One week later Shay wandered the halls of the compound as she had taken to doing a lot in the last week; anything she could to distract herself. Her heart found itself numb with grief but craving its other half. Her mind though was filled with unanswered questions, making her feel like she had two sides fighting with each other. Shay hadn’t told a single soul about Damian as of yet. She wasn’t sure who to say it to or what to say in the first place. She did not feel like ‘saying’ anything, that is. She felt like screaming; going out into the night and screaming at the skies as loud and as long as her own voice would allow her, until it broke entirely. Ever since the night of the ball, Damian had been trying to see her or at least talk to her, his messages becoming more desperate with each passing day. They never went on the tour of the grounds or even had breakfast together the following morning, as Shay made an excuse and sent him out that night, immediately after getting ahold
“Shaylin…Shaylin wake up.” Jackson was trying to shake Shaylin gently for her to wake up. He was starting to get worried as he had already administered a healing potion he kept on his shelves to her, so he knew there must be something else stopping her from waking up. “Shaylin!!” he called a little louder the same time he zapped her slightly with the electricity from his fingers.Shaylin’s eyes opened with a start to a concerned Jackson’s face, looking like it suddenly bore a new line or two, not that he looked old for his age.“I’m OK, professor, I think. Where am I?” Shay looked around, immediately realising she was laid down on the couch in the professor’s office with Zoelle on the other side of the room, looking at her with concern as if she might jump out of her own skin any minute now. “I carried you into my office fifteen minutes ago and have been trying to wake you up since, but you haven’t been reactive at all. You sure gave us a good scare.” Alistair explained with somewhat
As her black 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 pulled up to the pack gates and seductively growled at two male guards, Shay and her metal pet attracted their attention instantly. Shay looked around at the surroundings, ignoring the not at all discrete whistles directed at…her car. Back in the day she’d take offence in that, but now they just made her chuckle.“How typical,” Shay thought as she rolled down the window and continued to investigate the scenery while she waited for one of the men on duty to walk over to her window and grant her admittance. The faster, the better, in Shay’s opinion. Being this close to Damian made her restless, anxious to see him as soon as possible.The Nightblade Pack’s territory was approximately one and a half hour drive from the Amber coven’s compound so it came as a surprise to see the land still wearing a thick cover of strong and mighty amberwood trees. She had no idea that the Amber Forest stretched this far. Come to think of it, the trees were even o
Shay stayed behind and bit her tongue only because the kids were there and she knew how much they meant to Damian who was probably buried somewhere underneath them anyway. It was hard watching Charlotte strutting her behind toward the dog pile when she’d rather tackle her to the ground for her brassiness. Charlotte reached the kids and clapped her hands, making all the children jump off giggling and revealing a very flushed Damian sprawled on the ground who was left almost breathless from all the laughing.The scene warmed Shay’s heart and she immediately forgot that Charlotte even existed; all she saw was a kind man with a beautiful soul…and she knew that was a fact because children are the best judges of one's character. The one thing she thought next both excited and saddened her; she could suddenly see the two of them with their own little pack of pups which excited her more than she was ready to admit given she never thought about it before. But with the prophecy and the mark on
Noah, his ego being too big for his own shoes to acknowledge the possibility of getting his a$$ kicked after all, just smirked at Shaylin and threw the cloth he used for polishing the blades just minutes ago over his shoulder. He wore light blue jeans and only a white cotton ribbed tank on top, his naked shoulders and huge biceps glistening under the slowly setting sun. His tattoos made a contrast to the light, looking like shadows creeping onto Noah's skin, ready to seize his arms from behind and subdue him. “You really think you can beat me, ladybug? Come on, you’re smarter than that. Look at the size of me, and then look at yourself…you don’t stand a chance,” Noah mansplained, sure he will scare her off with the sheer size of his muscles that he was so stupidly flexing now, as if the bulging of the veins on them somehow conveyed his point. “What an idiot”, Shaylin thought to herself and rolled her eyes, drawing a chuckle out of Damian. He on the other hand was equal parts eage
Damian outstretched his hand for Shaylin to take, wanting nothing more to have her all to himself, at least for a short while. “We also have a dinner planned with the ranking members this evening before you return home. I believe your brother is also invited,” Damian added in a less than confident tone that made his declaration sound almost like a question as he scratched his head awkwardly, knowing Shaylin will not be too thrilled about that. He was right, no doubt.“Oh, what fun…” Shaylin rolled her eyes.After exploring the pack grounds further and meeting people, they went back to the pack house. Promising to show her the rest of the villa later before the dinner starts, Damian led Shaylin straight to his room, eager to show her just how much he missed her. He was not alone in that either; Shaylin was the one to alienate herself but she never stopped missing the warmth of his skin either. Damian’s room was located in the western wing of the villa where lower warrior commanders w
Ivan’s voice, overflowing with all the curses of this world, roared so loud that Shaylin was not sure if the people in her Coven could have heard him too.Looking around, Shay saw many pairs of eyes looking at her in hatred, just as raw as it oozed from Ivan himself. Many chests were heaving in fear and rage, ready to tear her to pieces, and none of them thought to question their Luna's words. All of them felt the loss of their pack member as a painful tear in the weave of their pack’s collective bond, but the members felt the distraught of their Alpha most of all, and there was no greater sin than attacking or even just upsetting their Alpha. Unsure of her actions right now she decided to just go for the truth.“Alpha Ivan, with all due respect, I didn’t push Charlotte down the stairs. Can you smell my scent on her anywhere?”Renee who had expected this from Shay looked up at her and spat out deceivingly heartbroken. “Of course you’d say something like that! You’re a sorceress afte
“WHO DARED LAYING A HAND ON MY MATE?!” Damian roared as he came barging in through the front door and rushed up the stairs. Grabbing the man nearest to Shaylin around the throat and squeezing with all the eagerness of a wounded beast, he made the guy turn blue within seconds.“Damian, stand down, now! My men were following orders given directly by me.”“And your orders were for them to hurt my mate?! Have you lost your f*cking mind?! You have some serious explaining to do, Ivan!” Damian was seconds away from losing it, his grip tightening around the man's throat whose face now reached a shade of greyish blue. Damian’s strong hands held Butterfinger’s neck like claws threatening to pierce his neck right then and there, thick black fur starting to rise from his skin.“Put him down, Damian! That is an order!!” Ivan was by his head warrior in a matter of seconds, snarling straight into his face. “Look around, if you will. Your mate stands accused of killing poor Charlotte here.”Damian lo