Eleanor's POV
" Let go of me" I jabbed at the guard who held me firmly, stopping me from taking a step backward, I didn't want to see him. Andre. I didn't know what he was going to do to me.But I knew that he was going to hurt me, he always did although, not physically, but every single word he uttered out of his mouth pierced me, they tore my heart and pricked me. I had thought that the reason he was acting this cruel to me was because he probably didn't feel the mate bond but when I heard what my mother had said today, I knew that was far from being true.He knew that I was his mate, from the very beginning but he had treated me like trash, like he hated my very existence.I gasped out when I was shoved into the room, my heart hitching when I saw his foot that was wrapped in his Italian slippers that I knew cost a fortune. The room was drenched in the scent of alcohol, and it became stronger when I was lying just beside him on the cold marble tiles.His breath was raspy and I could still make his sharp features even when the room was dark, " Where were you?" He spoke in a tone that sent shivers down my spine. The glass he was holding cracked underneath his tight grasp and I could tell he was holding himself from hurting me. Physically.I finally mustered up the strength to stand upright, my legs wobbling as I did so, "I….. I…. I was…""Do.Not.Fucking.Stutter.When.I.Am.Talking.To.you!" He yelled at me, hurling the glass he was holding against the wall. I flinched, that was something I wasn't expecting, could it be that I had pushed him to the extreme?" I wasn't…I was about to give you an answer" I answered, while fiddling my fingers. This was something I never expected"Then…." He stood to his full length, his gaze fixed on me, " Give me an answer" I took steps backward, thinking of countless ways I could run out. I wasn't ready for this. Whatever he had going on at the moment.Gasping out when I was pinned to the wall, I tried to ascertain how exactly this had happened, and why I was pinned against the wall. What was happening here? My eyes brimmed with tears in them, when he wrapped a hand around my neck. I tapped hard on his arms, pleading for him to let me go but he was adamant.I could feel that he was in as much pain as I was, " All you werewolves think you can come in and do whatever it is that you think is right to do, you had one simple assignment, who is it? Give me an answer, a boy?"" Yes! At Least he treats me way better than you do and he would never do this to me, he would never…"" Shut up!" He growled, before shoving me against the wall, I winced out in pain, tears cascading down my cheeks, as I tried to shut out the pain that tore through me, but I couldn't, no matter how hard I tried, it was there.His eyes were wide open and he took a step forward, intending to hold me up when he halted in his steps as though he had just realized what he was doing.Chuckling softly, I bit hard into my lips, not wanting to let the tears drop any more than they already had. I didn't want to be seen as a weakling before him. That was the last thing I wanted.My knee hurt and when my eyes met his, I knew he could feel the pain, that he was in as much pain as I was but he was acting strong. Like he didn't feel anything. I gazed around, taking sight of the broken shards he had thrown earlier that lay around, in their pieces.Kira winced when I forced myself up, sympathizing with me. Forcing a smile on my face, I stood to my full height, searching into his face but he was looking away."You are my mate, and you know about that, so why do you treat me like I am nothing? Why do you act like you cannot feel the mate bond when you can? Why do you act like you are ignorant of the fact when you knew from the very moment you stepped your feet into my father's pack requesting for me as a bride?"He squinted his eyes at me, and I could tell he was regretting his actions already, "You went back? To your parent's house? What did I tell you about them?""What exactly do you expect me to do? You make me feel unloved, I listen to you every night as you make love to Phoebe, I watch you every second, acting all lovey-dovey with her, I watch my mate acting like I didn't exist when he gave his mistress all the love I deserve, and what do you think I should do? Stay here and watch you still?"" Answer me, Andre! Give me an answer, make me understand why you choose to break me in this way when you don't even know me" I pleaded, I was at a loss." Mate are supposed to love their partners, cherish them without everything within them but all you do is break me, why ... what did I ever do wrong?"He shrugged before scoffing, " I do not need to know you, because all you werewolves are the same, you all are bloodthirsty and will do everything to make anyone unhappy, the nerves of you to think that I will ever accept you"I could feel my heart, breaking into tiny bits, I was overwhelmed with everything happening, the pain numbing me, "You should be lucky you are the last descendants of the white wolf, if not you would have gone down with the other werewolves, and, one more mistake from you, if you ever attempt to run away, your family and your pack will pay. I will make sure I kill every single one of them" he threatened, before storming off." Get dressed, you will be going with me to the infirmary, we wouldn't want you dying yet, would we?"Eleanor's POVI clenched hard on my teeth, wincing out in pain when the doctor dabbed in a ball of cotton wool that had been soaked into the tiny spots in my arms. Andre had given orders that he didn't want me ending up with scars, so she was doing her best just to make sure that didn't happen.“You should abstain from any work for some time, at least until you are better. '' She had a smile on her face as she placed the scissors down before walking, wiping her hands on the towel. “Thank you” I whispered, standing up to walk out of the room when she asked, “You seem pretty close to the king, how are you related?’’ I swallowed because I didn't know what else I was going to say, Andre wouldn't want anyone knowing I was his mate. I was barely twenty and he had Phoebe. “ Just someone” I shrugged, that sounded better. A word and talk would be all over about how I was being mistreated by my mate. She stared at me through the mirror, a lopsided smile tugging at the edge of her lips. “If
