~Damien Pov~
“Rogues to the east.” I got a mind link from one of the warriors at the borders. “Where are you, Lucas?” I growled through the mind link.
Perfect timing, it was almost midnight.
“He’s not here.”
“On my way.” I mind link back seething, grabbed a black jacket from the rack, and wore them.
“Where are you?” I called Lucas through the mind link and told him to meet me at the borders.
Anger comes off my body in waves. I hate that we were being disturbed.
Turning into my Lycan form while I was deep in the woods, my bones breaking with a cracking sound, Dugan takes control of me.
I roared in the woods.
I could smell the blood around me, I snarled threateningly. Rogue wolves.
I caught one trying to run, how dare they step foot in my land and think they can live? Dugan grins at the cowering rogues, taking a sharp leap and instantly ripping his throats out with a single bite from Dugan.
With my large paws now on the dead rogues, I saw Lucas and the warriors turning up.
“Clean up this mess!” I sneered through the mind link.
“...he escaped us, it was two of them, they were sneaking into the pack.” One of the warriors' minds linked me.
“How did rogues get into the pack!” I growled at him, they moved away from me with terror on their faces.
“It will never happen again,” Lucas assures me through the link.
“Keep me informed of everything going on in the borders, I want to be the first to know!” I snarled at him.
“Yes, King Damien.”
“Have you found them?”
“What have you been doing!” I growled deeply.
“I’m...”
I cut him off from the mind link and ran back into the woods running back to the pack-house, I don’t want to hear more words from them.
Rogues were sneaking into the pack and they had no idea how?
This is not a coincidence, someone is probably plotting something.
They must be stupid to think I won’t retaliate, I would send them all to an early grave.
No one dares escape me.
I’ll make more adjustments to the pack training and recruit more men at the borders to give me report daily who I deemed fit for it.
They are no doubt looking for a weak spot in the security, someone was playing games with me and I’ve no patience for it, I’ll find whoever is behind this and snap their neck.
I wanted to see Viola, but I couldn’t get her off my head since that day, I’ve been on the edge and constantly wanting to snap at anyone who dare speak to me.
A part of me wants to drag her to the bed and marked her but the other doesn’t want to, still can’t trust her yet.
I rolled over on the bed, staring at the blank wall.
“Can I come in to make you feel better?” That was Bianca’s voice from the door.
“Why are you still awake?” I groans and lift myself so I was resting on my back.
“I was waiting for you to get back...” I stood up from the bed and unlocked the door. She came in with her pajamas.
“Is there anything wrong?” She followed me back to the bed.
“Rogues.”
“Never heard of the pack being attacked by rogues in a long time.” Her hands runs over my bare arms, I took them off.
“Do not, Bianca,” I warned her firmly.
“We were fine just because I left for the trip.”
That was before I met Viola but now I was ravenous for her touch, how she touched me with her soft hands.
Fuck.
It sends triggers over my body.
“The pack wasn’t attacked, they were sneaking in.” I grabbed a shirt and slide them on and groaned when I felt the pain from my side.
“It’s almost morning, you should leave.”
“What’s going on, Damien? You won’t even look at me.” She stopped in front of me.
“Can you stop whining?”
“Let me spend the remaining...”
“Bianca!” I raised my voice on her making her cowered and stare at me with frightened eyes.
“Do not make me do this.” I leveled my voice and pointed toward the door.
“I got scared while I was alone, I couldn’t sleep, that was why I waited for you to get back.” She whimpered quietly.
“Fine.” I threw my hands in the air.
“You can spend the rest of the night here, I’ll be in the study.” I grabbed the keys from the bed.
“I wanted us to be together.” She grumbles and sagged on the bed with a frown.
“You shouldn’t make it sense like there’s something between us.” I pushed the door and walked out.
I thought I was heading to the study room but my legs were walking down the path that leads to the dungeon outside the mansion.
The guards at the dungeon paved the way for me with their heads bowed.
Her head was buried between her legs, she squeezed herself at the corner of the dungeon.
I dipped my hands into my pocket and cleared my throat.
She looked up, startled when she saw him standing by the door.
“King Damien?”
“Why ain’t you asleep, why are you here?” She rasped with her question.
“I couldn’t sleep.” Rather I don’t sleep at night. I found myself saying that to her calmly.
“Why are you still awake?” She had looked up at the sound of my voice when I came in.
“I couldn’t sleep.”
“It’s a full Moon, it’s just a few hours before the sun rises, you wanna see?” I asked, she nods and rises from the ground.
“Open the door,” I called out to one of the guards.
She came out and stood behind him. We walked out of the dungeon not saying anything, I didn’t know what to say to her.
“It’s so bright.” She stared at it, she was trying to smile. The moon is full and bigger.
“Right.” We stopped walking when we were outside and beside a truck.
“My dad once told me, when you hear the wolves howl on the moon, they are guiding and protecting the loved ones.” And she did smile faintly.
“It’s beautiful.” Her eyes are up on the moon, staring at it and her pupil dilates.
“Not as beautiful as you.”