the same pace for a while and then I started to increase it as I felt morefortable. As my pace picked up my moans got louder and louder but something was missing. I opened my eyes and saw the removable shower head so I grabbed it from the wall and put it on the jet setting before I moved it between my legs and let the watere in contact with my pussy at the same time I did some circle movements on my nub. I closed my eyes again as my body was shaking. I added more pressure to my nub as I let my moans get even louder not caring about anything else but the feeling I was giving myself. I could not hold back anymore, I felt a tension in my lower abdomen and my body took control as my hand moved by itself. I had never done this before so I didn''t have a clue how it worked but with this feeling I was giving myself I must be doing it right. I slid two fingers in me and slowly pulled them out just to push them back in again. I had to bite on my lips not to scream out from the waves of pleasure it was giving me but that didn¡¯t stop the moans from escaping. Why is this happening now? Why did I not feel this before? I never had the flower and bee talk with my mother before but I know that this has something to do with that. I felt the tension in my lower abdomen grow even more but I could seem to get over the edge. It felt like I was stuck and I didn¡¯t know how to fix it. I was starting to get frustrated when I heard Pixie in my head. ''I can call for Xander so he can tell Darius toe here and help you out.'' ''Absolutely not!'' ''And why not? You know he''s the only one that can satisfy youpletely.'' ''I know that, but I am not ready for him yet.'' ''Not ready? You are literally standing in the freaking shower touching yourself!'' I blocked her out. She has killed my mode so I stopped what I was doing to myself and I got out of the shower. After I dried myself I put on my ck neglige. I walked over to my bed and was about to climb into it to get some sleep when a knock on my door came, I already knew who it was. I walked over and opened the door and there was Darius standing with a smile on his face and I knew that he would have heard me earlier. I looked down a bit and saw a bare chest and ck sweatpants. I felt that he was looking at me and it was then I remembered I was only in my ck neglige "Darius" I said to him and I must have brought him back from his dirty thoughts. He looked into my eyes. "Sorry, foring to you thiste when you were about to go to sleep." "It''s fine, did you want something special?" "Can Ie inside?" I sigh, I removed my hand from the door and I pushed the door open so he could get in. He walked in and turned around and looked at me standing there in only my ck Neglig¨¦ that stopped just below my ass. "So was there something special you wanted?" "No nothing special. I just had a question." "And you could not wait until tomorrow to ask me?" He shook his head as a no. N?velDrama.Org (C) content. "Then ask me the question so I can get back to bed." I told him. It took at least a minute before he opened his mouth and asked me the question. "Do you mind if I stayed with you tonight?" "Here? And if I say yes, where are you going to sleep?" "I hoped I could sleep next to you. I promise I will not do anything to you if you don¡¯t want me to." He wanted to sleep next to me the whole night? Why? I did not say anything back. I guess it frustrated him because he didn¡¯t know my answer. I just turned around and closed the door and then walked passed him back to my bed. I removed the duvet and crawled under it. "Don''t just stand there. If you want to sleep next to me then get over here or get out." I said to him. I hope he keeps the promise he said to me about not to do anything to me unless I wanted him to. Iid down on the right side of the bed and he went to the left side. After he crawled in he put his arm over me and got closer and held me close to him. He held me there and whispered in my ear. "I heard what you did to yourself earlier. I hope it felt good for you." Chapter 23: hot early morning Chapter 23: hot early morning Darius Dream Aleera was standing there in her ck neglige with spaghetti straps that had slid over her shoulders and is now hanging on her arms. All I could do was stand there with my mouth wide open. I slowly walked over to her and let my hand travel over her arms, up towards her shoulders to get closer to her neglige straps. I pulled them down just a little more and her whole neglige fell to the floor. When I looked down all I could see was her beautiful nude body. Her breasts were so perfect. They were perfect size and form. I could not hold back as my hands moved over her naked body and when my hands reached her breast and started to massage them. She tilted her head back and started to moan out due to my touch. I leaned down to get a taste of her wonderful lips. The more she moaned out as we kissed the more I could feel my trusted member get harder. I left her lips to travel to her neck while I stopped massaging her breast and moved them to her hips to pull her closer to me. I let my hands travel down to her butt cheeks and squeezed them, her moaning increased. I grabbed her by her hips again and turned her around so I could grab her again to lift her up and ce her on my hips so she could lock her legs around my waist. My member was so hard by now it wanted to enter her, to feel her inside. Iid her gently down on her bed and hovered over her. I ced my lips on hers once again, this time I licked her bottom lips. She separated her lips just enough for me to be able to get my tongue in her mouth. When I felt that I was done with her lips I slowly traveled down the middle of her breast leaving small kisses here and there. I wanted to satisfy her so much as I could. I took one of her nipples in my mouth and nibbled on it while my hand was keeping the other breast warm and making sure it was ready for the same treatment. She was moaning so loud and her whole body was moving by my touch. She must like what I am doing to her. When I was done with her breast I stuck out my tongue and left a trail all the way down from her breast to her stomach making sure to leave little love bites as I went down. I left my position over her and got up to have a look at her. She was looking back at me, her eyes were asking me what am I doing and why are you stopping? I grabbed the waistband on my sweatpants and boxers and pulled them down. My member was free and it was hard as a rock. Her eyes got huge as she saw my member, but what she did not know was that I was not done with her yet, she was not going to feel him yet. I had a teasing smile on my face as I got down on my knees. I grabbed her leg and pulled her closer to the edge of the bed and I started to kiss her inner thigh as I moved slowly further up. I was inches away from her nowpletely soaked core and I could smell her arousal, it smelled amazing. I can''t wait to taste it. I was in heaven. Third POV Aleera and Darius were sleeping beside each other. He had one of his arms under Aleera''s head as her pillow and the other wasying over her waist. They wereying really close to each other''s body. Darius was moaning from his dream and it made his lower body move back and forward against hers. Aleera woke up by Darius moving his lower body against hers. She tried to move away from him but he had a strong grip on her body. Aleera looked at the clock on the bedside table to find out what time it was. The clock showed that it was 5:30 a.m. The sun was still not up yet. She felt him moving his hand lower and lower. She managed to get free from his grip now when his hand was moving down her. She turned around and raised her hand and smacked Darius right over his cheek. Darius''s eyes flew open and he was looking in shock at Aleera while Aleera saw that his cheek was red but at the moment she didn''t care. It did take some time before he was fully awake and you could see his eyes were groggy from sleeping. "What was that for?" Darius asked back confused. "What the hell are you doing? You promised me." Aleera yelled in frustration at him. ¡°What did I do?" Darius asked. He was really confused. "I thought you said that you would not do anything to me." She answered him back. "Yeah, I know, but I have not touched you." He said back and now he was even more confused. "Yes you did, you were dry humping me and your hand was moving lower down on me." She answered him and you could hear in her voice that she was sad and scared of what would have happened if she didn''t wake up in time. Darius has to think back. Did he really break his promise to her? After some thinking he remembers the dream he had, omg, his body must have reacted to his dream so he did break his promise to her. "I am so sorry Aleera. It must have been the action of my dream I had." "Your dream? What dream was that?" "I had a dream about you. I will tell you more and show you more when you are ready." They were both sitting on the bed looking at each other, then Darius was the first one toy back down. "Let''s go back to sleep, it''s way too early." ¡°No, I want to know now." "Please Aleera, you said it yourself that you were not ready. I am going to respect that. I am sorry for what I did just now but it is way too early to have this talk." Darius said with a slightly pleading look to him but Aleera wouldn''t let up. She wanted to know now notter on. Darius sighed and said. "Look, I would love to tell you about it, trust me I would, but I prefer to show you instead of telling you. I am a man of my word, even if I half broke it now unconsciously. So till you are ready lets just go back to sleep.¡± It was then that all the pieces started toe together for her on what kind of dream he had dreamed. She felt sorry for him that she was not able to give him what he needed right now. She looked back at Dariusying down when she did some drastic no one was prepared for especially not him. Darius''s eyes grew the instant he saw Aleera straddling him. N?velDrama.Org (C) content. "Baby, what are you doing?" He said in a shaky voice. "Shh!" Aleera ced her lips lightly on his, then she broke it really fast. But then she went down for another kiss when she was about to break that one off too Darius ced his hands on her cheek to deepen the kiss so she could not get away or tease him more than she already was. Darius licked on her bottom lip to see if she would agree to parten her lips and she did, he entered her mouth with his tongue. While they were making out he moved his hands from her cheek to her hips. As he was moving his hands she was moaning by his touch. He had a firm grip on her hips as he flipped them over so he was on top of her. He broke the kiss and they both were breathing heavily. "Baby, do you have any idea what you are doing to me right now?" He asks her. Aleera is only able to smile before Darius bends back down to capture her lips. Chapter 24: interrupted foreplay Chapter 24: interrupted forey Aleera''s POV N?