A Faewolf For His Inner Demons

"Iasha Owens....get up right this instant, you will be late for the introduction ceremony "

Iasha stifled a low groan and turned towards the other side of the bed. She knew what was going to happen today but the thought of it still made her shiver "Mom, I barely even know this man. What if he's old and has many pubs old enough to be my boyfriend?"

Before Iasha could register another befitting answer for her mother, a deep growl was heard threatening to come out of Mrs Ownes' mouth, just a little push and Iasha was sure, she would be going to the ceremony with one leg.

Iasha stared at her mother and rolled her eyes "Fine.....you don't have to threaten me with your wolf form, I'll move it okay" She stood up from the bed and headed towards the bathroom after which a loud bang was heard from the door.

Mrs Owens at the door like she could feel its emotions from inside. She felt really guilty inside lying to her only daughter about the introduction ceremony but if she had to reserve any dignity in the pack, she would have to release her daughter.

She stared at the door once more before walking out. Still lost in thought, she continued walking down the hallway like a lost soul trapped in another body.

"Any progress with Iasha, I can't have that girl stay any longer at my house" The voice pulled her out of her reverie, the voice she was most afraid of, the voice that tormented her even in her dreams, the Alpha Faewolf of the BlueMoon pack.

He fell to the ground trembling, with her head hung low "My Lord, please pardon my sluggishness, it will be accomplished soon enough"

The man stared down at the woman with a disgusted look and walked past her. After a few steps, he stopped and turned around "It better walk this time around". With that, he left without looking back.

Mrs Owens sighed in relief, stood up and returned back to her sly look. She would admit that she still wants him, he is the Alpha of the strongest breeds of werewolf that roams upon the face of the earth. She had made him fall for her sly tricks and used pregnancy as her way in, she wasn't going to let Iasha come in her way of maintaining her throne as the Luna of the BlueMoon pack.

Iasha was done with preparing but there was this nagging feeling she got that she couldn't just ignore, the feeling that there was more to the whole introduction ceremony than she was being told. It just didn't add up for her.

"My Lady, you look gorgeous, I know the werewolf lord will lack what he sees." Miriam squealed after putting the final touches on Iasha's face. She looked like a high schooler who had a crush on one of the hottest guys in class, whereas she was a 200 hundred-year-old Faewolf.

Miriam had been a maid the day she was born and now grew into serving the BlueMoon pack, She and Iasha had now become best of friends since Iasha was not allowed to associate with any Faewolf.

The trip to Iasha's bride-to-be's house was a very quiet one, which made Iasha more worried that something was just not right "Mom, is everything okay?"

"Huh", Mrs Owens was lost for a moment and forgot how to act, " I mean everything is fine.... What could possibly go wrong?"

"I don't know, You've been quiet all throughout and I thought something was wrong with you"

Mrs. Owens was getting frustrated with questions, so she secretly signalled Miriam to shut Iasha up. Miriam turned to Iasha " Iasha, did you read all the books I gave you yesterday?"

Iasha knew Miriam did that purposely, and to top it off, she didn't read any of them, so there was no reply she could give at the moment. She would just wait for the right time to strike back at Miriam.

They had stopped in front of a very large building. Everyone had stepped down from the car and stood in front of the large building. Mrs Owns walked to the gates of the building and whispered a few words to the gatekeeper, after which the gate was opened for them. The nagging feeling Iasha got before started getting severe, she couldn't help but wonder what sort of the man was to live in such a place, the place reeked of pure alcohol and smoke.

"Miriam...... don't you think it's weird?" Iasha held Miriam's hand to slow down her walking steps. Miriam was already filled with guilt for lying to Iasha, and now Iasha was questioning her.

"What......I... I .... don't.. don't think anything is weird" Iasha looked at her sceptically, Miriam was already trembling under her scrutinized gaze "Iasha focus, you would be someone's wife any moment from now, try and act properly "

"You just acted weird a few minutes ago, since when did you care about me being prim and proper?" Suddenly Iasha paused and looked at Miriam "Is there anything you're not telling me?"

Miriam dragged her into the building to avoid saying what she wasn't supposed to. The entrance of the building was very luxurious but what caught Iasha's attention was the pot-bellied old man sitting on a couch in the centre with 4 women touching in a disgusting sensual way.

The pot-bellied man, after sighting them, waved his hand at the women and they left. He stood up, adjusted his jacket and spread his hands while approaching them.

"If it is not my lovely wife and her entourage, welcome, welcome to my humble abode" Alpha Drake while looking at Iasha and licking his lips.

