Living with Kael had become a nightmare for Hazel. The man was the real definition of a monster.
When he dragged her to his kingdom a couple of weeks ago, she thought he was being cruel when he slapped her and asked her to stay quiet but now, she knew that cruel didn't even come close to who he was.
The sun was just coming up that fateful morning and Hazel's bleeding heart soiled even further as the rays of the sun filtered through her room.
The space was beautiful. The large white bed and soft blue color on the wall was a theme that was represented even on the vanity chair and lounge area. But none of these things made her happy.
Only Asher could make her happy.
Maeve had done something to him and she had to find a way to convince him or snap him out of whatever it was Maeve did to him.
Her eyes diverted from the window to the rattling door. Someone was coming.
She involuntarily recoiled unto the bed as she knew only one person came in with such noise —Kael.
The door got kicked open with a loud bang as it hit the wall behind it.
"Hazel-cat!" he slurped as his large frame stepped into the room.
Hazel flinched at the disgusting name he had given her but she said nothing. She only observed him cautiously from her end on the bed.
"I have given you enough time to heal. I want my reward now!" He growled as he started coming at her.
Hazel's brows rose in confusion and her heart picked up the pace.
"Wha-at do you mean?" She asked.
Kael moved his hands to his groin and pointed a finger at her. "I need to fuck you!"
Hazel never planned on letting Kael have his way with her, she would rather die than allow the disgusting man to take her virginity from her.
Karl had an evil smile as he took off his clothes and moved to the bed.
"There is no denying me my price Hazel-cat..." He trailed as he moved his finger to her leg.
Hazel let out a shriek so loud, Kael froze as his eyes flashed red.
"I'd rather die than let you do this Kael!" She said after shaking the room with her voice.
She knew that Kael would not take her by force. It was a standard rule in all the lands. She was an alpha's daughter, it was the least he could do.
"You think you are smart?" Kael growled. "You think that scream will save you?" He asked and Hazel swallowed.
"I know that you can't do anything to me without my consent!" Hazel fired back.
Kael got filled with rage and pulled her by the leg. She tried to struggle but it was useless, Kael was ten times larger and stronger than she was.
She landed roughly on the floor. Kael didn't stop there. He straddled her and landed a hot slap on her cheek.
"You will come begging me to fuck your brains out by the time I am done with you fool!" He hissed, pulling her by the hair as he got up.
"Argh!" Hazel cried out in pain but Kael continued hurting her.
When he was satisfied, he spat on her bruised body and walked out of the room fuming with anger.
This was her daily dose of treatment. She knew it would only be a matter of time before the pain became unbearable. She had to leave.
Her teary eyes fell on the door Kael had left open in anger.
Hazel quickly went to it and pushed it slightly closed so that no one else would notice that it was open.
A plan started hatching in her head. She had memorized the exit the day she was brought there and now she was going to need her memories to aid her escape.
She waited patiently for nighttime to come before she slipped out of the room.
Kael was so certain of himself that he barely had any security. He thought no one would dare attack him, forgetting that he had slaves and prisoners that might escape.
Hazel was luckily unseen as she made her way out of Kael's palace. As soon as she got to the forest, she ran with all her conserved might to her pack.
As someone who had been sold, returning would be considered trespassing. She might be killed on sight if she wasn't careful but her mind was determined.
She had to get back to Asher. He was her mate... And life.
"Who is that?" A familiar voice bellowed.
I stopped running and turned to find Asher. My heart melted.
"Asher, it is me, Hazel!" She called with relief. The goddess was finally showing her mercy.
"You are trespassing on my land!"
"Asher, listen to me, Maeve did something to you..." She didn't even complete her statement when Asher's eyes turned purple and she let out a gasp.
This was a sign from the witches. Whenever they enchanted someone the person's eye color changed.
He moved closer to her and she thought maybe he wanted to listen. Maybe the enchantment was fading...