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content. I was on my back and Darius was over me. We were still breathing heavily. Darius''s lips traveled from my lips to my neck. I couldn''t help but moan from his touch. Darius had his arms on each side of me and I moved my hands over them, they were huge and I could feel all the muscles. I ced my hands behind his neck and pulled him closer to me. He moved from my neck to my jaw. "Do you trust me?" He mumbled against my jaw. "Yes I do." I stuttered back to him. He got up, so he could sit on his knees. I started to get up but he just shook his head and Iid back down. He looked down at me with his eyes ck of lust for me. I saw this before when we were on the balcony earlier. He moved his hands to my shoulders and slowly pulled the thin straps down my arms, my ck neglig¨¦ was slowly pulled down and I saw my cleavage was getting bigger and bigger the further down he pulled the strips down. When the seam on neglig¨¦ was just over my nipples, Darius leaned in and kissed my lips again. His tongue entered my mouth. He was leaning all his body weight on his left arm while his right hand sneaked under the seam of my neglig¨¦ and massaged my right breast. I moved my hands up his bare chest and he broke the kiss and his tongue licked from my jaw down to my neck. I couldn''t hold it in and I let out another moan. I felt him smile against my neck. He started moving his head lower down while leaving kissing trails all the way from my neck to my breast. I looked at him and saw him looking at my breast, it was then I noticed that he had pulled down my neglig¨¦ under my breast. He must have done that when he kissed all over my body. I don''t care that my breast was exposed to him, he will see them sooner orter anyway. I felt him squeezing my breast as my nipples hardened under his touch. I saw he was going down to my left breast when he blew cold air on the nipple. He then took my left nipple in his mouth while he was squeezing my right breast, I let out a moan. After a while he switched and took my right nipple in his mouth and squeezed the lift one. Then he stopped and I looked at him, I was about to ask him why he stopped when he said. "I hope I have not gone too far." I shook my head and got up in a sitting position and stared into his brown eyes. I leaned in to kiss him and he answered it by kissing my back. I broke the kiss and moved so I was sitting on hisp again with both my legs on each side of him. Darius POV "Are you okay?" I asked her with heavy breath. I just got a nod from her as an answer to my question. Maybe she will let me mate with her now that I can give her a taste of what I can give her. I leaned in and licked her sweet spot on her neck, the same time I cup her breast in my hands. Her moans and groans turn me on so bad and I wanted her now, I needed her now. I felt her begin to grind on me. I could feel my member hardened in my sweatpants. I could smell her need for me and my lust grew even more. I do sincerely hope she will forgive me. I started to move my right hand away from her breast down to her thigh, I started to rub the inside of the thigh until I reached her moist core. I could feel how wet she was through her underwear. When the tip of my finger came in contact with her core she moaned out so loud. ''I can''t stop now'' I thought to myself. I started to make circr movements and I could feel her getting even wetter now. I continued to make circr movements and I could feel that she was moving her hips against me. I was about to ask her if I could enter a finger or two, when I heard a loud knock on the door. I noticed right away that Aleera was in shock and was staring at me with huge eyes. I moved my hand away from her wet core. I was going to tell her it all fine when another loud knock on the door came. "Darius, the warriors caught fragments of wolves that belonged to the Moonlit pack at our border." James said through the door and I could feel Aleera tensed up on top of me. I looked over to Aleera as soon as I heard James say that and saw that Aleera was frightened and starting to panic. I pulled her into a hug trying to calm her down. "Don''t worry, I will not let theme anywhere near you. You have to stay here while I go and deal with them." I said to her before I helped her to move off me and I got up to walk out the door. In the hall I met up with James and he was nervous, he knew until Aleera was better there were only three people that were allowed on this floor even if he was second inmand. We rushed down the stairs and out the front door where we met up with the other pack members. "Some of you need to stay here to protect the women, children, and the elders." I said using my alpha voice. Some of them nodded their heads and stood guard in front of the packhouse. I saw James''s mate, Nicole, making sure all the others got safely in the packhouse while I made sure that I had half of the pack with me and the other half staying back to protect the remaining pack members. I and the others ran to the front line of the forest and we sifted one after another while we ran to the border. I felt that Xander wanted to take over and protect what he held dear. His pack and his luna. All the wolves that were running with me towards the border were different colors. Some were light brown, some a bit darker brown, and some red. Only a handful of my pack members were silver. It took us around 5 minutes to get to the border. ''Where did you catch the fragment of the smell from Moonlit?'' I asked through the pack link when we had arrived. ''It was over there that we caught the scent.'' One of the warriors guarding the border tonight said through the mind link. I looked at James. ''James get more people on guard. We can''t let this pass.'' ''Of course not. I will have more people guarding our territory.'' James answers back. I put my nose up in the air to be able to get a whiff of the scent, it was there but weak. It led away from our pack grounds or so I thought. When we all heard ear piercing screams from the direction of our packhouse and we all turned heading back full speed to protect the rest of our pack. Chapter 25: under attack Chapter 25: under attack Darius POV We ran as fast as we could back to the packhouse and the screams got louder and louder the closer we got. As for me, every scream that was heard it hurted me all the way into my bones, I could feel when one of my pack members got hurt. I could smell blood in the air when we were a few hundreds of yards away. I pushed my legs to go even faster, I needed to stop this attack before it got out of hand. I needed to save my pack members that were left back at the packhouse. I will kill the people that are attacking my pack when I get my hands on them. This is one thing I won''t let go of. The more fear I felt from my pack members the more I could hear Xander in my mind to get back as fast as I could. We reached the frontwn of our packhouse and the first thing I saw was five bodiesying on the ground. I recognized one of them as Cassie, she had deep w marks across her stomach and was breathing but it was slow. When I looked around I saw fighting between some wolves that did not belong to my pack and my pack members, I joined the fight to protect my pack. The fight ended fast once we came back and joined in. When the fight was over I ordered my man to search the area to see if there were any enemies that were still lurking around. Celia came running out from the packhouse screaming her lungs off as she must have felt Cassie get hurt and she ran over to her sister. I ordered my man to help get the injured to the hospital so Celia could help them out. I looked over to the packhouse, I was worried about Aleera, wondering if she was fine or not. This must-have brought back some memories for her from her past. I will check on her as soon as I am done here. I turned my head away from the house to look at the injured pack members as they took the injured pack member to the hospital, a small brown wolf came up behind me and attacked me but I was stronger and pinned the brown wolf down fast. Some of my pack members came to my aid and I could tell and smell that the wolf did not belong to my pack. As my men held the brown wolf, I shifted back to my human form and I looked down on the brown wolf and with my alpha voice I talked to this unknown person. "SHIFT" Imand Sadly, the brown wolf did not listen to mymand to shift back. It took me three times before he shifted back to his human form. When he finally shifted I saw a boy and he can¡¯t be older than 15. He had dark blonde hair and blue eyes, he had some resemnce to my mate but it can¡¯t be so I ignored it. He was on his kneespletely naked I grabbed his shoulder so he would look at me "Tell me what the hell are you doing on my territory?" I asked him, holding him in a firm hold but he did not answer me and my anger grew when he refused to answer my question. N?velDrama.Org holds this content. After some silence he opened his mouth and answered me. "You have something that belongs to us and we want our property back." That was the only thing he said, he must be talking about Aleera. "She does not belong to you and you will never get her back." I said back, my voice boomed out in anger. "We will get her back one way or another." He said looking at me with a smirk on his face. "And I will never let you get her back, so do me the honor by telling me your name." "And why would I ever tell you my name?" the boy asked with amusement in his voice. "Because you are on mynd and will have a chance of living a bit longer. You will tell me your name." Once again he was quiet and was just sitting there. I turned my head toward James who was by my side looking at the boy waiting for him to say something but he didn¡¯t and he was wasting my time. "James, take him away and beat him up until he answers our questions." James nodded his head and walked over to the boy, grabbed him and started to drag him away while another one of my pack members handed me a