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Gasping for air, I came out of the vision. I was cradled in Rhydians arms. Some of the panic in his eyes dissolved at seeing my eyes open.

" Not so good a future, it seems." Mother Diana said, shaking her head, sadly.

" I would never do that. I would never." I stuttered, shaking badly.

" The future is never certain, child. You must not forget that. Another drink of the Futur and you'll see something else entirely." Mother Diana said.

But I could barely hear her. All I could think about was ...sinking my fangs into Rhydians neck ...killing him. How could I possibly become a vampire?

" What the fuck did you do to her?" Rhydian demanded, his eyes blazing.

In my confusion, I'd almost forgotten he was here. I threw my hand around his neck, sobbing hard. " I would never do that to you." I said, desperately wanting it to be true.

" Deven ...calm down." He whispered softly as he caressed my hair. I knew I had him confused and scared but I didn't know how to push down the panic growing in me ...I couldn't kill him.

" I will never hurt you Rhydian." I pulled back to look at him. He stared, wide eyed and confused at me.

" I know Deven." He said softly.

" No, you don't. I ...I can't become that."

He looked even more confused.

" That is enough, Devenity." Mother Diana said sternly.

I ignored her. I was ...desperate to make it clear to him that I would never do what the moon goddess had shown me.

" Rhydian ...I can never hurt someone I love."

Those words were out of my mouth before I could even filter my thoughts. He stiffened against me, his eyes widening.

I'd said it and maybe I was just scared and emotional but I realized at that moment that I meant it and I had no intentions of taking it back.

" I love you." I said again. " So much. So much more than I thought was possible." He continued to stare at me with a shocked look on his face.

" I know you said you don't like to deal with emotions. I'm not asking you to. You ...you don't even have to love me back. Just ...don't stay away from me." I placed my forehead against his. His silence was killing me but I couldn't stop my mouth. " If ...if all you want is my body, Rhydian you can have me. Just don't stay away."

He still hadn't said a word ...or moved.

" Rhydian?"

He shook his head as though he was trying to clear his thoughts.

" We should get going." He said gruffly. All the softness was gone from his features and my heart sank. It was a struggle to keep the tears at bay, one that I failed at miserably. I couldn't help it. This was just too much. I'd been rejected twice in the same day by the same man and I had all these horrible images in my head that I couldn't get rid of.

" Devenity." Mother Diana said sternly but softly. " What you saw was only one of the ways the future could go. Don't forget I have already seen several. The only thing certain about the future is its uncertainty."

I nodded, moving away from Rhydian. I couldn't even look at him. I was too ... ashamed. I felt so stupid.

" The vision ..." I mumured, trying to find my words. " It seemed more like a warning."

" Do not try to make sense of it." Mother Diana cautioned. " If you feel the goddess was warning you, take note but do not dwell on it."

I nodded once again but I realized wasn't listening.

" We're leaving." Rhydian announced suddenly. Without looking at me, he grabbed my hand and dragged me out of the room.

" Rhydian stop." I cried out, trying to pull out of his vise like grip. He'd said he didn't want to hurt me. It seemed he'd forgotten. Much to my surprise though, he did stop, his whole body tensing.

" What is it Alpha?" Mother Diana asking noting the change in him.

A second passed and then Rhydian said,

" Ogre."

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We rushed out of the coven leaders house just as a blood curling roar rented the air.

The people of the coven had had enough encounters with Ogres and realized what was going on. They flew into a panic trying to rush into the coven leaders house.

Certain members rushed forward, Ardenites in hand. They were the coven protectors. They moved towards the coven borders just as a pair of huge hands parted some trees. A huge head with two broken tusks jutting out from the mouth came through.

I stared frozen. This was all wrong. Ogres weren't this big. The Ogres I remembered were as big as men but this ...this was a giant. It still looked like a man ...an ugly man with tusks but all its details was magnified, every wart, its huge brown teeth ...I felt bile rush to my throat at the sight of it.