Mrs Owens was so happy when she saw Alpha Drake, she couldn't stop smiling "My Lord, I am delighted to finally meet you in person, I must say, you are more endowed than the rumours BlueMoon pack has heard about you "

"And you are?" Alpha Drake looked at her with a questioning gaze "I am not sure I know you enough to be so casual when talking"

Mrs Owens laughed it off and dragged Iasha to the front " I am the mother of your soon-to-be wife my Lord"

Alpha Drake nodded and stretched his hands towards the back, a big bag was given to him, he threw it towards and some coins fell out, Mrs Owens and started packing each and every coin that fell out, Alpha Drake snorted " I never want to set my eyes on you, she's mine now"

Iasha could not believe her mother was the one on the floor packing coins so greedily " Mom" tears welled up in her eyes but the Luna paid no attention to Iasha "How could you do this to me for money Mom" she turned to Miriam with a disappointed look.

Iasha wiped her tears and looked at her mom still greedily packing the coins "Both of you, get lost now "

"Ooooooooo.... My soon-to-be wife is taking charge, I like this" he turned to the guards with a serious expression "You heard the woman, get them out of here" With that, he grabbed Iasha by her hand and took her inside.

Both women tried to reach out to Iasha, one to apologise and the other to beg for more time to pack her coins, but all to no avail. Alpha Drake took her to one of his rooms and threw her on the bed.

"You know how it's done young woman, strip, now" Iasha was disgusted when she saw him opening the zip of his pants but she wasn't going to let him have the satisfaction he wanted.

"No, I will not belittle myself for an old man who is old enough to be my great-grandfather" After saying that, Iasha adjusted her gown and tried to stand up and she received a resounding slap from him.

Iasha could feel the sting on her left cheek, tears flowing was evidence of the pain it caused. Alpha Drake was enraged and asked his guards to beat her up and put her in a sack. Iasha was whipped until she lost consciousness but one word rang in her ears before losing consciousness 'Demon Market'.

They arrived at the demon market, Iasha was then pulled out from the carriage and carried upstairs. She was placed on the bed and the sack was taken off of her, after a few minutes Iasha woke up due to the water pouring on her.

Alpha Drake walked to the middle-aged woman dolling up in the vanity "Up for sale, make sure you stake higher, she's a fine one" With that, he left.

The old woman turned towards Iasha and hissed before walking out. As soon as she stepped out, Iasha regained herself and started searching for a way to escape. She could think of many ways but they all led downstairs which was a big no for her. She slumped in defeat with tears leaving her eyes. While crying, her eyes caught something, the window, How could she not think of it?

Iasha immediately searched for fabrics around and made a knot, forming a rope. She threw the rope out of the window and climbed the window using the rope as a support to come down. It was all going well till she heard his voice.

"What are you doing?"

A while ago in the palace

" Alpha Avarez, you can't do this, what will the people think of the Alpha of the strongest pack going to the demon market?" A fine young man was seen following a masked face man while nagging at him as his mother would.

"Derek, you need to calm down........who says I'm going there as a king, I'll be preparing the disguise myself". The masked face man said while heading towards his room.

Derek was tired of adding formalities and just went straight to the point "Avarez Dunek, you need to stop this madness you think you can display, For Pete's sake, you are a king"

Avarez paused after hearing his name from his personal guard and best friend, his expression turned cold and lonely "Derek, just let me have this one-time peace before I get tormented again" With that, he closed the door on Derek and started putting on his disguise.

Derek was never one to be emotional in his judgement but his best friend had suffered much torment from hell, one exposure wouldn't hurt or so he thought. They had embarked on a journey to the demon market.

The demon market is a market for many illegal trades but is mostly known for its slavery and trafficking. The rich lords from far and beyond came to buy slaves for their own selfish gains. It was the only connection between the pure-blooded wolves and the Faewolves.

They scanned through the market, asking about things that got their attention but Derek was more concerned about Avarez's safety as the people might still recognize him because of his mask, even though Avarez assured him he was unrecognisable with his disguised mask. They had finally separated when Derek went to get food for the both of them.

Avarez walked a little to get coverage over him, not quite long after, he felt something ticklish on his ear but he brushed it off thinking it was a fly, but it continued, and this time, with more force and sand pouring on his body. Avarez finally turned to give the fly the attention it needed, he was surprised to see a rope but what surprised him more was the blue-haired girl was barely hanging in there, using the rope as life support.

"What are you doing" was the only sentence he could make out in pure disbelief, but before he could think of something else, the girl got startled and let go of the rope. She had prepared herself for a rough landing but she got none.

Iasha opened her eyes and peeped to be sure she was not in the afterlife..."Are you fucking done staring, Can you get down now" Iasha jerked up with a fright only to realise, she had fallen right into his hands.