pair of shorts when we all heard Aleera''s voice. Aleera PVO It was still early and the sun had still note up yet when Darius had to leave to take care of the emergency at his border. I was still on my bed looking at the door frightened, hoping he woulde back soon. The guy James said that they had smelled fragments from the Moonlit pack. How did they find me? I ced my head on my knees and rocked myself back and forth, I was scared that I was not safe anymore. I can''t go back, if I do I will be dead for sure, I know it. I won''t be able to go through it all again. I want him toe back now and tell me that everything is fine and that I am safe. I know for a fact that Darius would not let them do anything to me so I tried to calm myself down by taking deep breaths. I also tried to push my thoughts out of my mind as it did not help to think about it while I was trying to calm myself down. I closed my eyes to help my calming process when I heard screaming outside. My eyes flew open and I moved back. My eyes went everywhere and my whole body was shaking in fear, more screams wereing and it did not help me out at all. I know that they wille inside my room soon and take me back. I don''t know if I should stay here or get out of here to find him. He had told me to stay here but he also told me that I was this pack''s luna so I got up on my shaky legs and left my room to go out. I opened the door slowly and looked in both directions before I stepped out of my room. As I was walking downstairs I saw other pack members also afraid and some were badly hurt. I passed a window and I looked out and I saw a ck wolf fighting a brown wolf, the fight was over fast. I could see that the ck wolf shifted back first and it was Darius! He was naked in front of everyone, of course my mind started to imagine things about his naked body. How could I start to imagine stuff about his naked body in this situation? I pushed the images out of my mind. I stayed by the window to continue looking at them. I could see that Darius was talking but I could not hear what he was saying. Not long after I saw the brown wolf starting to shift back to his human form. When I saw the human form, tears started running down my face. I turned around and ran towards the door and outside. When I managed to open the door and get out there I screamed out. "Angelo, you are alive! I thought you were dead!" Chapter 26: Back from the dead Chapter 26: Back from the dead Aleera''s POV James had started to drag him away but stopped when I had screamed out. I was standing on the steps that led into the house looking in the direction where Darius was, both James and Darius were looking at me. I was in total shock and tears were still running down my cheeks. "Baby, do you know him?" Darius asked me. I did not answer him back in words only nodded my head. I started to walk closer to them at a slow pace. As I got closer and closer Darius stopped me by standing in front of me stopping me from getting too close. "Then who is he?" He asked me looking down at me as I looked up into his brown eyes. "He is my younger brother, Angelo Hawks. But he has been dead since I was ten, he was murder together with our mother." I said back in a shaky voice "Brother?" Darius asked back. He was shocked to hear it too. Darius pulled me closer to him so he could hold me. I was now looking down at my brother afraid that if I looked away he would disappear. "How can you possibly be alive after six years?" I asked Angelo. I was relieved to find out that my best friend and brother were still alive. "Did you really believe that I was dead this whole time?" He answered me back with a narcissistic voice. He clearly did not care that I believed that he was dead all these years. "You were murdered with our mother!" I screamed at him. I took one breath and continued. "I have mourned you and mother for years. How can you be so cold?" I asked with a shaky voice. I could not take this so I leaned into Darius and he held me tighter while I cried hiding my face against his bare chest. "So what if you mourned us. Like I care." He snapped back. "But if you are alive then your mother must be too, right?" Darius asked Angelo "No she is dead, but she was not murdered by rogues as everyone let you believe." He answered back. That caught my attention. She was not murdered by rogues and that I was let to believe it, what the hell is going on and who killed our mother? "Then tell me how she died." I said to Angelo while staring him right in his eyes. "She was killed by our own father." He said back. Those words hit me hard. I was beginning to see stars in my view and I could not find the strength to stand any longer. Darius was able to catch me before I fell to the ground. He picked me up bridal style and I leaned into him, it helped me enough so that I could continue. "But why did he kill her?" I asked when I found just enough strength. "Because she was in his way to getting what he wanted." "And what does he want?" Darius asked back. He was now frustrated and done with this game. "He wants to be feared by everyone and be the greatest and most powerful alpha that has walked this earth." Angelo said back to Darius in a mean tone. "Then why has everyone let Aleera believe that you were dead. and let her suffer so much as she has done these past years?" James asked. Angelo looked over at James and he had a big grin on his face as he answered. "She is the first born and a girl. She can''t take over the alpha title when it was supposed to be mine from the beginning. So I told our father to lock her up and to let the other have fun with her." How could he do this to his own big sister? Did he hate her so much and is a power-hungry maniac? Darius was the first one to break to silence "Take him to the dungeon!" Darius was walking away from the spot we were in and set me down on the steps in front of the house. I stared straight ahead, my vision was blurry. I can''t believe what I just heard. "Baby are you okay? Your skin is pale and your eyes are nk." I ignored him, I couldn¡¯t take all this in, it was just too much for me. How could everyone have lied to me all these years? Why tell me that both my mother and brother were murdered by rouge''s when it was clearly a lie. And what have I ever done to Angelo to hate me so much? I felt an aching pain in my heart, it hurt so much to find out that my own family hated me so much. I could see a shadow moving closer to me and then it was right in front of me but my vision was still blurry but I was able to recognize the voice. "My love,e let''s go back inside." He said to me. He was worried, I could tell it by his voice I did not trust my own voice to speak, I just nodded my head. Darius lifted me up again in bridal style and carried me up to my room and sat me down on my bed. I was still in shock, I just stared in front of me. Something was ced under my cheekbone and then my head was moving up till my blurry eyes met his and my eyes let go of all the tears that blurred my vision. This is the property of N?-velDrama.Org. "My love, it hurts my heart to see you like this. Just know that I¡¯m here for you." He said still worried but I was still not able to answer him. "My darling, please stay here, I will be right back. I¡¯ll go and take care of your brother and make him pay for what he has done to you." He growled in anger as he got from his to turn around to leave but I grabbed hold of his arm, stopping him from leaving me alone. "Don''t go." I said to him in a shaky voice. He turned his head around to look at me and he got back down on his knees in front of me. "Darling, you know that I would love to stay here with you, but I need to find out from your brother if the Moonlit pack will attack again and try to get you back. I need to make sure that you will be safe." He said back and got up from his position once again and leaned down to capture my lips in a powerful kiss before he turned around and left me alone in my room. I got up from my bed and walked out to our balcony to get some fresh air and clear my mind. It was then I heard a distant voice far away. "This is only the beginning of the way for you to find out the truth. Trust the people you have around you. You are not alone." The voice faded away after that, Was that Selene? And what did she mean by it is only the beginning? I decided to ignore what the voice just said to me as I had no time for riddles. I pushed it out of my mind when I felt something strange happening to me. First I only felt a little bit shaky but then I got more and more shakier. What is going on? Then the first bone broke and my body fell onto the balcony floor. I let out a scream and when the second bone broke I screamed out so hard that I passed out from the pain. Chapter 27: Firat shift Chapter 27: Firat shift Third POV Darius was on his way to the dungeon to face Aleera''s brother, Angelo Hawks. As he thought about what Angelo and her dad did to Aleera on purpose it made him angrier. How could he do this to his own sister? It was iprehensible. Why do all this for the alpha title? A female wolf can only take that title when her parents don''t conceive a son, so the title was his already. Why did he do all this? Darius had just reached the dungeon and was about to open the door when he felt pain all over his body, he knew it came from Aleera. He turned around when he heard her screaming and he started to run back. Her screams got louder and louder making every wolf get into battle position ready to fight due to the event earlier. He had to mind link everyone telling them it was Aleera that was screaming. Everyone was worried due to the battle earlier but as soon as he told them what it was they started to rx a bit knowing it wasn¡¯t another battle. Darius ran as fast as he could back to her room. He threw open the door and looked around but was not able to spot her when he saw the ss door open so he rushed to the balcony and found herying down on the balcony floor. Her whole body was shaking and her eyes were rolling back. He recognized the symptoms right away, she was about to shift for the first time. He noticed that her lips were moving like she was trying to talk but it was so low that he had to lean down to hear her. "What is going on?" She asked in a shaky whispering voice. "Baby, you are about to shift for the first time." He said to her while pulling her closer to him so she could feel that he was there with her for her first shift. Aleera PVO The skin on my body felt like it was on fire, I wanted