~Cassandra~ “I knew it. I knew he wasn’t going to listen to me. He hates me, Zoe.” I mumbled, hot tears rolled down my cheeks as I turned to look at her. She heaved a sigh and raised her head to look at me too. “I think I have to leave the palace.” She uttered. My eyes widened as I hurried to where she stood, staring coldly at me. “What? Why?” I asked in remorse. “Why? Did you just hear King Lucian?? He is withdrawing my promotion, and you and I know why. He thinks I knew about it, whereas I was in the dark the same way he was. I did nothing wrong, but now, I’m going down with you, and I am a bad person. I came to apologize on your behalf and see what I got.” She retorted, and as she spoke, I kept crying bitterly. “Zoe, please. Please don’t go. You are the only one that still cares for me in this palace. Do you see how everyone looks at me? Even the guards and…” “You brought it upon yourself, Cassie. That isn’t my fault.” She answered abruptly and the words I had to say got stuc
~Damian~ Returning to my mother’s house, I stood at the entrance, staring at the old building as memories rushed into my head. How I had strived so hard to give my mother a good life. Tears heated my eyes as I proceeded into the house. I wasn’t supposed to be back into this house for any reason, but what could I do? Melissa told me that I had to make peace with my brother, but I ended up ruining our relationship. “But then, what can I do mother?? Lucian and I love the same woman. I can boldly say I loved her first.” I muttered, staring at the picture of my mother which sat on the table, next to the wall. I was supposed to return every month to clean the house and picture, but I got too distracted by Cassie, and I could hardly think of myself. I walked into my room and saw a small fabric I could use to clean her portrait. I walked back to give the frame a good clean when I heard footsteps approaching the door. Furrowing my brows, I stood up and walked to the window, lifting the
~Irene~ Becky wrapped her arms around me immediately we got into her chamber. Her excitement knew no bounds, knowing she had returned to her position as one of the trusted members of the pack. “Thank you so much, Irene. I don’t know what I would do without you. Thank you for helping me get justice.” She uttered, and I shook my head. “No, Becky. You don’t have to thank me. What they did to you was pretty horrible. Justice had to be served. I did what I had to do.” “Regardless, I still appreciate you. I don’t know how you got to talk to him, but I’m very glad.” She responded, and I nodded, keeping quiet. Becky was unaware of my relationship with Lucian and I wasn’t ready to say anything either. “I don’t want to be Lucian’s concubine forever, and if I am going to be his wife, I have to be smart about it.” I said to myself. “Will you be staying in my room too? Or would King Lucian provide one for you?” She asked. “He would. I wouldn’t want to disturb your privacy because I love mi
~Damian~ Holding hands, we both walked down a narrow path to wherever she was taking me. “We are not there yet?” I asked, and she turned back to look at me. “I see.” She muttered, and I furrowed my brows in confusion. “What do you mean?” I asked, and she looked away. “I can see you are not the patient type. Tell me about Cassie.” She retorted, and I chuckled. “We have been walking for a while now, I needed to ask. You can’t judge my patience based on that. And Cassie… should we be talking about her now? I think mentioning her name is enough. I don’t want to think so much about it.” I answered, keeping my face on the road. “You said she’s pregnant for you. Why are you not trying to claim your child?” She further asked. It didn’t look like she was ready to give up on the conversation. “Because she has a husband.” I answered, and she took an abrupt stop. Her eyes widened and she turned to look at me. I chuckled and nodded. “Yes. I was expecting that reaction.” I muttered, and s
~Lucian~There was a knock on my door and I stirred up on my bed. I hoped it wasn’t Cassandra because I wasn’t ready to talk to her. “Lucian, it is me.” I heard Irene’s voice, and I hastily got up. “Irene.” I called as I walked to the door. Opening the door, she greeted me with a smile and I smiled back. “What are you doing here?” I asked, and she furrowed her brows. “Why? I shouldn’t be here in your chamber?” She asked, and I shook my head and chuckled. “Come in.” I retorted, moving away from the door. She nodded and walked in. “This place is very nice. More like Royal.” She responded, her eyes scanning through the room. “Thank you. How is your first day in the palace?” I inquired, pointing to the couch so she could sit, but instead, she walked to the bed and sat on it. “It’s going well. I just finished talking to the Queen.” She uttered, and the smile on my face slowly faded off. “Really?” I asked as I settled next to her. She stared into my eyes and nodded. “Yes. She is h
~Cassandra~ It’s been a month since Lucian found out about Damian and I, and since then, Lucian had not, for once, stepped into my chamber to do his duties as a husband to me. He ignored me completely and left me to suffer in a way I never knew existed. Being ignored in your own house. On the other hand, I also hadn’t set my eyes on Damian since he left, and truth be told, I missed him so much and wanted to see him. Standing in front of my mirror and faced with my reflection, I took some time to admire the bump that was beginning to pop out in my belly. “I still don’t know if there’s a place for you here. Isn’t it better to be dead than to be born in a place where you’ll never be loved?” I said to myself as I rubbed my belly. Heaving a loud sad sigh, I walked away from the mirror and approached the window. Looking down, I saw Zoe and Robert discussing. It wasn’t my first time seeing them that way, and I strongly believe that they had some chemistry, and he was the only reason w
~Cassandra ~ “You know what I mean.” He responded coldly, walking away. Blinking severally, I tried waking up from the nightmare I was, but to my greatest surprise, it was no nightmare. It was reality. Tears streamed down my eyes with no restrictions as I turned to look at Irene who seemed equally confused. “I don’t think he meant it.” She uttered as she turned her gaze from Lucian to look at me. “I don’t think he’s joking either.” I mumbled, still pretty dumbfounded by his statement.Becky on the other hand scoffed and shrugged. “He is finally going to do what he should have done a long time ago.” She muttered and also turned to leave. Irene shook her head in disgust at Becky and turned to look at him. “You need to go after him, Queen Cassandra. You can’t let him do this to you. Go and talk to him, okay?!” She retorted, grabbing my hand and pulling me with her. into the palace. I staggered behind her, because I was too weak to walk properly. It was like the ground was falling
~Lucian~ I looked at her as she exclaimed and shrugged. “What? We both made mistakes that day.” I answered coldly. “No, Lucian. Mine was different. I didn’t know you weren’t the one because he disguised himself as you. You, on the other hand, intentionally went to be with another woman. Who is she?” I could see and perceive the anger in her voice as she spoke, and I wasn’t ready to give her a response to her question. “If we are going to tell each other our secrets, then we would have to restrain ourselves from getting so mad at each other. That’s the best way to deal with this.” I retorted. “Fine, yeah. So you started cheating on me right before our marriage? And you kept saying sweet things to me, making me believe you’re the perfect husband. I can’t believe this, Lucian. Did it stop that day or did it continue?” She further asked, anger still evident in her voice. Locking my gaze with hers, I remained silent, watching how tears began to stream down her cheeks again. “All thi