She sized him up, from head to toe and hissed "If you had just kept your trashy mouth shut, you think I would be landing on your arms" She glared at him and arranged her creased clothes and murmured 'The arms aren't even that muscular' to herself.

Avarez stared at her coldly for a few seconds and walked past her. He wasn't going to banter with a stranger girl for any stupid reason. After a few steps, he heard a few men talking among themselves. They looked like they were guards of a Demon Lord.

"Heard she is a blue-haired girl, that is a fine breed, oh how I love to slide my tongue down her throat and drink her blood," one of the men said in the group, The others turned to him in approval.

"Same here, I know she will be a fine young meat, Come on, let's go find that bitch" another man said and urged them to move forward.

Avarez heard their conversation and thought it was not his business, he turned towards the blue-haired girl and saw her desperately packing her stuff to escape. He turned and walked past the group of guards. Finally, he met Derek.

"Avarez, what happened to you, I just left for a few minutes," Derek asked after handing some wheat bread and meat to him.

"Guess I met someone too crazy, I got lost in her stupidity and madness" Avarez replied while eating but the look he got from Derek was screaming 'What did you do, Avarez paused eating to look at Derek "Please don't tell me you think I did something to that crazy girl"

Derek was sure something happened now, Avarez was not one to talk except if it was him or something that caught his interest. It looked like the crazy girl had really left a deep impression on him "anyways there's an auction going on, I heard an auction about to happen but word spread that the highest item has gone missing"

"And how am I related to this gist?"

"Oh.... we are going to watch the auction and probably buy something" Avarez wasn't even given the chance to say another word, a hand had dragged him to the auction room.

* * * *

While Iasha was packing her stuff that fell down, a bunch of guys surrounded her.

"Hey pretty lady, looking for something?" One of the men said while licking his lips lusciously "We can give you that and many more darling" Iasha was so disgusted, that she barely keep up with her pretence of being a woman in distress

She looked up to meet with his gaze " I'm fine myself, thank you" she replied and resumed packing.

"We didn't ask you for a negotiation" After he said that, he blew a blueish powder at Iasha before she could do anything and she lost consciousness again. One of them carried her and entered the auction room through the back door.

Everyone was settled down in the auction room, it was exactly time to start the event. The auctioneer came forward and started with the first item. People had raised their price until it was bought. The process continued as usual until the auctioneer started smiling while looking towards the door

"Ladies and gentlemen, this one is a fine breed of the wolves and the faes. Although she has not unlocked her dominant yet, she can perform very well in bed. I assure you, she has been tested and trusted". The auctioneer said, pointing towards the door, as the guards brought Iasha inside.

Iasha was dragged and placed on the stage. She hated the look in their eyes so much she felt like plucking it. She scanned around only to find the man she had met earlier staring intensely at her. She prayed she got to go home with him, at least he wasn't so bad apart from the mask that made him look mysterious. Their gaze locked and Avarez turned his head to the other side.

"500 shins, anyone, going.... going and yes it has been sold to Lord Martin," the auctioneer said happily. The pay was more than good. Iasha looked around to see who bought her and she couldn't help but murmur ' Am I cursed with the fate of pot-bellied men'

Iasha heard the pot-bellied man tell his men to bring her to his room. They had dragged her past Avarez, and they both locked eyes, Iasha stared at him and mouthed 'save me' silently.

"Did that slave girl talk to you?" Derek understood what the slave girl mouthed but it just didn't add up as to how it was related to Avarez. Come to think of it, Avarez said Blue-haired girl, she looked like one "She's the one right.....the blue-haired girl you were talking about"

Avarez looked at him gravely " I think you're too free these days, that's why you think you can question me anytime you feel like it" That alone, was able to shut Derek up.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the end of the auction event. We hope you would like it here" the auctioneer said and left the stage.

People stood up and started making connections. Avarez hated two kinds of people in the world, the ones that suck up to people for their benefits and the ones that wait for the right time to strike behind your back. And to Avarez, he was seeing all shades of them today. He stood and walked towards the bar with Derek following him.

They drank beer while looking at the women dancing on the stage. The women were dressed in little or nothing, making them look sexually attractive. Not that he was moved, girls were never his fort, and he never bothered either.

They stood up as each person was led to a room to have their rest. Avarez and Derek were walking down the hallway when they heard a scream coming from a room. Avarez knew who the voice belonged to but decided to continue walking. He had walked past the room when he heard another scream, this time around, whatever they were doing to her, she was on the verge of a breakdown.