The coven protectors formed a line along the border. They harnessed the wind with the aid of the moon crystal and directed it at the Ogre, forcing it back. It strained against the wind, moving forward slowly.

I realized the protectors didn't want to engage it till everyone was safely in the house but people were still scrambling about and the Ogre was getting much closer.

" Get inside, Devenity." Rhydian said pulling his shirt off.

I blinked stupidly at him and then realized what he was planning on doing.

" Go inside!" He thundered, his whole body contouring.

Mother Diana took my hand and dragged me into the house. I heard a blood chilling roar. It didn't sound like the Ogre and I rushed out again.

I didn't see Rhydian. Instead, I saw something huge and black race towards the border line. It moved too quickly for my eyes to follow. All I saw was a black blur.

Rhydians wolf.

It moved towards the straining Ogre. With a huge leap, it was on it climbing upwards. With an angry growl, the Ogre tried to swat him off with its huge arms but the wolf was too fast for it. The wolf moved out of its reach and aimed for the Ogres neck.

I watched as it clamped its jaw on the Ogres neck and pulled but, the monster grabbed Rhydians wolf in its arms and threw him off, howling in pain as blood trickled down from his neck.

The wolf landed easily on its legs and without wasting any time, bounded back to its target again. The Ogre staggered back. It had clearly not been expecting a werewolf not to talk of a ruthless Alpha wolf, that much I could tell.

The wolf was on its neck again and this time, it got a good hold on it. It tore furiously at the it and the neck came apart in a bloody mess of meat and bones.

Good goddess.

The Ogres pained cry was suddenly cut off. As it fell to the ground, blood poured out like from a tap out of its mangled neck.

That had taken like ...one minute. Carrison had said the Ogres were no match for Werewolves. He hadn't just been bragging.

" The king will need some clothes." Mother Diana said to a man who stood nearby. He nodded and disappeared into a hut. When he came out, he had some clothes in his hand. " Approach with caution." Mother Diana warned.

The man moved towards Rhydians wolf carefully and placed the clothes on the ground a few feet from where the wolf and the dead Ogre lay.

The wolf crouched, uttering a low warning growl and I held my breath in worry. Finally, it calmed down at the man's submissive behavior. It straightened up, sniffing the air incase there were more Ogres around.

I couldn't help but be awed by Rhydians wolf. It towered over the man by many inches. Rhydian was big but I couldn't understand how something this big had come out of him.

Quickly though, his size reduced and his black fur retreated, giving way to pale skin. Even from a distance, I could see how painful it was to morph back from his wolf. Soon enough, Rhydian stood in place of his wolf, naked as the day he was born and just as bloody.

He didn't seem to care that he was naked infront of all these people. He took one of the pieces of clothing and used it to wipe some of the blood off his face. Then, he shrugged on the trousers. It was too small for him, and stopped around his calf.

Without a word, he moved towards me, bloody and bristling with anger.

" I told you to go inside." He growled and I was tempted to cower behind mother Diana.

" That's already past." Mother Diana while I avoided his angry eyes. " Once again we are indebted to you, Alpha king. Thank you." She bowed slightly and the people followed suite, bowing low to communicate their thanks.

" I think you can do with a bath." Mother Diana said, eyeing the blood and flesh that was still on Rhydians chest and neck. He looked so scary, glaring down at me while covered in all that blood.

" Kona?" Mother Diana called. " Please get a bath ready for the king."

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What did you mean when you said you were indebted once again to Rhydian?" I asked Mother Diana.

A few minutes had passed since the attack and we sat outside the house, watching as the Ogre remains were lifted into the air with aid of magic and carried away to be dumped somewhere.

Mother Diana sighed deeply. It seemed this topic was a sour one for her.

" After the purge," she began. " The survivors who had escaped imprisonment came together to form this coven. You know about the damage to the barrier?"

I nodded and she continued.

" Terrible things have come through it. Before the present king set up guards at the eastern barrier, we suffered terribly in the hands of the Ogers, Orcs and even ...vampires."