to tear it off me so the burning feeling would go away. Every second I could felt my body getting hotter and hotter and it felt like my skin was being torn apart when I started to feel pain inside my body, not long after my bone started to break. I could feel Darius was holding both my arms down with a tight grip but I don''t know why. "Let me go." I manage to tell him between the pain of my bones breaking. "You are going through the transformation, right now your ws and canines are out and they are the most dangerous part in the first shift, that''s why I am holding them down. I don¡¯t want you to hurt yourself." He said back but I only understood half of it as all my focus was on my pain and how to get rid of it The disgusting taste of iron filled my mouth and I knew it was blood. Why can''t the first shift be much easier? Why does it need to be this painful and how long do I need to go through this first shift? I pushed Darius away from me but where I got the strength to do it I had no idea. My bones were breaking even more now and were reforming inside me. Every crack was painful and I just wanted it to stop. This is a pain I never wanted to feel again and I would not want anyone else to feel it either. I know for sure that I won''t survive this pain. The popping sound was echoing in my ears as my bones were reforming themself and every time a bone broke it felt like my insides were going to burst out. I was gasping for air as the pain got worse and worse and the time passed only to realize the pain I was feeling was from the ws breaking through my skin. It felt like I have been going through this transformation for hours and I was crying like a child. Then just like that everything stopped and the pain was gone. I opened my eyes but it was too bright so I shut them. After a while I opened them again but slowly this time. My eyes refocused and everything looked different from before. My hearing was also different from before I was able to hear stuff more clearly now and I could hear Darius¡¯s heartbeat. Even the smell of everything was so much better than before and if I focused enough I was able to smell the blood on the frontwn for the attack earlier but what I could smell the most and liked very much was Darius¡¯s scent. I sat up but something felt weird, it was ufortable. I looked over at Darius who was looking at me with a weird look. Why was he looking at me that way? He must have seen many wolves shift being the alpha of this pack. Do I look that horrible? It hurt so much to see that he despised my looks so much that I moved away from him but he stopped me. "My love, where are you going?" N?velDrama.Org holds this content. He must have noticed that I was trying to answer him back but was not able to. He came closer to me and grabbed both sides of my furry head to look me right in my eyes. "Close your eyes, my love. You need to open up the mind link to be able to answer me when you are in your wolf form." I tried, but it didn¡¯t work at all. I started to get frustrated and he must have noticed it because he gave me more instructions to help me. "Concentrate and find me through your thoughts and when you have made a connection you will be able to talk to me through the mind link." I tried again and did what he told me to do. I concentrated and tried to find him but all I heard was other voices and they were loud, I did not like it at all. I pushed even more and tried to find him. I screamed out his name. ''Darius'' ''Yes, my love.'' ''How long did this go on for?'' ''Little over an hour. Hun, you are so beautiful.'' ''But why did you look at me like I looked horrible.'' ''I looked at you, not because of that, but how your wolf looked like.'' ''What do you mean?'' "Baby, I am looking at the stunning white wolf in front of me. Do you have any idea how rare it is to see a white wolf?'' ''White? Is my fur white?'' Now I was shocked. It can''t be possible. I looked down at my front legs and to my surprise, I saw white fur. I need a mirror so I can see every part of my body. ''I need a mirror I need to see. Can you help me?'' He only nodded his head and got up from his seated position and he pulled the curtains close and then closed the ss doors and I was able to see my reflection in the ss door. Oh my god, the reflection showed me as a full-grown wolf with white fur. The fur on my body looked so soft to touch, my wolf was so beautiful and huge. I even noticed that my eye color had changed from light blue to dark deep sea blue. Is this really me? It was then I heard a voice I could recognize anywhere, it was Pixie. ''So what do you think? Do you like it?'' ''Pixie of course I do, but the good question is where the hell have you been?'' ''I have been here by your side all along, but you have been blocking me out. That''s why I have not been able to talk to you.'' ¡®Blocking you out? How?'' ''Yes, you have blocked me out before, so it''s not your first time doing it. As a shapeshifter, we can block out the other part of ourselves if we feel like it but we need to know how to do it. Me as your wolf knows how, but you as a human have to learn how it works. I¡¯m not sure how you were able to because no one taught you how which should''ve made it impossible for you to have even done it but you did. It makes a good question, one both of us want to find out. The weird thing is that the block was so strong that I have not been able to get through.¡¯ ''When was the first time?'' ''The first time was after your father raped you and you wanted to be alone, you were in such a bad state.'' ''So you mean you were there?'' ''Yes, I was there every time.'' ''I am so sorry Pixie that you also had to go through it.'' ''Aleera don¡¯t you ever feel sorry for what your scum father did to you. I would never have left you alone in all this, I am part of you and would never leave you to go through it alone.'' ''Thanks, Pixie. Thank you for being there for me all these years.'' ''Your wee, but as we just have done our first shift we need to shift back so both of us can rest. It has taken a toll on us and I am not as strong as others wolf as we have not been able to train as others have been doing'' I turned my head towards Darius who was looking at me patiently. ''How do I shift back?'' ''Close your eyes and just think about your human form and then you will shift back.¡¯ I closed my eyes and focused on my human form and I started to feel pain once again, but this time it was bearable and quicker. ¡®I will never be far away'' I heard Pixie telling me When the popping and the pain were over I opened my eyes. I was now standing on two legs and back in my human form. I saw in the reflection in the ss door that I waspletely naked. "Turn around. I am naked." I said while I blushed, it was so embarrassing to stand there in front of him naked. "Yes, I can see that you are naked. I will not turn around, I like seeing you naked, and just so you know every time you do shift back from a wolf you will be naked. I forbid you from shifting back around other males, I don''t want them to see your naked body." If he won''t turn around then I will. I had my back to him when I felt him standing closer to me. I could feel his breath on my skin. I felt something on my shoulders and I looked down and I saw his jacket, he leaned in to whisper in my ear. "And just so you do know, I love seeing you naked." Said in a husky voice leaving kisses down my neck. Chapter 28: I am ready Chapter 28: I am ready Aleera PVO I was still standing with my back against Darius¡¯s chest, he said that he liked to see me naked. Why would he just say it like that when I had just gone through my first shift. Sure it was nice to hear him say that he liked my naked body? To me, it did not feel like the perfect time. I decided to y along to see what more amazing words he has for me. "So you like to see my naked body?" I asked him in a teasing tone. "Of course I like your naked body. You are my mate and I love everything about you and your body." He answered me back as he went back to kissing my neck. Right now I¡¯m happy that I was standing with my back against him so he would not see my facial expression, I just need to see what he will answer back. "Now you have seen my naked body, what would you like to do with it?" "Do you really need to ask that question love? You know what I would love to do with you." "I know but I want you to say it again." I said back to him. If he wasn¡¯t going to tell me I would tease him so badly that he would tell me. I slowly started to move my ass against his lower part. I could feel how he was reacting to my movements and leaned my head back against his chest to look up into his eyes, they had turned ck with lust. "Aleera." He said in a shaky voice. I did not answer him, I just continued to rub myself against him. "Darling, what are you doing?" "You know what I am doing." I said to him as I leaned my head to the left so he had more ess to my neck. I heard him growl once and then he stepped away from me, I turned around to see him struggling to control himself. After standing with my back against him for so long it felt so cold now without him there. I needed to get the warmth back, so I took one step closer to him and then another. With four steps I was standing right in front of him, he was still struggling to keep his lust for me at bay. I ced my hands on his bare chest and as soon my hands touched his chest his eyes grew wide. I thought it was my touch but when I followed where his eyes were looking I noticed that my whole body was exposed as his jacked had pulled apart when I reached my hands up to his chest. As I grabbed the holster to close the jacket I felt his hands on mine and a growl came from his throat. ¡°Don¡¯t close the jacket, I like what I¡¯m seeing.¡± He said in a husky voice while he pulled me closer to him so the little space we did have between us disappeared. My bare breast was against his chest and his hands were at my lower back holding me so I could not move or leave. He ced his face by my neck smelling my scent. As he was breathing out I could feel his hot breath on my skin. The feeling I got when his hot breath was dancing around on my skin was just amazing. He ced his lips on my neck and left kisses on my skin, I moved my head once again to give him ess to my neck. I moaned out, I was not able to hold it in, I felt hot as he was kissing and nibbling on the spot where he would mark me one day. I closed my eyes to enjoy the feeling he was giving me. When he was done with my neck he moved his lips to mine and our lips were moving in sync. I moved my hands from his chest and moved them slowly up and back around his neck. I felt his tongue lick the bottom of my lip asking for permission to enter, I dly separated my lips so he could enter as he deepened the kiss. After a while, he was the one to break the kiss so both of us would have a chance to get some air. I have to be honest, now that I have shifted for the first time being close to him and feeling him or anything that has to do with him feels more exciting to experience, now I only want more. It feels like my body is telling me that I am ready and that I want him. "Darius.