His wolf had been on the edge after she mouthed those words to him and now his wolf was threatening to come out. She wasn't even his mate and his wolf was already being aggressive. He tried to move again when he heard the door open and saw a naked woman in all her glory run towards him.

Avarez's first instinct was to hold her in his embrace as soon as she landed. He wondered why she was naked, what were they doing to her inside the room that she had to run out of. The young woman jerked a little when Avarez hugged her a little bit tighter, this caught Avarez's attention and looked down to see a burn on her left arm.

He finally understood what was going on, they were trying to put a brand on her. He took out his robe and covered her with it, still holding her tightly. The men ran towards Avarez and stopped in front of him.

"My lord, please give us the lady back, our master needs her branded and ready for work," one of the guards said fearfully, he had never seen a man cladded in a full face mask. He couldn't help but tremble due to his aura.

Avarez for a moment was in his own world. The blue-haired girl kept breathing on his neck, it aroused flames he never knew could be lighted. His wolf was really threatening to come out after he heard what the guard said, it was like another spirit possessed him.

"You will do no such thing to her" he turned to Derek " handle them" he looked at the girl seemingly scared, her hands and turned to walk out.

"My Lord, I'm afraid we would not let you do that, She has been branded" One of the guards took out his sword and was prepared for attack. Avarez watched them display their stupidity, it wasn't like they could stop if they wanted.

"Is branding your problem?" He turned to face Iasha, and used his hands to support her face and propped her mouth open with a fiery hot kiss........

Iasha's face went pale. Although she acted bold, she never had an intimate contact with a man, talk more of a kiss. She was shocked, no, she was actually enjoying it, but scratch the thought, she was being kissed, by a man, a man, a masked man at that.

At first, Avarez was just going to kiss her to mark his territory, just like the werewolves did to show possessiveness, what he didn't know was the fact that he will so be drawn to her lips. First, it was the touch of her lips, he could feel her tremble slightly, and he knew both their heartbeats had accelerated. Then when his lips fell on hers, he felt a whole new sensation he never thought he could feel.

It was a whole new experience for Avarez, so much so that his wolf purred in delight. He couldn't stop kissing her until Iasha bit him into realisation, he quickly released her but still held her hands while looking intensely at the guards.

"I have marked my territory, you know the rules" With that he dragged Iasha with him leaving Dere to sort whatever they wanted. They had left the gates of the Demon market and were headed towards Avarez's carriage.

'Pakkk' Iasha slapped Avarez as soon as they settled in, she was angry at him for kissing her. How many girls had he kissed with that same mouth? Iasha wondered why she was really thinking 'outside the box' today. But most importantly, she was angry at herself because she enjoyed the whole process.

"Have you lost it?" Iasha asked him right after the slap "Were there no other ways to mark your territory than this one method "

"What are you.......2 or something, you think I would bite you, a cheap slave girl, you're not even worthy to be my mistress, talk about being my Luna" Avarez snorted at her, mockery evident in his tone.

Even though Avarez did not regret the kiss one bit, he wasn't going to give this cheap slave girl the satisfaction she wanted. Iasha was amazed at how he could be so bold when he was in the wrong. She lifted her dress and got down from the carriage, walking towards the road.

Avarez came down from the carriage, he wasn't going to let her go, not when he found someone who could actually make his wolf purr in delight. He was going to use her to tame his inner demons. "Stop right there, I command it"

Iasha let out a brief laugh in shock, he was actually commanding her like he was a king "And if I don't......you are going to kiss me again?"

"You own me so you can't leave now"

"What" Iasha was shocked, so this was what the whole drama was all about, so that she could be indebted to him. "So all the stunt you pulled out there was for this...... I mean how low can you stoop?"

"If you want, I can actually take you back there and take back my claim" Grabbing his chin and looking the other way in a serious thought "The least that demon lord might do to you is to brand you, rape you after which he pluck out your organs and sell to organ dealers" he paused and quiet observed her "what's the worse that could happen to you?"

Iasha looked at him slightly trembling from fright, did he say the least, the 'least' he talked about so freely was actually death? She still wanted to take revenge on her so-called parents, she couldn't die now. "So tell me, what am I supposed to do if I follow you?"

"You'll be my personal slave in my pack" Avarez answered coldly.

Iasha looked at him for a moment, she quietly released a giggle and after a while, an eruption of laughter followed. He was clearly shameless and dumb. 'His pack' Who was he kidding? He was a masked man, to begin with.

"Look, masked man, I do not have time for all this" She flicked her fingers and a dark hue covered her body and like that, she was gone from his sight.

Avarez knew that she had just practised dark magic, only the faes did that, but how could he not tell, the faes usually had a familiar scent, how could he not pick up her scent? Only one thing came to his mind, the bratty girl had not unlocked her dominant yet. He cursed the moment he realised he had been played.