Eleanor's POV“ You should have something to eat because you have to take your drugs,” the doctor whispered to me. She had been trying to get me to talk to her but in a way, I just couldn't. Where was I going to start from? Was it from Phoebe lying? Or is Andre making me watch as they make love? That was a first for me. He had never done that before. He had never insisted that I watched them as he banged into her. Stripped out of his trousers. “ Eleanor, are you listening?" She asked, yanking me out of the stream of thought that had consumed me a while ago. “Yes…yes…I am,” I forced a smile on her face. “I can't just stomach anything" My gaze was averted to the ground. I could still recall everything happening because it looked like it had happened yesterday when it had been days back. I couldn't get the image out of my head. The one with him slamming into her. Her ecstatic moan echoed everywhere. She kept pleading for more while making sure that I saw everything. “I think that I
Andre's POV I slammed the documents that I had been given hard on the table, before gazing around. I couldn't stop thinking about the look Eleanor had on her face, why must she stare at me in such a way? There was nothing I had done. “ Do you really believe that?" My wolf gnawed at me. I rolled my eyes, standing up abruptly from the chair that I had been sitting on. Why was I still feeling this ache in my chest?Come on, it has been days, and she had clearly stayed out of my sight, but why were my thoughts still about her? Standing with arms akimbo, I sauntered to the window, staring at the vast land that was all mine. “There, is nothing wrong with going in search of her anyway, how is she going to know? It isn't like she had a choice, she was my mate and no one else would desire her” I shrugged as a smile crept on my face. I took a deep breath and walked out of my office. Maybe, just maybe if I saw her I would feel better, thinking back to it, I haven't seen her in my quarters fo
Eleanor's POVI pivoted my gaze around as I tried to take in the sight before me. Andre has kept his promise, making sure that I watched every single thing happening. “I am sorry” I whispered to him, even if I saw the frantic look on his face that told me he was having regrets. That he wouldn't have gotten involved with me if he had known. I halted in my steps. Taking feeble ones until I was close to the platform. “Please ... .don't….”I screamed out loud with everything in me when the black hood was worn over his head before the ax was brought down on his neckBlood splattered everywhere, staining the shirt I had on, “Denzel…. Denzel…. Denzel…no” I pleaded with tears streaming down my cheek. I raced down, pleading to be let go when hands held me back. The realization that I was the cause of this dawned on me. Andre was worse than I could have imagined. He was a monster, a cruel one that didn't deserve anything good happening to him. “No!” I plopped to the ground, with my hands on m
Andre's POVI reclined against the chair, watching all of her reactions through the CCTV I had installed in her room. How could a person be so cute, yet so stubborn? I chuckled softly, placing a hand over my mouth when she tilted her head to the side. it seemed like she was staring around, was she trying to confirm if I had placed one in the room or what exactly was she doing? I gulped down the spittle when she tilted her head directly toward it, my heart skipped a bit because I thought that I had been caught before she swayed her waist to the side, moving it gently. Why was I just getting to know that she could do this? “I feel so tired, should I just sleep off? My stomach hurts and I can't just find any of the sanitary pads in here, what am I going to do now? My period is supposed to come today, what if it gets humiliating? How am I supposed to tell him?” She cursed, biting on her finger. I picked up the phone beside me, speaking into it when the head maiden answered. “Can I kno
Eleanor's POV “ Come in” I pushed the door open, walking in. It was the first time Andre was calling me since the last time he had carried me in here, before placing me on the bed.I halted, contemplating walking in when I saw Phoebe sitting on his lap, acting all lovey-dovey with him. She had her lips on his shoulders and a towel wrapped around her waist, and it wasn't so hard to tell what had happened before I stepped in.How exactly was I going to look beyond that when the room was filled with the scent? the after sex one?My eyes burnt with tears in them and I bit on my lips with my nails digging into my palm. My wolf gnashed her teeth. She wanted him and he knew but he was resisting her. He was telling her that he didn't want her. That she could go to hell if she wanted. “ I am here,” I said to him. “ Oh…have you been there for a while now?” I rolled my eyes. He was ever the talkative. The one who could go on acting like he hadn't seen me in the first place. I was angered b
