"All these planets and stars make me hold my breath, but a glimpse of you always takes it away" ~ ~ ~ All Seraphina wanted was to successfully die at the hands of the world's most feared and powerful Lycan King, Ares Maximilian Dacre. However, she had not planned to be totally smitten by him at first glance and faint in the said person's arms. When she turns out to be his mate, the entire pack seems more than happy to welcome her, she becomes the owner of a strange stone, and the burden to save the world from destruction falls on her shoulders, she might have gained more than what she bargained for. Can Ares' love heal her broken heart and shattered soul and make her believe in love once again? ~ ~ ~ "It's not how I feel about you, but rather how I have never felt for anyone else. " ~ ~ ~ "I, Rowen, Alpha of the Hunter's Pack, reject Seraphina as my mate... " There was a pin drop silence in the hall as he proudly announced his rejection with a wide smile on his face. Pfft, this fool. Loud gasps filled the tensed air, as the most powerful person in this entire banquet came up behind me, wrapped his strong arms around my waist, and nestled his face in my neck. Shivers ran down my spine as I softly caressed his face. His authoritative stance and murderous eyes made everyone gulp in fear and shake in anticipation. "And I, Ares Maximilian Dacre, the Lycan King, claim Seraphina as my mate and promise to cherish and protect her, if anyone if so dares to look at her wrongly." His intense glare then fell on Rowen, who trembled pathetically. Oh how the tables turn!
| | ARES POV | |
Blankness. Coldness. Emptiness. Numbness.
It's all my heart has ever known and felt in my long life.
While it particularly hadn't been anyone's fault but my own, too focused on my goals and ambitions to give way to feel something else.
I simply couldn't afford it. Not with the hovering danger over our heads. Not with the constant threats. Not with the lurking enemies.
The coldness I had frozen my heart with, I believed for it to be ever lasting. I thought nothing would change even after meeting my 'mate'.
I was proven terribly wrong.
As her chest rose up and down, her soft puffs of breath brushed my fur with soothing warmness, and her cold body lay sprawled on top of me. I knew I was a goner.
I had overestimated the temperature of the chilling coldness, and her presence easily melted it all with one touch. One smile. One glance.