Xavier's POV Everywhere was so silent, as everyone's eyes were glued to Dawn. They all looked surprised and...confused? That only made me angrier, as I wondered why the attention was suddenly on her. "Dawn, step back," I said softly, to avoid ruining the mood. I was trying so hard to control my anger, but she wasn't making it easy. Instead of listening to me, she started walking towards the guard that she threw against a wall. "Step back!" I barked again and this time, she listened. An exasperated sigh escaped my lips, as I tried to maintain my composure. I summoned three guards, and said to them, "Guards, take them out!" Immediately, the three of them stormed towards dawn's pathetic parents. As the guards grabbed them, they tried to fight them off, but it did little to nothing. My heart warmed as the scene played out before me. But then... Dawn turned around to face them, and her eyes widened like she just understood what was happening. "No! You can't do
Alpha Xavier's POV Ryan and I have been friends for a long time and I was seeing him this angry for the first time ever! It was a bit scary to watch. I was about to move away from him when he grabbed my collar again and was about to land another punch on my face, when I stopped him. "What the fuck is wrong with you, man?" I asked, while holding his hand. He brushed my hands away, as his gaze settled on Dawn. Watching as she started writhing in pain made me angry again and it seemed as though Ryan saw that I was about to go back to hurt her again because he suddenly threw a punch on the side of my face. That action caught me off guard as I stumbled backwards a little, landing on the sofa that was placed at the end of the room. The punch hit me so hard that my gums began to bleed. It hurt, a lot. I looked forward and saw that Ryan was no longer at the door again. He quickly rushed to Dawn, removing the cuffs that I used on her. After removing them, he whispered in her ear
Dawn's POV My body hurt so bad, and as I continued limping towards my room, it felt like every piece of me was shredding. I finally got to the room, and pushed the door open. I closed it after I entered and laid on the bed. "Fuck!" I cursed, as my swollen back came in contact with the sheet. It felt like there was a little fire outbreak on my back, that was how hot, and painful it felt. The pain was so overwhelming and it felt like I passed out for a while. I opened my eyes, groaning the next minute and I found myself sitting on the floor, with my knees pulled up to my chest. I didn't know how I got there, and I was already so tired and exhausted. I thought of what to do for a while, as I was alone and didn't know what to start with. My injuries were probably deep and I didn't know what to do about them. After thinking for a few seconds, I managed to push my body up and staggered towards my wardrobe, which was now filled with dresses that I was sure that I'd never wear.
After Xavier kissed my forehead, he turned around and left without a word. That was by far the weirdest thing that I had experienced the entire day, including kissing Ryan. I turned away from the door, and stared at the spot where Ryan was seated, I hoped he'd come back so we could continue what we were doing before Xavier barged in. But he never came back. * * For the next few days, I lived like a prisoner that I was in Xavier's house. I had thought that the little sweet gesture he displayed before he left would make things better, but it didn't. That little action confused me though, but I hoped he'd maybe explain when I finally saw him. The only good part of it was the fact that I didn't see him at all, I hadn't even caught a glimpse of him, Ryan and Zade. I had been thinking about the three of them, Zade especially. I had breakfast with the rest of the maids in the dining hall. It was little, but very healthy. After I was done, I grabbed my plate and headed to the
Dawn's POV The party started in a full swing, and it seemed like I was the only person there as I felt so alone. Every other person that was present there seemed to come with one person, their love interest. But there I was, making alcohol my partner. After I dropped the fourth glass, my head started feeling a bit hazy like I had had several bottles of drink. Perhaps it was because it was my first time. As I staggered away from the third waiter that i was meeting at the party, I tried to hold on to a chair. My eyes wandered around again and I saw that Xavier's lips were still very busy with the masked lady's. That annoyed me even more. I walked away. The moment I turned, my eyes came in contact with the food space. It had several meals there, some that I was seeing for the first time. Without thinking twice, I moved closer, and grabbed a plate. I handed it over to one of the caterers there like I owned the place. The plate was taken from me, and filled with different delicaci
Dawn's POV Ryan kept quiet for the next minutes, as my heart continued racing. I wanted him to speak so bad but at the same time, I didn't want to force the answer out of his mouth. He finally let out a loud sigh and looked at me. "I can't, Dawn. It's dangerous. I am sure that Xavier is going to find you there and-" I interrupted, because I was so desperate. "There are no buts, Ryan. I really want to do this, please. Xavier wouldn't find me, I promise," I pleaded, looking straight into his eyes. I could see that he wanted to help, but perhaps he was scared. "You can't survive out there on your own because it is dangerous to be homeless in this part of the world because other shifters may find you. Or even worse, you might be killed at night when vampires come out to feed at night." Immediately I heard that, my heart and head instantly got filled with dread. Imagining that made me so scared, and I could feel my hands tremble a little. But then, at this point, I was desper