My throat went dry and I remembered the vampire from my vision. He had seemed present to me. When it came to him, it hadn't been a vision. It had been real. I shivered as I remembered the way he'd looked at me with his blood red eyes.

There were vampires in the East. What did that mean for my future?

" Of course the ones that came in have all been killed off but before that ...we were picked off in large numbers. We were powerless to protect ourselves. The Werewolves had taken possession of all our Ardenites. Spoils of the war, they said."

I remembered the huge amount of Ardenites in the caliber estate but the real holders of Ardenites were the royal pack. They really had no use for it. Only moon witches could harness the moon crystals.

" Alpha king Eryk was more than willing to let us be killed off and his chiefs agreed with him. When your mate assumed control after his father's accident, he went against the Alpha chiefs ruling, providing us a hundred Ardenites. That is the only reason we haven't been wiped out by those gruesome beasts. Your mate ...he is better than his father."

I felt my heart swell with pride. Hearing her call Rhydian my mate felt so good ...but he didn't want to acknowledge it. Mother Diana had said that. He didn't want me.

I stiffened as the realization dawned on me. Rhydian really doesn't want me.

Was he ... ashamed that a moon witch was his mate? All of a sudden, my mood got so much more worse. I felt even more stupid.

And then I went ahead to tell him, I loved him.

How pathetic. What had I been thinking, letting my guard down like that. The signs were all there for me to see but I hadn't wanted to.

Now though I'd had enough. I was going to officially end whatever it was that was going on between Rhydian and I. I was determined not to care about him sexually ever again.

As though the universe was mocking my decision, Rhydian came out of the house looking like the definition of a sex god. He was using a cloth to dry his wet hair. The clothes they had provided him with was just too small for his huge frame. The shirt couldn't be buttoned and I could see his powerful chest peeking through. The trousers were still too short and tight. I blushed at the very visible bulge in his centre.

" We're leaving now." He said his voice clipped. He held out his hand for me to take.

Without a word, I got to my feet and took his hand. He pulled me close to him.

" Thank you once again Alpha king for your help." Mother Diana said.

" I didn't do it for you people." Rhydian said gruffly.

To me she said, " I hope this unfortunate event hasn't discouraged you from coming for the founding festival?"

" Of course not." I said and Rhydian began to drag me away.

" Hey!" I struggled against his hold, trying to pull my hand away. I could walk on my own for crying out loud. But, Rhydian held on and continued to pull me till we were a good distance from the coven lands.

Finally he let go of me hand and I rubbed my wrist, watching him.

He ran both hands through his hair. He was clearly still frustrated with me. I could guess why.

" Deven -" he began and I cut him off

" I want to clear something up." I said quickly. " What I said in the alter room, I didn't mean it." I lied.

He narrowed his eyes at me.

" Deven -" he said again but I continued talking determined to salvage some of my dignity back.

" I was emotional. I was scared and I got my feelings mixed up. Don't dwell on it because it wasn't true." I said and he shook his head, looking away from me. He looked so angry ...and hurt?

" And honestly, this has to stop. I will not sneak around with you anymore. I won't be one your women." He was suddenly restless, pacing back and forth as I talked. " You clearly don't need anymore. So please continue to stay away from me." I took a deep calming breath. " You can be rest assured that I will be locking my balcony door from now on."

He gave a strained laugh.

" You think that's going to keep me out?" He asked, moving closer to me.

" Why are you doing this Rhydian?" I asked. " Why do you act like you want me when you don't even want to acknowledge the mate bond between us?"

" Deven," he said angrily. " There's a lot of shit you don't know."

" I don't even want to know anymore." I said truthfully. I remembered Juneau accidentally shooting that arrow at me, the hostile behavior of Quinn and the threat I got from an Alpha. I didn't want any of it, especially if Rhydian was going to treat me like dirt. I sighed and said,

" This whole ...thing is over, Rhydian. I don't want to ever -" before I could finish the sentence, I was slammed against a tree and Rhydians lips crushed down on mine.