¡± But he cut me off before I was able to finish what I was about to tell him. ¡°I know, I am sorry. I will wait until you are ready.¡± He said. I shook my head no and pulled him in for another kiss and this time it was me that was deepening the kiss. N?velDrama.Org holds this content. He broke the kiss once again. "I won''t be able to stop myself if you continue." I did not say anything back, I just leaned in for another kiss. I left his lips and went down to his neck, breathing out hot air while leaving kisses on his marking spot and he was now moaning out. I did not want to stop by telling him in words so I just opened our private mind link to tell him. ''I don''t want you to stop.'' And I did really mean it this time. I want to go all the way even if I am not a hundred percent ready yet, but after that first shift my feelings for him have changed and I feel closer to him. He makes my body feel amazing and it''s hard to move away from him. I want to be with him, looking at me, kissing me, and holding me. I have never felt special but he makes me feel like that, it''s new and scary but amazing. He must have heard me in the mind link because he pulled away to answer back. ¡°Do you know what you are asking me? There is no turning back afterward.¡± ¡°Yes, I know." I said back and kissed the spot on his neck again. "Darling, you need to be a hundred percent sure that you are ready, I will not be able to stop if I start. I have been dreaming of this moment since I first saw you." ¡°Just take me already will you.¡± I rolled my eyes at him. Those were the only words he needed to hear from my lips before he grabbed my legs and lifted me up onto his hips and wrapped my legs around his waist. He ced his lips on mine and walked over to the ss door that led to my room. His lips never left mine as he ced me on top of my bed and hovered over me with his arms on each side of my head to support his body weight. While his lips never left mine. Chapter 29: Make love to me Chapter 29: Make love to me Third POV Darius had Aleera on her bed under him. his lips were on hers as they moved their lips in sync with each other while moans came out from both of them every once in a while. Darius broke the kiss and got up pulling Aleera with him up so she was sitting up while he was standing up. Darius moved his hands from her hands up her arms to her shoulders to remove his jacket. His hands went under his jacket and slowly moved the jacket further and further down her arms before throwing it across the room. She was once again exposed to his eyes and he loved it. "You are so beautiful and I''m going to make you cum so hard you won''t know what to do with yourself when I''m done with you." He said to her. "Cum? What''s that?" "You''ll know what it is when you feel it." When he heard her not knowing what the word cum was it made his heart hurt and he knew he had to make this feel good for her. He leaned down and started to kiss her again while his hands traveled up again from her hands up her arms to her shoulders and then down to her breast. The second his hands were on her breast Aleera moaned making Darius massages her breast. He broke the kiss and started to kiss her jawline down to her neck as he continued to massage her breast. Darius felt himself get harder and harder in his shorts as Aleera moved her hands from beside her on the bed to Darius''s chest. She couldn''t help but touch him like he was touching her, the sparks that went through her hands were magical. Aleeraid down on her back and Darius moved with her to put her nipple in his mouth and suck on it, Aleera moaned loudly and arched her back. Darius could smell her arousal and it made him even harder. He stopped sucking on the first nipple and took the second one in his mouth sucking on it too. "Aaaah... Darius¡­ Aaah..." She said between moans. Darius sucked on her nipple a little more before he stopped and looked at Aleera seeing that she was enjoying his touch. ¡°You like it don¡¯t you, my love?¡± Darius asked her as he was teasing her by breathing out hot air on her nipple which was making her go crazy, he loved her reaction to his movements. Aleera didn¡¯t trust her voice so she just nodded her head causing Darius to give an approving growl before he smashed his lips against hers. After making sure she was breathless he moved from her lips down her jawline to her neck and gave open mouth kisses making sure to leave behind marks there before he continued to move down to her breasts stopping to give each a quick kiss before he stuck out his tongue and let it slide between the valley of her breasts causing Aleera to moan more. Darius had his hands on her thighs while he slowly traveled lower and lower down on her. ¡°Darius, don¡¯t tease me.¡± She stutters out between each breath. ¡°I''m not teasing you. I''m making you feel like the queen you are.¡± He replied back before he got back to what he was doing. Darius kissed down her stomach stopping at her belly button to give it a quick flick with his tongue. He could smell her even more now, her arousal filled the room driving him crazy. Darius lifted his head up and got off the bed and went down to his knees. He grabbed her left leg and started to kiss the inner side of it up until he got the starting point of her inner thigh where he paused for a bit to breath in her arousal again before he let out his tongue running it all the way up till he reached her wet core where he blew air on it causing Aleera to scream out in pleasure.This is the property of N?-velDrama.Org. ¡°Aaaaah! Darius! Aaaah!¡± Darius had a smirk on his face when he lets go of her left leg and takes her right leg upon his shoulder and starts to kiss up it like he did on the left leg before he went back to her pussy once more and blew some air on it again causing Aleera to once again scream out in pleasure while gripping the bed sheets like her life depended on them to keep her grounded. ¡°Aaaa! Darius! Aaaah!¡± Aleera¡¯s PVO I knew that he was teasing me when he blew air on my wet core making me scream out in pleasure. I waspletely soaked between my legs just by him blowing his hot breath on it, just imagine how it will be when he enters me. He ced his fingers over my wet pussy and stroked it. "My love you are so soaked." He growled before he continued to move his hand over my wet pussy making me moan even more. He strokes his hand over my pussy a few times before he starts to make circr movements on my clit. I arched my back with his touch as I felt a weird feeling starting to grow while he was stroking my pussy. Is this what he was talking about when he told me about cumming? ¡°My love, I¡¯m going to finger you. If you don¡¯t feelfortable with it tell me and I will stop.¡± He said and I nodded to tell him to go ahead. I felt one of his fingers entering my wet pussy and started to move it in and out curling at times making me moan in pure bliss. He was making sure to make me feel like I was on cloud nine. He entered another finger and was moving it in and out faster and faster causing me to feel tension in my lower stomach and I didn¡¯t know if I could hold it any longer. I felt my body wanting to do something but I wasn''t sure what, all of this felt so new to me. He must have known something I didn''t because the next thing I know he started to move his fingers faster in me before growling closely to my pussy that I felt the hot breath from it before saying. "Cum for me darling." The tension grew even more and just like that I was gone. My body felt like I left the earth only to slowlye back leaving me breathing heavily as I looked at him licking his wet fingers as his eyes were growing darker. His fingers went back to my wet core and he entered three fingers this time, and here I thought he was done after all that with his finger but man was I wrong. He pumped his fingers even faster this time and took the time to curl them in a spot that had me yelling his name. He made my body feel like it was flying off the bed at least two more times before I started to move my hips to help him reach deeper in me wanting to feel that amazing feeling again. He pumped a few more times before I let out another moan before I screamed his name while my body shook with pleasure. He removed his fingers from my soaked pussy and licked them while watching my reaction. "That my love was what cumming is and damn you taste so good." He said in a husky growl "Are you done now? I don''t know how much more I can handle." That was probably the dumbest question that I have ever asked him. He just chuckled. "Love, I have just started." He said with a smirk on his face. ¡°What?¡± I said in a total shock. He got up from his knees and I was watching his every move wondering what he was going to do now when he grabbed my ankles and pulled me to the edge so my ass was almost off the bed when suddenly his lips were on my wet pussy and he was kissing, licking, and nibbling at it, I was on cloud nine in seconds. ¡°Aaaaah... Darius¡­ Aaah.