Dawn's POV I watched as Ryan grabbed the stranger and threw him against the wall again. That was all I saw of the man, before Ryan came to me again. He removed the gag from my mouth and slowly helped me out of the car. The fear had overwhelmed me so much that my legs were still shaking. They wobbled under me, and Ryan helped me stand straight. Ryan was right beside me, holding me. So, why was I still hearing grunts from the man who wanted to rape me, like someone was still beating him up. I left Ryan's side and walked forward a bit, when I saw him. Zade. My heart hitched in my chest, as my eyes lingered on him. I didn't realize that I had missed him so much. Seeing him made relief wash over me, and I just wanted to run to him, hug him and cry in his embrace. But I held myself and just watched as he continued beating the vampire up. For the next two minutes, I watched as he lifted him up and hit him against the wall several times before his fist came in contact wit
Dawn's POV I sat up a little, moving closer to Zade so I'd be able to kiss him properly. With one hand, he pulled me closer to sit on his lap, holding my face in place, as his lips comfortably sucked mine softly. A small moan left my lips, as I wrapped my hands around his neck. For a second, he pulled away to stare at my flushed face, but after, he kissed me, harder this time. The kiss lasted for minutes, until I could no longer breathe. I pulled out of the kiss, and tried to catch my breath. I wondered how he didn't look like he was out of breath, like he had done this a million times. As an over thinker, I couldn't just brush the random thought off. So, I got off him and sat on the other side of the bed. In a split second, he was by my side, holding my shoulders. "What's wrong? Do you need something?" He asked softly and I wanted to say, "yes, you." But I kept my thoughts in and picked my words carefully. "It's nothing. I guess I'm just tired," I lied, and forced a smal
Dawn’s POV:“Go to your room!” Xavier barked at me and for the first time in a long time, I didn’t argue. I didn’t even need to be told twice as I dashed out of the dining area and ran up the stairs leading to Xavier’s chamber.When I arrived at my room, I slammed the door shut, fastened the locks into its place- so as not to take any chances- and crouched behind the bed. For some reason, I was scared… terrified even and I do not know why. For all I knew, Xander couldn’t be as bad as everyone was making him out to be, but whenever I remembered Autumn's words, and Ryan’s… and the way Xavier’s face had fallen at the news of his presence, I couldn’t help but think otherwise.My hands shook as I wrapped them around my knees and I even began to shake even more when I began to hear the sudden noises coming from downstairs. The shouts and the screams… and then the silence; The eerily intense silence that made my heart hammer against my chest as I couldn’t help but wonder why he was here… wh
Dawn’s POV:Ever since that incident with Cassidy the other night, my room was changed again, and this time, I was made to live in one of the rooms in Xavier’s private chamber. It was peaceful here… and beautiful too, but sometimes I couldn’t help but think that maybe now, I was trapped. Maybe there was no escaping him anymore. I knew that it was for my safety but I still felt weird thinking about it, especially whenever I remembered the way he had gone off on Cassidy that day.“Dawn… your food.” A deep rich masculine voice snapped me out of my train of thoughts and in shock, I lifted my head and blinked, surprised as I was met with two pairs of beautiful eyes… beautiful eyes that were all mine-‘if you think of it that way.I cleared my throat and sat up, and while I did, I never took my eyes off Xavier, not even for a second. You see, I wanted to talk to him, I wanted to ask him about my parents, about Cassidy’s situation, and I wanted to ask him who ‘Xander’ was, and in order to ena
Zade’s POV:It was silent… and cold, just the way I liked it whenever I wanted to think.As I lazed away in my indoor lounge with my favorite drink in hand- which was a sachet of blood type AB- I couldn’t help but think about what had happened earlier today. My people were going too far. I understood their anger at the fact that I had given Reagan away but retaliating by going after Dawn? That was too much! And I would make them pay for going after my mate!Sometimes, I couldn’t help but think about the possibilities of what would’ve been if Xavier, Ryan, and I hadn’t arrived there when we did. I couldn’t shake out the images that plagued my mind. Images of ‘what would haves’ that I struggled to shake off, and the more I thought about it, the angrier I became.Do you even know what is worse? The fact that I couldn’t talk to anyone about it… yet. I didn’t trust anyone here about issues relating to Dawn. Not my mother, and definitely not my friend, Micah. They hated humans with a passio
Dawn’s POV:As I laid in bed that night, I couldn’t stop thinking about what Ryan had said to me. It wasn’t a lot to process, but still, it had been shocking. I still wasn’t sure if the ‘murderer’ that plagued Autumn’s dreams was Xavier or his estranged brother, Xander, and at this point, I was sure that I ought to talk to Xavier about it in order to know the truth.Deciding that I would do just that when next I met him, I closed my eyes and snuggled into my duvet. It was night, I was tired and today had been an excruciatingly long day so it was only normal that I retired to bed.However just when I had slowly begun to doze off, a creaking noise by my door had me peeling my eyes wide open. It was so dark in here, as dark as a crow in a night’s sky, so I was certain that whoever must’ve come in could not see me. I took a sniff of the air, hoping to smell any one of my mates but to my surprise, the smell was foreign. It was feminine… and what stood out the most was the aura it gave off.