Andre's POVI could have sworn that for a moment, I had forgotten how to breathe, I didn't know how to anymore. Not that I wanted to. She looked heavenly. Dressed in her emerald green gown, the one that I had specifically made for her, she looked exquisite. She was looking so beautiful that I was vexed when I saw others ogling at her. All that I wanted to do was poke at those eyes. How dare they look at my mate? I snapped myself out of the daydream I was having. She was nothing other than a breeder to me, nothing more, nothing less. “ Yours. Yours. She is your mate” my wolf kept giggling excitedly. “ Go to her, go to her '' he cajoled. I had taken a step further when Phoebe placed a hand around my arm. “ What do you think you are doing? Don't tell me that you are going there, to help her. It has to be some kind of joke right?” I quickly placed my leg back, like I had missed my footings earlier. “ Of course not, why would I go to her when you are right here?” “Right..?” She had a
Andre’s POV“ What is going on?” I panicked as I kept on contemplating what exactly could be wrong. I didn't like this. I never had. Eleanor lay down, almost winded as she tried to breathe effortlessly. I was a mess. Not any better than she was. “ Aren't you going after Phoebe?” I threw him a sizzling gaze, one that told him to shut his mouth up, before pacing up and down still. I had a hand underneath my chin. My stomach churned endlessly at the possibility that I wouldn't have her with me anymore. “ What exactly is wrong with her? Why isn't my mate doing or saying anything?” I was a mess, and better than I should have been. “ Your majesty” I could see that he was fidgeting, I didn't know if it was underneath my gaze or something else had to do with it, but he was shaking like a fallen leaf would have been. “ Yes, speak up” any more minute and I would snap. He was taking a lot of time and I didn't like that. “ She was poisoned” A ding sound resonated through the atmosphere as
Eleanor's POV “ No, I am not going with you. Why do I have to leave with you to your office?” I whispered to Andre who wasn't having it any way else. His hands were wrapped around my waist, eyes clashed through mine as he whispered. “ I don't want anyone else around you. I mean, come on, I won't be able to breathe properly if I see Marrion around you. What if he just walks in while I am away and whisk you off?” He questioned. His brows were puckered, and he was dressed just right, in an ash suit that would always blow off my mind at all times, but I wasn't going to do this. “ Fine, let's get this done with. I will only go with you on one term” His eyes lit up as he nodded at me, waiting for me to say what I had in mind. “ You will let me go home first” “ Home?” He wondered before gulping in when he got it. “ I will go with you, I mean… I should talk to your parents. I had been mean initially, but I should make amends. It is time that I do so”My heart swelled at the realization
Phoebe footsteps echoed down the hall as she pivoted down to her room, her heart slamming so hard again it's ribcage. “ Ahhhhhh” she yelled out frustrated as her hands moved over the top of the table, flipping everything off it. Her chest rose and fell slightly at the same time a hand ran through her hair. “ I will kill you, Eleanor. I will make sure that you pay for everything, for taking Andre away from me, I am going to make you shed tears for the rest of your life” she swore before pushing herself against the wall, needles jabbed her heart. Elder Darren, who had been awakened by the sound of crashing items, stood up abruptly as he made his way to the source of the noise he had heard. His heart splitted at the thought that it was his daughter but he hoped that wasn't true. She wasn't supposed to be crying and she wasn't supposed to be here. The palace was where she was supposed to be, beside Andre. Pushing the door open, he was startled to see her leaning against the wall, stre
Eleanor’s POV “ You should just die, you aren't needed anyway, whoever gets in touch with you ends up sad, so just die” those were the words that filtered into my ears as my eyes fluttered open to see a pillow hovering over me. A groan escaped my lips, as I forced myself up. “ What do you think you are doing?” I asked Phoebe, who had a smirk on her face. Her lips curled into a scowl as she dug saucers into me. “ Why….why…are you awake? You shouldn't have, from the moment you did, everything changed. Andre never hated me, he loved me. He was ready to do everything to make me happy but with your arrival, everything changed. So leave, get out of our life”I pushed back against the wall, but I just couldn't escape from her scorned eye. Everything moved in spirals as I tried to get away. She had flung the pillow to the side, scampering forward still. “ Help…!” I screamed out with everything in me as I tried to fend her away from me, her eyes soar with anger before stomping away, after
Andrea’s POVI slammed my fist hard into the wall, my eyes brimming with so much hurt than I could fathom. My eyes took in Phoebe's steps as she stalked away, her shoulders raised so high like she had won this. Letting out a huff of air, I ran a hand through my hair, wondering who exactly I was going to get her off my back. Was she dense or so stupid? She could ask for anything and I would hand it over to her, just in exchange for Eleanor's love. I felt pain when Eleanor did, I could feel her innocence streaming through me when I had taken it, and although I had stopped myself from treating her so differently, it had taken all of me to do so. Letting a wisp out of my mouth. I sauntered toward my office, raising the phone against my ears. “Phoebe” I spoke into the phone when she picked up. “ Come over” I counted down to the hours that she would get in here with different proposals in mind. The door cranked open announcing her presence and when our eyes met, all I felt was disgust.