"Asher, I—" Suddenly she felt a cold slip through her body and she froze and looked down at it.
"Asher—" she managed to say as fear and panic rolled all over her at the sight before her.
There was a dagger buried in her heart.
She looked up at him in confusion. She wanted to speak but blood had filled her throat and the more she opened her mouth to try and speak, the more blood gushed out of it.
"This will teach others like you to stay out of our land!" He spat and walked away from the dying Hazel.
Hazel was dying but her head was still in denial. How could her mate be the one to kill her?
Was the enchantment so great, he couldn't fight it?
Or was their bond so weak it broke easily?
Tears streamed down her face. She wanted to scream but nothing left her lips. Her vision was getting blurry but she refused to give in.
She was staring at Asher's retreating figure, wondering if this was truly how her life would end.
Everything finally turned dark but her pain refused to go away.
Didn't people say when you died you found peace? Where was her peace?
"Hazel!" A voice stronger than any she had heard before called her name and she snapped awake.
"Argh!" She screamed in fear as she realized she was floating in a dark void. There was a flash of light above her but it could only illuminate where she stood and not around her.
"Hazel!" The voice called again.
She turned and saw a face that was too clean to be true. It was a man with a broad chest and an innocent face with skin that couldn't have possibly seen the sun before.
She could have thought he was an angel but his burning red eyes made her rethink that.
"I am Raglan, a demon prince and I have an offer for you..."
'An offer?! From a demon prince?!' Hazel looked on confusedly with her hands still clutching the dagger plunged into her by her beloved.She held onto the dagger as if it was some life source."Don't be afraid," The demon prince said as he sauntered towards her."Where am I?" Hazel said as she took her eyes off of the red eyed phantom walking towards her and gazed around.She was in a place that seemed empty yet filled; she was in perpetual darkness but she was still able to see the phantom before her as clear as day."You're nowhere," The demon prince said with a smile.Hazel tried to let her wolf out but it seemed like there was an emptiness in her as her wolf didn't surface. For the first time in her life, she felt entirely naked and alone.Raglan chuckled, "that is useless, your wolf is dead–died some minutes ago. Its just you now."Hazel just stared mortified at him without saying a word."Take a walk with me," Raglan said in a tender tone as he held out his hand to Hazel.Hazel
As promised, Raglan gave her a new body. No longer was Hazel the green-eyed, raven-haired beauty —she was now a blue-eyed beauty with fiery red hair to match her rage and what she sought after –blood."The first Alpha on the list happens to be an old friend of yours," Raglan said tauntingly."And who is that? " Hazel asked nonchalantly as she was still preoccupied with the recent turn of events.It wasn't every day, you died and met a demon prince."The Alpha of the Wyoming pack," Raglan said with a smile.It was as if a bulb lit up in Hazel's eyes. The moon goddess was definitely in her favor."Turns out I might as well enjoy this," Hazel said happily."I hope you will," Raglan said.Lastly, he handed her a sheath made out of the finest leather.Hazel reached into the sheath and pulled out a dagger."That dagger is pure silver made out of a wolf's bane and angel's breath," Raglan explained.Hazel observed the beautiful weapon. The blade was lined with inscriptions that were of a lang
"Your Grace," Hazel said to Alpha Kael with a slight bow as she stopped a few steps before him.She made sure her boobs were visible for his gaze as she bowed. Kael's breath hiked up as his eyes feasted greedily on Hazel's chest.She was a beautiful woman but he was not the least bit bothered with her beauty as he was with her nipples which seemed to want to poke a hole through the barely there top she was wearing. Hazel wasn't scared of the mighty Kael and he noticed. Women were always scared when they saw how powerful he was but this woman just glared confidently at him with her blue eyes and her full lips –lips he couldn't wait to suck on, pursed at him in a pout.Rather than feel fear for him, Hazel felt a huge bout of disgust and she had to fight back the urge to throw up."What's your name?" Kael asked. "I am Edith, your Grace," Hazel answered in a voice that simmered like honey.Kael nodded his head nonchalantly. He did not give a fuck if she was nameless, all he gave a fuc