Dawn’s POV:I didn’t stop wailing as I packed up my suitcase and got into one of Xavier’s waiting cars, that is after explaining to my parents what was happening, and I still didn’t stop crying even as the car drove out of the dirt road leading out of the woods and into the city.I could remember their frightened faces. It was the only thing latched into my memory as I climbed into the car, and when Xavier promised to take them to a different bunker at a more secure location, they chickened out. They didn’t trust him, and that was understandable… but they trusted me and I couldn’t afford to bring them down.My tears continued to stream down my face and I didn’t notice until I felt something warm against my left cheek, brushing away the stray tear that had streaked that spot, and when I turned to the person to see that it was Ryan, I barely smiled. I only nodded.The ride continued in silence and when Ryan probably could no longer stand how quiet it was, he turned to me. His voice was
Dawn’s POV:I waited for the commotion outside to die down before I climbed up the ladder and unfastened the several locks to the bunker’s door. When I pushed the door open, I was suddenly hit with the metallic smell of blood and that wasn’t all. There were bodies scattered everywhere. And now, I know I may sound like I was exaggerating but more than ten corpses were lying on the floor, and while some were decapitated, the rest were just… dead.Another thing that I couldn’t shake out was the pungent smell of rotten flesh. It smelled disgusting and it emanated from the bodies on the floor, and now that I thought about it, it was the same as those I had smelled on those men back at Xavier’s pack, and in disgust, I scrunched up my nose.“Hey, Dawn! Good to see you.” Ryan greeted me with a sweet smile, and for a minute, I almost forgot about the corpses scattered around until I smelled them again. I smiled back; “Hi Ryan, good to see you too!”Silence…“What happened here?” I resorted to
Dawn’s POV: Autumn’s words wouldn’t stop playing in my head and the more I tried to shake it off, the more it plagued my mind. She wasn’t making it up. It didn’t look like she was. Even now, I could still feel the fear that radiated off her, could still see the way her body shook violently and how she had almost hyperventilated. I could still see the sweat… smell them too and none of those actions, none of those body languages showed that she was lying in any way. So it was true. I tossed and turned in bed that night, unable to sleep. I also knew that I needed to take a walk outside, or a run, but I couldn’t. It was late at night and knowing that everyone was fast asleep by now, and that there was no one to fasten the locks on the bunker’s door into place after I’ve left, I didn’t leave. Leaving meant putting them in danger and I would hate myself so much if I accidentally exposed them to more dangers than I have already at this point. I shook my head and sat up. Glancin
Dawn’s POV:My heart pounded in my chest as I slowly walked up to him and while I did, I couldn’t bring myself to look at him… to look at his beautiful eyes… so I watched the floor instead.The hammering of my heart turned into full palpitations when I arrived at where he stood with the wrapped gift and I was just about to beam a smile up at him when I remembered that he could hear my heartbeat. He had a sharp sense of hearing, one that was even sharper than mine, and this thought made me bow my head in embarrassment.“Hello to you too, Dawn.” He greeted teasingly, “How have you been?”His demeanor, his words… His actions made me very confused. I was so certain that he was mad at me and I could’ve sworn that he was only here to punish me for sending Alan back alone the time he came for me, so it was surprising that he was being playful right now. Hell, he’d even come with a present!“Dawn…?” His rich drawl snapped me out of my thoughts and I looked up at him slowly. I wasn’t sure what
Dawn’s POV:The next few days were filled with a series of events. First, I bonded with my family even more and went for jobs with them. I also managed to talk Autumn out of her fear for my kind (did you notice how I referred to werewolves as my kind? It was because I had finally made peace with that problem) and now, she was no longer as weary as she used to be around me.I also practiced how to shift in the woods and one time, after my parents and Logan pleaded with me to show them my wolf, I shifted in front of them too.And it was also during this time that mother told me everything surrounding the events that led them to me. She told me about how it was the second phase of the war between humans and supernaturals- the war that had made humans resort to living in underground bunkers- and how they’d found me in the arms of a badly injured woman who had pleaded with them to take me.They had thought that she was human like them and had taken the child (me) from her before she passed