¡± I moaned out. Darius POV I had my lips on her already soaked pussy, I was sucking and nibbling on her clit while she was moaning like crazy and I love it. I noticed that she arched her back every time I came in contact, I liked her pussy and shit she tasted so good. As I was eating her out I surprised her by entering two fingers into her wet core, as I was pumping my finger in and out I felt her walls tighten around my fingers as she moaned at every pump I did. It did not take long before I could feel that she cummed and I could feel her juice on my fingers, I took my fingers away and I licked up every single drop as both of us were breathing heavily. I got up from my knees and looked down at her naked body. I could feel that my dick was about to burst out in my shorts so I removed my shorts to let out my huge and hard dick, making her eyes grow wide as she looked at it. "See something you like?" I asked her and she nodded her head. I positioned myself between her legs and ced my lips on hers kissing her with so much passion, knowing she would taste herself on my lips made me even harder. I rubbed myself against her wet pussy and I felt her go stiff under me so I broke the kiss and looked into her eyes. "I will be careful and I will take it slowly." I told her. She nodded her head yes. I have dreamt of this moment since the day I firstid my eyes on her and finally I will make love to her. I grabbed my hard dick and ced my tip at her wet core and I slowly started to enter her. Damn, she is so tight and it felt so good to finally enter her. When I was settledpletely in her, I stayed still until she started to move her hips telling me she got used to the size of my dick and it was okay for me to move. I started to move slowly in her, my dick moving painfully slow in and out of her pussy causing her to moan loudly before I started to pick up my speed, slow was not working for me. For every thrust I did I could feel her walls tightened around my hard dick. I was so hard before I entered her and with her being so tight and her walls making her pussy feel even tighter I knew I was not going tost long but I was going to make sure it was good and I will make sure to hold on longer when I take her againter. I ced my hands on her hips and picked up the speed. I mmed my dick in her deep and hard making her moan louder and louder. She had her hands on my arms and I noticed that every time she cummed she would w my arms making it harder for me to hold myself together any longer. I picked her up so that I could get her closer to the edge with her legs on my shoulders to get deeper into her. This is the best sex I have ever had and I can''t believe I will feel this every time I''m with her. After thrusting into her for a few minutes of this position I can''t hold back anymore. I move her legs off my shoulders and wrap them around my waist. "Baby, I am cumming." I said to her as I pumped faster and faster. When I was close to my climax I heard her whimper making me move my head to look at her face. She was biting her lower lip while her hip was meeting my every trust with her own, she was driving me crazy. I leaned down and imed her lips before I started to pump harder than I ever had with the eagerness to get as far inside her as I can. She must have had the same feeling as I did because her body arched letting me slip into her more and her hand went to my butt pulling me in as far as I could go. That was it for me, I pumped a few more times before I released my seed deep inside her pussy walls as I felt her have her release too. As my seed filled her I had to fight my wolf, he wanted to mark her badly and I could feel him trying toe out to put our im on her. Once I finished cumming my wolf backed off a bit and I was able to take in how amazing my mate is and how sexy she looked right now naked, sweaty, and her sex hair. Chapter 30: first day as marked Chapter 30: first day as marked Aleera''s POV Iid with my head on Darius¡¯s bare chest and I could feel his heartbeat on my cheek, both of us were still breathing heavily. I just can''t believe that I just went through with having sex with him but I am really d that I did, it felt amazing, now just wonder how it will make me feel when I truly belong to him when we mark each other. When he does mark me no one can take me away from him, not even my father or brother. I moved my head so I could look upon him, he was lying with his eyes closed and he was still breathing heavily. He must have noticed that I moved my head when a small smirk forms on his face. "Do you see something you like?" He asked with his eyes still closed. "Maybe." I said back to him with a teasing voice. The smirk grew on his lips and he turned his head towards me and looked at me. First, he kissed the tip of my nose, and then his lips were connected to mine. "That was the best sex I ever have experienced. I¡¯m the happiest man alive right now." He said to me after he broke the kiss. "Then I must be the happiest girl alive." I said back and kissed his chest. He pulled me up so I was on top of him with one leg on each side of him and his hands on my hips. As I sat on top of him I could feel that he was beginning to get hard again under me. I looked at him to see he had a huge smile on his face. He moved one of his hands from my hip and up to my face to pull me in for a kiss. I feel his hand on my hip start to grip harder and I feel myself starting to grow warm all over. One of my hands started to move down his chest scratching as it did till it reached right above his pelvic area then I stopped and using my other hand I grabbed his hair to deepen the kiss. When he least expected it the hand by his pelvic area went right to his shaft causing him to groan into the kiss. I let my hand start to move up and down slowly but when he growled I started to pick up the pace as I felt it growing even more in my hand I knew I was doing it right and wanted to go farther than this so I broke the kiss and started to kiss down his chest stopping only to flick his nipples with my tongue before continuing down. I licked my lips as I saw the small white beads dripping from the tip. I go in to lick them off causing Darius to jerk his hips before he grabs me and fips us over so my back is now on the bed. "Don''t do that baby, if you are not ready for the second round?" He said to me. "Who said I don''t want a second round." I said back to him, smiling. He started to attack my breast with kisses and licks causing a moan that I was not able to hold in, his touch was just amazing. I was still horny after the first round and now I feel like I¡¯m going to go crazy if I don¡¯t get him in me soon, I wanted him more and I wanted to feel him inside me again. It¡¯s crazy to me how I feel and how he makes me feel, I have never felt this way until now. I was still scared of my past, how I had lived in fear but with Darius, I feel more and morefortable. N?velDrama.Org is the owner. He stopped and looked at my face and I put my hands on his arms as I started to move my hips trying to feel him down there. "Are you sure you are ready for a second round?" "Yes, I am sure. I need you and I want you." I said back to him. He leaned down to capture my lips with his while his hands traveled up and down my naked body and it only made me hornier. I started to move my hips against to give him a hint to put something, anything, in me to give me the feeling I wanted. But of course not. Instead, his fingers came in contact with my clit making circr movements. I moaned against his lips. "Insert your fingers." I moaned against his lips. He did not answer me at all; he just inserted his fingers in me, making me arch my back to the amazing feeling I felt. I could feel his fingers moving in and out of me slowly at first, just to tease the hell out of me. So I moved my hips against his hand to give him a hint to speed it up and I slowly started to feel the tension in my abdomen building. ¡°Cum for me." He said as he kissed down my neck. The tension grew stronger and stronger and I could not hold it in. His figures picked up speed with his fingers making sure to hit my sweet spot each time. I cum hard all over his hand but before I was able to calm down from it he removed his fingers from my soaked core and licked them growling before I felt his tip at my core. He moved it back and forth to tease my wet pussy causing my orgasm to keep going and then he mmed his hard dick in me. This time he didn¡¯t go slowly, he was like a man who has been deprived of food for years and the only thing I could do was to moan from how amazing it felt. The more he pumped and the faster he fucked me I felt that I had orgasm after orgasm. I left tear marks on both his arms and also on his back. He went deep inside me and it felt so perfect. We both were moaning like crazy people. As I felt close to an orgasm he pulled out his dick and I looked at him really annoyed and he just smiled at me as he grabbed my hips and flipped me over with so much force that Inded on my stomach. He grabbed my hips and moved my ass so it was up in the air and mmed his hard dick in me again. He mmed in me harder and harder each time grunting and moaning along with mine. He reached around the front and his fingers started to rub circles on my clit which caused me to grip the sheets even more than I already was causing them to start to rip. I felt my walls starting to grip his dick as another orgasm was about to happen when he pulled back out causing me to growl in annoyance for not letting me have the release I wanted. He slips me back over with my back on the sheets again and my arms go around his neck to pull him into a hard kiss. My walls started to grab his hard dick again and then everything started to click in my mind and heart, this felt so right, this felt like it was meant to be and that I needed him connected to me. I felt my wolf perk up giving me her approval. Darius POV ''Mark me." She said. "What?" "You heard me. Mark me." "Are you sure?" She nodded her head yes. "If you mark me to." I said back to her as she pulled me in for a kiss. That was it for me, I pumped a few more times before I released my seed deep inside her pussy walls. The second after I released my seed in her, I bit down her neck leaving my mark. She bites me at the same time. And another orgasm hit us both. I retracted my teeth from my newly done mark on her neck and I began to licked my mark clean as I felt she did the same while I still slowly pumped my still hard dick in and out of her. But I was not done with her yet just because I had marked her. So I licked her marking spot again making her arch her whole body under me chanting my name and scratching my arms and back. I continued kissing and licking my mark that I left on her neck. It was so beautiful on her neck. I just can''t believe that she allowed me to finally mark her as mine forever. I felt my wolfe forward to mark her yet again while making sure my dick was as far back inside of her as it could be before biting down on her neck again causing her to scream my name as we both came again before copsing and breathing hard. Once I got my breathing under control and I was able to speak I did. ¡°Damn and I never thought that I could get any happier than I thought I was a few hours ago but now that you''re mine and I am yours and everyone will know it when they see you and my mark on you. I don''t think anything will top this feeling.