His Dark Obsession by Moonlight Muse

16. The Ordeal

ZEDKIEL.

She had remained silent, even when I took her back to my room. It was almost as if she was in shock, or too stunned to

react. I wasn’t sure.

I had seen the hatred in her eyes when

she had seen the mark and for a moment

I wondered if I did something wrong… but

she was mine, and if I wanted to mark

her, I could. But it still irked me, her. reaction, knowing that she feared and

hated me.

I haven’t given her a reason to be scared. I

haven’t ripped her to shreds. She

displayed more spunk in front of others- for others. But when it came to me, she

was terrified.

“From this day on I want your mark to be seen. Keep your hair up. I want that mark

on display.” I said coldly, wondering what the Oracle meant by ‘we meet again.’

She stared back at me unblinking, once again that intrigued me. How was she able to look me in the eye for that long and not look away? I knew the effect my powers had on people. I knew when

people looked away in fear and when it was from my powers…

Back at the ball, I had thought she had been rooted in fear when she had laid eyes on me, because, unlike everyone else, she hadn’t lowered her head to me.

“Ok.” She said quietly, looking away.

I stepped closer, and she moved back, making my eyes flash dangerously. If she was scared of me, then maybe I should really give her a reason to be terrified. I pinched her chin, snapping her head up towards me. There it was again the stark terror in her eyes.

I didn’t know what to say, so I glared into

her eyes, seeing them pool with tears and my grip tightened. “Remember, I own you.” I snarled, before shoving her away.

“Yes, I won’t ever forget that.” She whispered.

I looked down at her, and for a moment,

she reminded me of something that was

broken.

Did I do that? I didn’t hurt her… nor did I

force her… But then again, I had a talent for hurting people without intentionally meaning it.

“I’ll be in my office; you are free to roam the Castle. If anyone says anything to you, make sure you tell me.” Not waiting for a reply, I stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind me.

Something about her drew me… but it

didn’t make sense… I unlocked the office

door and stepped inside, mulling over the moment when I first touched her.

I know that you find your mate by touch when both parties have shifted… but even though I thought I felt something… It was impossible, I couldn’t have felt anything, she didn’t have a wolf and neither did it make sense for an Omega to be my mate.

Furthermore, it was practically unheard of for Omegas to have mates, and of course, I wasn’t exactly a full Lycan or werewolf. I doubt I had a mate at all.

Pulling the chair out from behind my desk, I dropped into it, looking at the huge pile of reports that awaited me. I switched my computer on, raising an

eyebrow at the huge number of incoming emails. Guess people were more confident in sending me a crap load of work via

email rather than face-to-face.

and with the growing unease and the constant attacks from the rogues, there seemed to be far more to do. We had

sure those living

needed. As for the useless emails that were of no need to me, I ignored them. I really had no idea why some of this stuff was allowed to

couldn’t focus, not with my thoughts that kept going to the way My

far more

she would quiver in fear. One day…

and make her mine completely. I massaged my jaw, my mind

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down her neck.

the way it

the blood of one of our own species was taboo… I may be a hybrid, but still, I shouldn’t be craving her blood…

thoughts aside, I got

The Blood Ritual.

heir to the crown. We were all confident that it would be

most skilled. I knew my name was upon that

become

we didn’t feel the cold much, it now bit into my skin, seeping

just the material wrapped around my waist… either way, I almost shivered

door to the Chamber of Sight shut with an ominous thud behind me, and I

looked ahead.

looked at the arched roof of the cavern before gazing down at the dark water of the Lake of Truth, running with the blood of our sins… The water looked almost black, but under the moonlight,

red…

that we would only

into once in

birthday… This was where I’d shift.

all royal alpha heirs come,

been beneath

ones with royal blood could enter. Something that

seeing the moonlight seeping through at

how carefully I was treading. Almost as if not wanting to

awaken the Chamber.

its ethereal power… the bodiless

like the very cave

would look into my

soul…

down near the river, where the moonlight

that would soon turn red, and

waited.

not only will I shift but I will be given my

the lake as the moon shifted slightly, casting its ray of light down through

It was time.

take on the red hue, hearing the faint chimes of

Any moment now…

thudding in my chest. Even if I wasn’t a pure-blooded Lycan, I held confidence in my beliefs and who I was. I was still my father’s son, still

for that crown… still

the Alpha of

bell

but instead of the moon

taking on

wind ripped through

eyes flashing red as

on? This wasn’t normal.

looked down at the

ripple faster.

appeared in the water’s

me. I couldn’t move, as if

upon

was huge, its eyes holding a cunningness far more powerful than

wolf. This wolf was

its voice echoed in my mind, tearing through my brain with excruciating pain. A voice

made for the mortal ear…

clutched my head, but the

beyond the reach of the moonlight will devour every living soul, the filthy blood of the impure is like a poisoned dagger into the heart of the realm. Son of darkness, away from

this omen…’

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over, my hands braced on the floor, the sharp stone was