I said just a while ago that we were over, that I wouldn't care about him sexually ever again ...and I meant it.

With all the strength I could muster, I pushed him away ...for like a second. He didn't let my refusal daunt him and once again, I was up against the tree, being thoroughly kissed.

I strained against him, twisting to get away but he was just too strong. He grabbed both of my wrist and brought them up, pinning them above my head.

" You can't fight me, Deven." He whispered against my lips. " You want me just as much as I want you."

" You don't want me." I said breathless.

He pulled away with a strained laugh and then he pushed his bulge against my centre

" Don't you feel this?" He asked " how can you say I don't want you?"

" That's all you ever think about. Sex. All you want is sex. I want more than that. You don't even want to acknowledge the mate bond you feel for me." I said as tears begin to flow down my cheeks.

" Deven ..." He looked even more frustrated. " If I was a guard or a hunter, or even an alpha chief it would be so easy to just mark you and make you mine ...but I'm not. Making you my mate is making you a target ...I can't do that to you."

I frowned at him and realized there was some truth to his words. He hasn't even marked me and already ...

I nodded.

" Then let's just end this before it begins."

The anguish in his eyes made my gut wrench but, I was not willing to ...fight for us.

" It's already begun." He said quietly and tucked some hair behind my ear like he's fond of doing. " I tried but now I don't know if I can stop this. I don't even want to anymore." It sounded almost like an apology.

But he pulled away.

" Let's go."

Quietly, I climbed his back. He took off and I did my best not to scream this time. When we reached the Avon lands, he stopped to give me a break.

As I got down, my head began to spin and I nearly fell. He caught me before I hit the ground.

I grabbed his shoulder in an attempt to keep from falling and for a few seconds, we stayed like that, his arms around my waist, my hand on his shoulder.

We stared into each other's eyes for the longest time and I was awed by the riot of emotions I saw in the depths of his eyes.

He's trying to protect me ...from his alpha chiefs ...from the likes of Juneau. Who will accept a moon witch as their Alphas Luna? As their Queen Luna?

I gave in to my emotions and my need.

I pulled him down to meet my lips and he came eagerly. I opened my mouth to him and let his tongue in.

It started slow as we both reveled in the taste of each other but the kiss quickly became urgent with hard to contain need. Once again, I was slammed against a tree ...just like he'd said earlier.

He picked me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist while he moved, hard, grinding his erection against my centre ...just like he'd said.

I tangled my fingers in his dark mane as that pleasurable scratchy sensation built in me. I cried out his name ...just like he'd said.

He stopped the kiss and let me down. As I tried to regulate my heavy breathing, I found myself thinking,

What happened to not caring about him sexually?

" Devenity," he said, struggling to find his word. " This is so fucking difficult ...I don't ... know ..." Then he gave up and surprised me by slowly drawing me into a tight hug, burying his face in my hair.

I could barely breath as he crushed me in his bear hug but I didn't care. I was ... really pleased by this unexpected show of affection.

Breathing deeply, I took in as much as his scent as my normal nose could. He smelled like the citrus scented soap only moon people use and something else, something good that I couldn't place. Was this what it was like when he nuzzled my neck and breathed my scent?

Suddenly, Rhydian stiffened against me. He pulled back from the hug muttering fuck, fuck, fuck and I saw shock in his eyes.

" What is it?" I asked. He put one hand around my mouth to silence me. The other hand went around my waist and he jumped, lifting us into the air. We landed on a thick branch of the tree and said,

" Don't make a sound Deven and don't fucking dare try to get down from here or I swear I'll kill you myself."

My eyes widened in bewilderment as he jumped down.

A few second passed and I stayed completely still worried that he'd caught the scent of another Ogre but when nothing happened, I opened my mouth to speak.

" I can fucking smell you damned creatures?" I heard Rhydian say before I could speak. " Stop hiding, cowards."