"What have you don–" Kael started to say but stopped halfway as Hazel plunged the dagger deeper into his heart.Kael began to wrestle. His black eyes started to change color as his wolf fought to take control of him.He tossed and turned, kicked and struggled, trying to get Hazel off of him but she held her ground.With the aid of her free hand, she pushed the dagger deeper and deeper into his chest till it was only the butt of the dagger that was visible."Who are you–" Kael choked as blood trickled out of his mouth and nose.He had finally stopped struggling. He knew he had lost the battle.Still laying over Kael, Hazel looked into his eyes and answered, "I am vengeance."She got up from him and came down. Kael still had a substantial amount of life present in him. Such a powerful man would be too hard to kill.As she gazed over him, her eyes fell on his cock. It was– to her greatest surprise, still hard and erect.She could not believe that the bloody bastard dared to still have an
But by the time the guard had announced a search to be made for Hazel, she was already miles away.No one seemed to know who she was or where she came from. All they knew and would ever know was that she was a beautiful woman who had appeared and then disappeared leaving death in her wake.Hazel had traveled throughout the night only resting in the early hours of the morning when she was sure she was far away enough.As she slept, a visitor came to her in her dreams."You did well," Raglan said to her with a smile on his face.He had had his doubts about her and her capability to carry out this mission but her act earlier on made him have a little more faith in her."How are you here?" Hazel asked, confused, totally ignoring Raglan's compliment. She wondered why she was able to see Raglan so real in her dream. It felt like if she reached out to touch him, he would feel concrete."I am in your dreams." He pointed out with a roll of his eyes.He noticed the look of confusion on Hazel's
Hazel was still shaken by the dream she had had. She was still very much tired but she willed her body to move.She was onward to the residence of the next Alpha–Gordon.She did not know who he was nor where he resided but Raglan had helped out.When she woke up, she noticed a note written in beautiful handwriting next to her.It had the name of the next Alpha on the list and also directions to get to his palace, which was drawn in a crudely drawn map."The bloody bastard," Hazel had cussed when she saw the note.Not only had he tormented her sleep, but he had not left her any food, not water as she had requested of him.She was famished and so thirsty and was on the verge of fainting under the blazing sun when she found a small pond.She filled her belly up with water before pouring some on her body to help cool her down.For food, she picked wild berries from the forest.She was lucky her dad had trained them on the vegetation of the wild so she had knowledge of what she could or co
Try as she may, Hazel could not push out of her mind the story she heard earlier.Asher was getting married to Maeve?It could not be. She was the one he loved and not Maeve!No longer was her mind occupied with the thought of how she was going to carry out the task before her but with the thought of Maeve and Asher getting married.She had to go back home, she thought. She had to go and save Asher from the danger he was landing himself in by being with Maeve.Her mind kept telling her to turn back to where she came from and head back to her home but she knew that the only way she could do that was if she kept moving forward and completing her task and she did just that.Surprisingly to her, getting into the palace was much easier than she had anticipated.The guards at the gate let her in without asking question
Hazel was happy that the celebration was still going to be held tomorrow. It afforded her time to do what she had gone there to do. Her ears were still pinned to the door when she heard footsteps approaching from within the room.Caught unawares and not knowing where to run to or hide without being caught, she instinctively jumped to the back of the door.It was a careless hiding spot that would guarantee her getting caught but it was all she could come up with. She could not risk running away because the hallway was too long and the next exit was at the end so she would definitely have been caught and her only other option was a window which was a couple of meters high up. The approaching footsteps reached the door and opened it.Since the door was flung open, Hazel was out of sight as she was on the other side of the opened door.It was at that moment that it occurred to Hazel that the door could be closed shut and she would be caught.She had not had enough time to even think of