¡± Aleera smiled at me and leaned closer to me and captured my lips with hers, I instantly responded to her kiss. She broke the kiss to leave my lips and move them down to her mark she left on my neck, she started to kiss and lick it causing me to moan at the feeling it sent through me. We continue to have hot and sweaty sex with each other for the rest of the day. When we were able to tear ourselves apart from each other we noticed it was 1 in the morning. We have been so caught up in our lovemaking that we had forgotten to go and eat anything all day. I grabbed her and lifted her up in bridal style while she was only dressed in one of my ck shirts and I was only dressed in my shorts. I carried her downstairs to the kitchen so both of us could grab something to eat and get back our energy. I put her down at the kitchen ind while I went to the fridge to grab something for us to eat. When I turned around she had her back towards me and was half bending down, I saw her amazing butt cheeks and I felt myself getting hard again with lightning speed, I was right in front of her with nothing but lust in my eyes. She slowly looked up confused as to why I was in front of her with no food. I grabbed both her knees and opened her legs up enough for me to slide between them. I slid one of my fingers between her pussy folds to find she was wet and ready for me. Her head fell back making me smirk knowing the way she reacts to me is just how it should be and how I want it to be. My other handes up to grab the back of her head to smash my lips to hers before I slide my fingers in her working her up again. I can¡¯t get enough of her and she can''t get enough of me, she''s perfect for me. Chapter 31: alpha chamber Chapter 31: alpha chamber Third POV As the different colors of light blue, yellows and pink dance over the morning sky, both Darius and Aleera were in a deep sleep in the new bedroom that Darius carried Aleera tost night after she fell asleep in the kitchen from theirte-night love session. The room had afortable brown king size bed with light brown cushions, fuchsia-colored curtains that framed the ss door to the balcony, and wooden furniture making the bedroom look and feel cozy with the main color of the room being different color browns giving it a rich and earthy look. The sun was mid-high in the sky when Aleera slowly started waking up. She slowly moved her hand up to her eyes to rub the sleepiness away. When she fully opened her eyes the first thing she noticed was the chocte-colored walls instead of the dark beige walls that were in her room letting her know that she was not in her room. Aleera started to stretch her body when she felt Darius¡¯s arm over her and that he was pulling her closer to him. When he managed to pull her flush to his chest she felt something poking her back and she knew right away what it was and a blush started to form on her face. "Do not suggest that we should get up right now." Darius mumbled out in a sleepy voice before he yawned and snuggled closer to Aleera. Good morning. And why not?" She asked him. With his eyes still closed, he answered her. "Good morning to you too, my love. I love to have you this close to me and as you have probably felt I do have my morning boner." A smile grew on her lips when he had said it and she tried to move around to face him but his grip on her got tighter restricting her from being able to move around. "I was only trying to turn around so I could look at you." She said with a low voice. "I know, but right now i don''t want you to move. Can''t we just stay like this just a little more before you move? I have dreamt about this for far too long." Darius said to her. Aleera did what he had asked for and justid still as Darius pulled her closer and snuggled up to her., Aleera was still exhausted after all the sex thay had yesterday and was sore everywhere so she tired to rx into his warmth. When Darius noticed that she was trying to wiggle free from his hold he asked her. "What''s wrong my love?" ""I need to pee plus, it''s almost midafternoon and I''m hungry." Darius sighs and releases his hold on Aleera so she could go to the bathroom. He turned onto his back and looked up to the roof. When Aleera came back she felt guilty that she wanted to get up while he wanted to just stay in bed and hold her. "Are you mad at me?" She asked him in a low voice that caught him by surprise "My love, why would I be mad at you?" "Because you wanted to stay in bed snuggle with me and I wanted to get up." She answered him while looking down. "My love, I would not get mad at you just because you wanted to get up." "But why does it feel like you''re upset with me?" Aleera asked in a low voice. Darius sat up and looked over at Aleera who was standing at the end of the bed. He patted beside him so she woulde and sit next to him. "I love you too much to ever be mad at you, so never think that i would ever be mad at you." He said as he leaned in and pecked her lips before he got up and turned around to face her. "Now that we are up maybe we should start doing our duty as this packs Alpha and Luna." He tells her with a smile on his face. Aleera gave him a small smile and asked a question that took him by surprise. "Are you sure that I will do a good job as this packs luna and how will I know that they have epted me, an outsider as their luna?" "You will do a fine job as our luna. Plus they have already epted you as their luna." Aleera looked down when she uttered. "But I don''t know what kind of things a luna is supposed to do." ¡°A luna''s job is to be there for the pack, support, love, and protect everyone and also keep the alpha strong as the alpha never feelsplete and can''t function without his luna and that''s why we are going to have the Luna Celebration for you." ¡°My what?¡± She asked. "Your luna celebration. It''s a huge party for the pack to celebrate their luna and wee her to the pack, it¡¯s also a way for the luna to mingle around and get to know everyone." She just looked at him, she understood why they wanted the party but she was frightened about it. She reluctantly nodded her head and grabbed Darius''s shirt that was on the floor and started to walk towards the door but paused before she got there. She turned around to look at him when a question flew into her mind. ¡°Darius, how did we get here?¡± ¡°I carried you herest night, I believe that it is time for us to move to this room.¡± He said with a smile. ¡°And what room is this?¡± ¡°This is the Alpha chamber.¡± He informed her as she gave a small but confused nod to him. ¡°And what about my stuff?¡± ¡°I will ask an omega to move all your stuff over to this room today while we are in the kitchen getting something to eat.¡± She smiled then pulled Darius¡¯s shirt over her head and let it fall down her body, his shirt went all the way down to her knees and then she turned around and walked out the alpha chamber to her old room to get some of her own clothing with Darius following her dressed in only shorts. She walked to her closet to grab some of her own clothing and then she walked over to the bathroom to take a quick shower after all the amazing things that happenedst night. She pulled off his shirt and got into the shower with Darius still following her into the shower. As the hot water was running down Aleera''s body she felt hot hands on her waist that traveled further up her body. When his hands were on her breast he started to kiss his mark on her neck she let out a moan. "I thought that we were going to get ready to go downstairs." Aleera stutters out between her moans. "Yes, we should but do you have any idea how hard it is for me not to touch you?" He said back as he continued to kiss his mark and squeeze her breast. Aleera could feel that he was poking her with his hard dick. As he continued to squeeze one of her breasts with one hand and the other one traveled down to her lower region. He moved his hand over her pussy and Aleera moaned out. Darius then grabbed her waist to spin her around so she was facing him. Aleera looked into his eyes and it was ck with lust only for her. Darius had a smirk on his lips as he went down on his knees and lifted up one of her legs up on his shoulders and leaned in to kiss her lower lips. When his lips touched her pussy she moaned out. He started to lick her and Darius could feel that she was shaking by just his touch. As he was licking her he pushed in three-fingers this time while Aleera was moaning out loudly. When Darius felt satisfied he got up from his position and he lifted Aleera up upon his hips and he inserted his hard dick into her and started to pump it in and out. As he was pumping Aleera''s back was going up and down the shower wall and the hot water running down her naked body. Both of them were moaning out loudly. Aleera''s walls were gripping his dick and made it harder for him to hold it together, he loved how her pussy would make him feel. Darius realized his seed in her at the same time she came. After they both calmed down they both finished showering and got out to dry off. "I am sorry my love, I was not able to keep my hands off you. You are so ravishing to me." "Don''t apologize. I really liked it." She said with a smile growing on her lips. After they got dressed they both walked together downstairs to the kitchen to grab something to eat. When they entered the kitchen they saw James and his mate Nicole sitting at the counter eating their food. "Good afternoon to the both of you. I hope you both slept wellst night?" Nicole asked them in a teasing voice as she looked at them and then looked back to her food. "Yes, we did." Both of them answered and walked closer to them. Darius pulled out a chair for Aleera to sit down on before he walked over to the fridge to grab some ingredients to start preparing something for them to eat. Nicole was quick to notice the mark Darius had left on Aleeras neck and she looked over to Darius and noticed the mark Aleera had left on his neck. "I see that you both have finally marked each other. So when will we have the Luna celebration for her?" "Hopefully as soon as possible." Darius said back to Nicole. "Do we really need to have a party?" Aleera asked them all in a low voice making everyone turn their heads to look at her. "Of course we need to have this party, it¡¯s a tradition in every pack to have this kind of celebration when they find the Alpha or the Luna." Nicole said back to Aleera. When Aleera was about to respond the door to the kitchen opened and in walked the third inmand, Samuel, with a few more people behind him. Aleera looks up to look at the new people that walk in. She noticed one of the girls that was giving her a death stare as they all sat down at the table behind them. "Who is she?" Aleera heard the sound of a girl''s voice from the table that held so much poison in her tone. "She is your Luna." Darius said firmly without turning to look at them as he put together a few yummy looking sandwiches for Aleera and him to eat. He then turned around and walked back to Aleera and served the food to her and sat down beside her to eat his food. Aleea turned to look at the people behind her again and noticed the same girl as before was still looking at her with a death stare. Aleera felt unease in the kitchen right now, something felt off being in here right now. Aleera looked back at Nicole. "But I am still healing from my past and I don''t think I am ready to take on such huge responsibility.