" Alpha Avarez, I have been looking for you, we received word that the council of elders are having yet another argument in the king's court". Derek had been looking for Avarez the moment he finished with guards, they were quite stubborn so he killed and disposed of their body.

"Prepare the carriage, these old cargos are never tired of raising problems" They had covered a distance when Avarez stopped and looked back.

Derek following his line of sight couldn't pinpoint what his Alpha was looking at "Alpha, what of the young lady you saved?"

"She's gone" Avarez entered the carriage leaving a confused Derek outside "Will you come in or you will find your way around?"

"With you Alpha" Derek affirmed before entering into the carriage. The ride to the palace was a quiet one. Avarez and Derek knew that they had a huge problem settling at the palace. Avarez always knew those bunch of old cargos wanted to overthrow him, they had done all things their old brain could think of, even faking a wolf's bite on another's girl who was not his mate, so that he could step down as a result of sin.

Derek had always been the one saving him. He wondered to what extent they would go if they found out about his night secret. He laughed at the thought, they would probably kill him on the spot, using it as a justification. He had to protect this secret at all costs.

They arrived at the palace and went straight to the king's court. When the council of elders saw him, they comported themselves and sat down.

"My lord, word got to us that you went to the demon market as a commoner" one of the elders finally said after much encouragement.

"I see words travel faster now in the palace," Avarez said while sitting on his throne in the middle "Elder Thomas " after a brief silence for the elder to be sure he was the one being called, he continued "Why don't you tell me more since your expression looks like you're over-eager"

Elder Thomas was scared out of his wits he started stammering while calling Avarez's name.

"Elder Thomas, don't tell me I made you speechless, a while ago, You were the leader of this conversation, and I want you to reciprocate that same energy while talking to me" Avarez was running out of patience and he knew they were aware

"Alpha Avarez, we were only of the opinion that you wouldn't have gone to the demon market. As the Alpha of the BlueMoon pack, it is an abomination to go there, even so, dressed as a commoner, our forefathers forbade us from ever going there, the alpha of....

" Wow, you sure had bottled enough hatred in your bowel you had to release it, Elder Thomas?" Clapping his hands, Avarez stood up and walked towards Elder Thomas " As the Alpha of the BlueMoon pack as you said, is it just going to the demon market or do you just have an internal problem with me?"

Elder Thomas took a step back "No My Lord, it.....it is proper we the elders look out for our young Alpha, don't you agree?"

" I do agree actually Elder Thomas, Looking out for me is a very generous sacrifice I would not fail to repay" Avarez turned to the remaining elders, meeting each and every one of their eyes " Who else is in support of Elder Thomas?"

He walked towards the oldest elder of the pack "Haku, don't you agree with what your fellow elder has just said ?" Avarez asked while giving a devilish smirk, even Haku couldn't help retreating backwards.

"Alpha Avarez, your word remains, whatever you say is law," Haku said with his head hung low

Avarez walked up to him and held his chin coldly "You still haven't answered my question Haku" he released a harmless smile like he wasn't a devil a few seconds ago "Do you or do you not agree with our very bold elder Thomas over here?"

Haku looked at Elder Thomas, he didn't want to betray his friend, but he had seen first-hand what Avarez could do and he had a feeling he was going to do the same to Elder Thomas. Although he agreed with the point Elder Thomas, he would never admit it in front of the devil's reincarnation.

" No my Lord, I do not agree. '' He paused and looked at Avarez as if he was waiting for a 'go ahead' from him " he mouthed words foolishly" Haku looked at his friend guiltily. If he got out of the situation alive, he promised to apologise to him.

"So what you rather he said?" Avarez loved the game he was playing, for causing a ruckus and making him stress his mouth to talk more than he could in a day.

"Nothing my Lord," Haku said and fell to the ground

Avarez walked up to Haku and looked at him briefly. What he did next shocked the whole council, but nobody could utter a word, not that they were too shocked but if they did, they would join their friend.

Avarez was holding the heart of Haku which was still beating, he looked at the lifeless body in front of him and kicked it to the other side. He raised the beating heart to his mouth and took the first bite, second bite and then he started rushing it like a hungry beast deprived of food for days.

The elders just watched him consume the heart of their one-time friend. The next they heard was "get lost" from Avarez. As they struggled to move out, Avarez signalled Derek to block the exit. Now the elders were really scared, especially Elder Thomas.

Avarez walked to Elder Thomas and patted his cheek while he smiled with blood plastered on his mouth. Before the elders could register what was happening, they heard a shrill scream coming from Elder Thomas......