Chapter Nine

Dylan's POV

I paced my room in anger, I couldn't explain what had just happened, one minute it was Myla's face that I was seeing and the next minute I was inside Ariana, the feel of her supple flesh zapped through my memory and I growled at the image, I walked out and went into the woods, pulling my clothes, I let my wolf out, I could feel it's claws and furs as it took over, it jumped out happily and howled, it's sense of smell heightened by the change, he caught a whiff of something, more like a faint smell of witch but it was gone before he could be sure about it. it took off, a predator preying the woods, it was dawn before I

came back to where I had kept my clothes, changing back into human form, I quickly wore it and walked inside, I passed through Ariana's door and paused, I knew she had cried all night, I suddenly felt like apologizing for what happened but what was the use, it wasn't gonna change anything, "mark her, make her yours" I heard my wolf say and I frowned, "never" I whispered fiercely, disappointed, it stayed quiet. I opened the heightened side of my being and listened, it seems like she had ceased crying, I could hear her soft snore, she must be sleeping now, I quietly walked to my room, I will allow her to stay at home today and rest, I will go to the office alone, I quickly got dressed and on my way out, informed Greta to allow her sleep, although, she looked surprised but she didn't dare to question my order.

Ariana's POV

I opened my eyes and it fell on the bedside clock, I jumped up from my bed, I couldn't believe I had slept for so long, Dylan would grill me, I wondered how I was going to face him after what happened, I still feel a little sore down there as I rushed into the shower, in thirty minutes, I was through and I opened my door to see Greta baring a tray of food, "I thought you would sleep the whole morning" she said breezing into my room, "I'm sorry, but you should have woken me, master will be very mad at me".

Greta looked at me in a way that made me blush, "he has gone to work"

"What? Without me? Why?" I asked all in one breath.

"I should be asking you that"Greta stared at me, her gaze curious and I averted my gaze, "I don't know" I mumbled staring at the tray "that smells nice," I said trying to change the topic and she sighed, "whatever it is you're doing, you have to be careful, Master, has no place for love and romance in his life"

"I'll keep that in mind," I said as I got one of her rolls and bit into it, "this is so delicious," I said and she stared at me for a moment before leaving, closing the door behind her. I sighed as I dropped the rolls, I certainly have no appetite to eat anything, I just took a few mouthfuls to distract Greta from pursuing the topic, I scoffed at her reference to love and romance, of cause, even a fool knows that I was just a lowly slave anyway and last night event was something she wished to forget very fast, it was just as painful that my first experience was so awful, maybe I was really cursed as Samantha had said, nothing really go well with me, maybe it's true that I caused my mother's death

That night I slept and dreamt I was being chased, I was running with a faceless being and something huge was after us, red eyes, claws and furs as black as the night, I was panting for breath, suddenly, the faceless being slipped and fell, she screamed, "Ariana run" just before the beast pounced on her, I screamed in horror at the sight, I screamed and screamed and jerked awake from the nightmare, I was drenched in my own sweat, I slowly stood up and went to the bathroom to splash water on my face.

That day I was feeling off, I can't pinpoint what exactly it was that was wrong with me, I was staring at my pale face in the mirror when a knock sounded a d Greta popped her head in, "you're to go to master's room right now and get it cleaned" she instructed and for some reason, I felt terrible anger at that, I glared at her, "oh yeah? Tell master I said he can go to hell"

Greta's eyes widened at my reply, she has never seen me this way, I was always obedient and docile, well I can't understand myself either because I have never seen myself in this form, Greta frowned, "if you don't do as instructed, you'll get punished, you're lucky you were given a room here and not sent to the den of slaves" she bristled as she shut the door behind her. I could hear her retreating footsteps and I sighed, the fight suddenly going out of me, after what happened, going to Dylan's room was the last thing on my mind but right now, it doesn't seem like I have a choice. I quietly walked to his room and was relieved when I didn't see him, I quickly had his room cleaned, I was about to remove the bedspread when my eyes caught the blood on it, my blood, my first experience was horrible, I shivered as I recalled it, I wondered if it was always that painful, the feel of his muscular chest on my back sent a tinge to my toes and for a moment I wished for a repetition of what happened, it was the first time I felt it, I frowned as I shook my head, "what was wrong with me?" I quickly tidied the room and left quietly.

[Somewhere in Northeast coven]

My eyes flashed open at what I just saw, that little girl has turned into a grown woman and the seal placed on her is cracked, a seal was placed in her locker, as long as she wore it around her neck, she won't know who she was, she won't fall in love with anyone and she would live to please others and do as she was bidden, that way she would be safe to live in this world but there is just one reason why it is cracked now and that is she has had an intimate encounter with a male, had she fallen in love despite the seal placed on her? But how could that happen? There has to be some explanation, I would have to find out what's going on? Who is this person that is powerful enough to crack her seal? What was that her name again? Oh! yes, Ariana, she must be having nightmares right now and feeling confused, I think the time has come for me to act, it's high time I introduce myself into her life.

My name is Eric Masha and I'm a wizard from the northeast coven, I belong to the same coven as Ariana's mother, before her death, she had foreseen it and has desperately sought a way to keep Ariana safe and so had used her power to work a locket, one with a seal on it and had begged me to make sure Ariana wore it around her neck should anything happen to her. The necklace was supposed to seal her heart from developing feelings for anyone and at the same time, make her obedient, that way, she could live peacefully with anyone. I had fulfilled my promise to her by making sure Ariana wore the necklace and had taken her to her father on that fateful day, what I don't know was that if Ariana's mother knew that the locket would suppress Ariana's power if she actually inherit the witch Gene and also cause her to lose her memory. Ariana's mother had died trying to work that locket because she would have been able to escape before the day she was attacked but she had chosen to stay behind, to her, her daughter is her priority, so on the day she finally made the locket, she died and now that seal which she used her blood to do is cracked, I fear for the repercussions and that's why I must go to Ariana, I have to look for a way to somehow close the crack on the locket, that's the only way to stop the impending doom and I guess it's time to bring her back from the human world, it's time she returns to her world even though that was the last thing her mother wanted for her, to return but it's his job to keep her from harm's way.