~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
~Damian~ After taking my bath, I cleaned my body with my towel. My hair was still dripping wet, but I cared less. I had only one towel. While I was cleaning my body, there was a knock on my door. “Who is there?” I asked from inside the room as I reached for my clean boxers and put them on. I found a white shirt and I put that one on too. I kept asking who was there while I did this, but I got no response. All I got was constant knocking on the door. I then realized the person at the door could be Sara. Most times she visits, she keeps knocking without saying a word until I open up, sometimes after knocking for a few minutes, she walks in herself. ‘She can’t come in because I locked the door already.’ I thought, heading to the living room. Since I met my uncle, Mr. Tiger, my bond with Sara had grown stronger, considering the fact that she’s my cousin. At first, I found it hard to believe that my mother had an uncle and I never knew about it until now, but when he explained he wa
I couldn’t take my eyes off him. I kept staring and staring, wishing I could pull him closer and hug him for hours. I missed him so much and I could hardly control how I felt. But I was being very careful because Lucian was around too. Truly, we had found out the truth, I still didn’t want to look so desperate to him, so I just had to keep my cool. After the brothers excused themselves and walked out, I took my time to examine the house even more. Staring at Melissa’s portrait, I saw how beautiful she was. “No wonder her sons are so handsome too.” They took after almost all her facial features, especially Damian. Damian had the exact same eyes as hers, but Lucian’s was different. He probably got it from their father. Lifting my eyes to the wall behind the portrait, I saw a few writings on the wall, and while I was about to read them, the door opened. I looked back and saw Lucian walking in. He had an angry expression, and I creased my brows, wondering what got him angry in a few