¡± "We know that you are still healing, that''s why we will only hold the party and then we will take your duty step by step." Darius said as he took her hand in his. "But what can I bring to this pack?" Aleera asked. "Nothing." The same girl as before said from the table. "Shut up." Darius snapped out in an angry voice at her but this time he looked at her before he turned around to face Aleera. "My love, you will bring everything to this pack. I will take on the heaviest duty until you have healed up from your past.¡± N?velDrama.Org is the owner. Aleera looked deep into Darius¡¯s eyes but she broke the eye contact and looked at everyone in this room, thest person she had eye contact with was with the girl who looked like she wanted to kill her and then looked back at Darius. "I am sorry, I can''t." Aleera said and got up from her seat and ran out from the kitchen. Darius got up from his seat too and was about to run after her when he felt a hand on his arm that stopped him from going after his luna when he looked back he saw it was Nicole. "Let me talk to her." She said to Darius who nodded his head and let Nicole go after Aleera hoping it would be better if a girl talk would be good for her. Chapter 32: Girls talk Chapter 32: Girls talk Aleera¡¯s POV I ran out of the kitchen as fast as I could. I needed to get out of there and away from the intense feeling I was having. I ran through the packhouse and exited the back door to the back yard. As I felt the cold air on my face I sat down on one of the benches to go over what just happened. How can they even think I would be a good luna to this pack with my past and how can I give Night Shad any hope? I heard the door open and close, I did not look to see who it was, there was only one person that would come after me. "Do you mind if I join you?" It was not a man''s voice which caused me to look over at the person that was talking and it was Nicole. So I was wrong this time. Why did she follow me? But I was happy it was not Darius. I looked at her. "Sure, you can." I said to her, confused. Nicole came over to me and sat down beside me, not uttering any word to me or saying anything, she just sat there with me. We sat there for a while before she broke the silence and started to talk to me. "Aleera, you¡¯re probably wondering why I was the one that came out here instead of Darius. I thought you needed a girl to talk to." "And what would we even talk about?" I asked and looked at her. "Since you came here, you have not talked about anything. Right now we can talk about anything you want to talk about. For example, the Luna Celebration or even your brother and his betrayal to you." Shit, she knows so much already and she looks like she wants to help me and wants the best for me. "Thanks so much." Was the only thing I felt I could say right now. "You should know that I don''t want to force you to talk right now if you don''t feel up for it. I just want you to know that you can talk to me whenever you want and about anything." She said to me and I could tell she meant it by the worried tone in her voice. I did not answer her. I just sat there waiting for her to say more but it took a while before she did. "I don''t know how it is for you right now, but I can only guess that everything is up and down for you. You have your past and now you have to figure out your new role as the luna for the Night Shad pack." She stopped there to catch a breath before she continued. "And on top of it all, you find out that your own brother is alive after all these years and that he is behind everything and that he hates you so much. Just remember that Darius, me, and everyone in this pack has your back and we will be here for you." "Thanks so much, Nicole. You are right this is too much for me right now, and I don''t know how to cope with it all right now. And I don''t think this is the right time for the party. There are only a few people that know the truth about me and my past." I said to her with a low and stuttered voice. How can they think I will be a strong luna? I am weak. "You will learn to cope with it and you have everyone here to support you. You do know that I believe in you and so does Darius. We will not have a normal luna celebration, this one will be specially made just for you." I felt tears running down my cheeks, she must have found a way through my mental walls. She moved closer to me and embraced me in a hug and held me for a while. "Aleera, I hope I did not step over the line to get you upset or anything." "No, you did not step over anything. It''s just so much for me right now and all these feelings do not help me at all." I said back to her. I wanted her to know she did nothing wrong and that it was everything I was feeling that was making me cry. "Is there something special that you keep thinking about?" "The one thing that keeps bugging me is what my brother said to me." "Oh, you mean that the pack lied about your mother''s death and then all the nasty stuff your father and the whole pack did to you?" I did not feel like answering it with words so I nodded my head. It hurt so much to think about it, and to talk about it hurt even more. I still haven''t figured out why Angelo hated me so much, we were best friends and we loved each other in the past. Now I found out that our father murdered our mother just because he wanted to be the most powerful alpha. The big question is, is this one of the things Selene said I would find outter? We just sat there and Nicole was the one that brought me out from my own thoughts. "Don''t take this the wrong way but I''m guessing that during all these years since your mother''s death, you haven''t gone to any parties or had a chance to celebrate your birthday.¡± "That is correct." "I also found out that your birthday ising up soon, so I think you should take this opportunity to have fun. We can have two parties in one, you deserve it and it can be good for you." When I did not answer her she got up and walked towards the backdoor to back inside when my question stopped her. "Why did you choose me?" She turned around to face me. "What do you mean Aleera?" "Why did you choose me as your luna?" Nicole came back and sat down beside me and ced her hands over mine while looking deep into my eyes. "We did not choose you. I don''t know if your mother even was able to have that talk with you." When I did not answer her I think she guessed that I did not have all the information that I should. "The moon goddess is the one that pairs us together with our mate and it is also her who chooses the ones to be the leaders. A pack always needs two leaders, one alpha and one luna. So there''s something in you and in him that needs each other and that''s why Selene mated you together" "But why would she choose a broken girl like me?" "That I don''t know, but she must know that you will do something great and that''s why, and as Darius mate, you need him to be able to heal." "But I don''t know if I am ready." I whisper out. "I think you are ready, if you wouldn''t, why would you let Darius mark and mate with you?" "Was it not just his needs?" I asked, confused. "Wrong, it was both your needs, you need each other to survive. The worst thing that can happen when you have fully mated and marked is that one of you dies, the one that will live will never feel peace, will always be heartbroken, and will not find another mate." That shocked me. Why would our beloved moon goddess be so cruel to her own creation? Why would she not let them find a second chance to find another mate if the first one dies? She must have read something on my facial expression. "Don''t you dare do anything to yourself. Darius loves you too much to lose you." "Don''t worry, I am not going to do anything to myself. Sure I have tried twice since I came here, but I promise I will not try again." "You know our talk inside about the luna celebration before you ran out?" I nodded my head "This celebration is not just for you, it''s for the entire pack, so they can celebrate that they have finally found their luna. You don''t need to think about any of the preparation for this party, that is my job as the beta female." Nicole says with a small smile and a little bit of hope in her eyes. "Fine, I will agree to the party but I think you should know I was never a party kind of girl, even when my mother was alive." Then I paused as something I said before came to mind. "But I don''t have anything to wear." I whispered out. Nicole''s smile grew on her lips when she heard me agree to let the pack have this party for me but deep down I was not up for it. "Let me take care of that. I will take you to the mall and get a dress to match your beauty." "I am not beautiful." I said in a deadpan tone. "Of course you are, and I know that¡¯s what everyone who saw you thought when Darius first brought you here." She beamed a smile at me. "You can''t be serious?" "Yes I am, why would I say otherwise if it was not true?" Her smile slowly falling into a frown.This is the property of N?-velDrama.Org. "I don''t know. Maybe because I have lived a life with so many lies, I don''t know if I should believe or not." "Remember this Aleera, I will never lie to you. That I can promise you. So are you ready to get out of here?" "What do you mean ready to get out of here?" "I told you that I would take you to the mall to get a dress for the luna celebration and we can also get you some more clothing." The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!