Andre’s POV“ Phoebe! Phoebe” my voice rambled as my feet picked up the pace hurrying after her, her heels clacking on the tiles resonating through the air as I tried to meet with her steps. “ What!” She halted, glaring at me. “ What exactly do you want? Let me guess” She placed a hand underneath her chin, staring hard at me. “ You want me to stay with her? Eleanor? What exactly do you take me for? A fool?” “ That wasn't what I wanted to tell you” I swallowed, I didn't want her here. Not anymore. “ Then? What is it?” I stood, my eyes boring holes into hers as I tried to fathom how to put them. They might hurt, but she would get used to it. “Let's end this, whatever it is that you think is going on here, let's get it over with. Eleanor is the one I want, and she is the one I am keeping by my side”.With hands placed on her stomach, she erupted into maddened laughter. One that I wasn't used to. “ What are you? A jester?” “ Phoebe, I am serious” I deadpanned. “ I am so dead serious,
Andre’s POV“ What is going on?” I panicked as I kept on contemplating what exactly could be wrong. I didn't like this. I never had. Eleanor lay down, almost winded as she tried to breathe effortlessly. I was a mess. Not any better than she was. “ Aren't you going after Phoebe?” I threw him a sizzling gaze, one that told him to shut his mouth up, before pacing up and down still. I had a hand underneath my chin. My stomach churned endlessly at the possibility that I wouldn't have her with me anymore. “ What exactly is wrong with her? Why isn't my mate doing or saying anything?” I was a mess, and better than I should have been. “ Your majesty” I could see that he was fidgeting, I didn't know if it was underneath my gaze or something else had to do with it, but he was shaking like a fallen leaf would have been. “ Yes, speak up” any more minute and I would snap. He was taking a lot of time and I didn't like that. “ She was poisoned” A ding sound resonated through the atmosphere as
Andre's POVI could have sworn that for a moment, I had forgotten how to breathe, I didn't know how to anymore. Not that I wanted to. She looked heavenly. Dressed in her emerald green gown, the one that I had specifically made for her, she looked exquisite. She was looking so beautiful that I was vexed when I saw others ogling at her. All that I wanted to do was poke at those eyes. How dare they look at my mate? I snapped myself out of the daydream I was having. She was nothing other than a breeder to me, nothing more, nothing less. “ Yours. Yours. She is your mate” my wolf kept giggling excitedly. “ Go to her, go to her '' he cajoled. I had taken a step further when Phoebe placed a hand around my arm. “ What do you think you are doing? Don't tell me that you are going there, to help her. It has to be some kind of joke right?” I quickly placed my leg back, like I had missed my footings earlier. “ Of course not, why would I go to her when you are right here?” “Right..?” She had a
Eleanor's POV “ Come in” I pushed the door open, walking in. It was the first time Andre was calling me since the last time he had carried me in here, before placing me on the bed.I halted, contemplating walking in when I saw Phoebe sitting on his lap, acting all lovey-dovey with him. She had her lips on his shoulders and a towel wrapped around her waist, and it wasn't so hard to tell what had happened before I stepped in.How exactly was I going to look beyond that when the room was filled with the scent? the after sex one?My eyes burnt with tears in them and I bit on my lips with my nails digging into my palm. My wolf gnashed her teeth. She wanted him and he knew but he was resisting her. He was telling her that he didn't want her. That she could go to hell if she wanted. “ I am here,” I said to him. “ Oh…have you been there for a while now?” I rolled my eyes. He was ever the talkative. The one who could go on acting like he hadn't seen me in the first place. I was angered b
Andre's POVI reclined against the chair, watching all of her reactions through the CCTV I had installed in her room. How could a person be so cute, yet so stubborn? I chuckled softly, placing a hand over my mouth when she tilted her head to the side. it seemed like she was staring around, was she trying to confirm if I had placed one in the room or what exactly was she doing? I gulped down the spittle when she tilted her head directly toward it, my heart skipped a bit because I thought that I had been caught before she swayed her waist to the side, moving it gently. Why was I just getting to know that she could do this? “I feel so tired, should I just sleep off? My stomach hurts and I can't just find any of the sanitary pads in here, what am I going to do now? My period is supposed to come today, what if it gets humiliating? How am I supposed to tell him?” She cursed, biting on her finger. I picked up the phone beside me, speaking into it when the head maiden answered. “Can I kno