Lahat ng Kabanata ng Awakening the White Wolf: Kabanata 151 - Kabanata 160

Darius' POV The moment her eyes fluttered closed, my breath caught. For one terrifying second, I thought she was gone again but her chest rose, slow and steady, and I forced myself to breathe. She was just asleep. Just resting, but the fear wouldn’t unclench from my gut.My eyes went back to her sleeping figure, and once I caught the steady movement of her chest rising and falling again, the rest of the fear and anxiety seemed to dissolve almost instantly. She looked so peaceful while she slept, and for a moment, it felt like all was well in the world and between us. Until my mind went back to the last couple of hours that is. Kiara had been attacked, and I would only be fooling myself if I thought otherwise. It wasn't a coincidence, and deep down, I thought the fact that she was attacked had to be the worst part of this entire scenario, but I couldn't be more wrong. It was the trauma that came with it. Kiara wouldn't accept it, but she was having a hard time going to bed now.

Darius' POV The council chamber reeked of false civility, and I hated every bit of it. Growing up, and years before I became the Alpha, I used to look up to the council members, why? It was pretty simply back then. They were the ideal image of justice and equality, and their motto was to serve the alpha and their pack with their knowledge, advice and sometimes might. My father had told me I needed their wisdom to become a great leader, but maybe, somewhere along the line, it must have skipped his mind that they were all humans at the end of the day and sometimes, power corrupted even the most tamest of minds. I didn't want to admit it, but right now, every indication was pointing at that fact, and I could only wonder what my father would think of this if he were to find out what had become of his beloved council. A small frown made its way to my face as I took in the sight in front of me. The polished floors, regal banners, and stoic faces, would have impressed me a while back,

Kiara’s POV The sun hadn’t even fully broken past the treeline, yet I was already awake.Not because I wanted to be, but because Darius had told me to. I honestly thought it had been a joke, a sick prank that he had somehow allowed to play into the next day. Hell, one of the reasons I didn't go to bed early was because I stayed up late, waiting and hoping that Darius would come in and tell me he was joking, and had simply forgotten to tell me it was just a prank earlier. However, no matter how hard I tried to delude myself into thinking that it will happen somehow, it doesn't, and the birds chirping early this morning was the only realization I needed to finally snap out of it. I sat at the edge of the bed, elbows on my knees, while I stared at the floorboards. There wasn't much to look at, but it was only every word from last night that replayed like a broken record,in my head. You’ll leave first thing in the morning. Darius had said. It’s for your safety.Safety. I scoffed at t

Darius' POV I'd never been more conflicted in my entire life the way I was right now. My mind screamed at me that I was doing the right thing, but deep down, I couldn't help the gnawing and aching that tugged at my heartstrings. My heart really begged to differ. Left to it and my heart, I could have easily delegated someone else to check out the emergency, instead of running all the way back to the palace. Wait. I came to a halt as I allowed the weight of my own thoughts settle in. All around me, the trees rustled in the low breeze that blew by, but I wasn't exactly focused on that. I was more focused on what the fuck that had just happened now. Why the fuck had I just thought about that now? I didn't miss the frustration that clawed at my veins as I fought the urge to yell or scream into the air. Just so I wouldn't do something stupid, I settled for pinching the bridge of my nose. Why didn't I think of that before this? Why was this just occuring to me now? I easily could hav

Kiara’s POV The hand clamped over my mouth was warm, and firm, but all it did was terrify me all the more. My pulse roared in my ears and I hated how my heartbeat seemed to race all the more. Goosebumps raced up my skin, and no matter how hard I tried to claw at my aattavker, I just couldn't reach him or her. Judging from how firm his grip on me was, there was every tendency that it was a man, and it made my stomach sink all the more. I twisted in its grip, but before I could throw my elbow back, a low voice brushed the shell of my ear."Kiara. It's me." It took a while, but eventually I realized whom the voice belonged to. The scent hit me next, faint smoke, leather, and something sharper I couldn’t place. My eyes widened instantly as it finally clicked in my head. “It's me.”As quickly as I could, I turned enough to catch his face in the shadows."Darius?" My voice cracked when he let go. "What the hell are you doing sneaking up on me like that?"“Me?”He lifted his hands, “I d