“And…” The man stuttered. “And you are?”“Koa Deimos,” I introduced him. “The Alpha Prince. You should say your greetings.”The hush in the hall worsened. It seemed people were even holding their breaths to not breathe the wrong way and further anger the man whose eyes were a chilling blue one second and a fiery red the next.“Oh.” The man’s mate took a step back. “Oh.” Another step backIt was the tone that could only be used by one who had found out that they messed up and they messed up badly. These people thought they could bully me but what they did not know was that unlike the rumours surrounding me, I was a vengeful person. I was fully prepared to rain down hell on them and I would have a valid excuse to do so if he hit me but now Koa had stepped in and I think things were going to be a lot worse for him.“Pay your respects,” I reiterated in the silent room with the man whose hand was turning blue from Koa’s crushing grip.“It – it is an honour – I am honoured to meet you.”What
APRIL’S POVThere was not much I could do for him except serve him so I tried my best to serve him with clear sincerity but the more I tried to do that, the more he pushed me away. Of course, I expected a prince like Alpha Koa to be much more different from all the other men I lured in but I never expected it to be so difficult. No matter what I tried to do for him, he always rejected me.“Why are you bringing my meal?” He snarled at me as I knocked on his door. “Have I not instructed you to send the other girl?”“It – she – she was feeling unwell so I – I thought it would be – I thought it would be no problem and you have not eaten all day.”I did not need to pretend to be frightened. The way he stared at me as if he wanted to tear me apart was enough to scare me.“Take it back and stop showing yourself carelessly in front of me!” He slammed the door in my face and I gritted my teeth.What the hell did that vicious woman tell him? Why did he treat me like I had done something unthink
KOA’S POVPersephone disappeared. Vanished into thin air and I did not notice this until the Alpha of Moon Lakes pack came to see me with his mate, both their eyes red and his entire body rigid.“You – what do you mean Persephone disappeared?” They called her Anastacia and at first, I did not understand what they were talking about but then I remembered her wolf’s name.She had been missing since the previous night and I only now heard of her absence. I spent the entire night chasing after that criminal and taking him and his entire household into custody. In fact, I was only just returning and had not washed the blood and grime off of me when this couple came in.“If she has been missing since last night then why can you not find her!?” I barked at them.“We came here several times but you were not inside. When we returned, the girl at the door said you did not want to see anyone. That is why we had to make a ruckus to get in like this.”“I am going to find her.” I left the people be
The burning sensation of silver around my wrists was not something I had missed.I had no idea how long we had travelled. Days, weeks, maybe, but everything had blurred into one. I was hungry, tired and angry. If you are a kidnapper then you should have a proper way of feeding your victim, right? I should not expect so much from scoundrels but my stomach was constantly growling. The long, unending trip was tiring. Being locked up in a carriage that only stopped to change horses made every inch of my body ache.Slave traders. The few times we stopped to change horses, I had heard them discussing. These men were about to sell me off. If I thought too much about it, I may run mad with anxiety so I decided to focus on the things I felt at that moment; the hunger and the fatigue.Finally, we stopped. This time, it was not for a horse change. My heart leapt to my mouth but I focused on the good side. I was not being rattled in a tiny box. They may have stopped to hand me over to whoever was
I used the opportunity of the distraction my father’s presence created to run away and find somewhere to hide.These men had come as prepared as could be. It was no coincidence that they came for me, that I had figured out a long time ago but now, I realized afresh that the person behind them was powerful. Too powerful. Most definitely the Luna Queen. How else would illegal slave traders who should be moving on the low have so many warrior wolves travelling with them?My father had all but walked into an ambush. He had come with wolves, men who had fought with him in several battles and were loyal to him but even they were outnumbered. As the forest came alive with the sound of battle, the snarls of wolves and the cracking of bones as many shifted, I began to wonder if I had been nothing but bait; if my father had been the one they were looking for in the first place or if it was a scheme to kill two birds with one stone.As soon as my father got here, chaos erupted. It became a war z
“Wow, you look awful.” I looked at April but felt no shred of remorse or even excitement at the state in which she was. All I felt was numbness. To think that this bitch was created just to mess with me.“Are you here to gloat?” She asked from her busted and buried lips. “You won and I lost so you must be happy.”“April Arlington.” I felt a sense of Déjà vu as I looked at her in a cell. “Were we ever in a competition?”“You wanted Cassius and you had him. You had him right where you wanted him but in the end, you still left him! You left him but even if you were not there, he could not concentrate on me! Tell me, what is it that you do to these men? Is there a special seduction skill that you have learnt? What is it that you do to these men that makes them chase after you like flies!?”“Heh,” I laughed at her angry outburst. “Maybe it is my uncanny beauty?” I snorted. “Were you in the corner all the time feeling insecure and hating on me for no reason? I am disappointed.”I had April
Before my return home, I had one final thing to do. Sonia followed behind me with a glass of wine while I held on to the poison. Inside the cramped cell in the Moon Lakes pack was April, curled up in a fetal position with bruises on her arm showing that she had tried to end herself.“You are nothing but a witch.” She did not raise her head even when I entered. “Are you here to finish me off?”On the seventh day after I woke up after escaping the slave traders, I decided it was time for her execution. As promised, I came with the same poison that I had been accused of putting in her drink.“As I am preparing to return home, I forgot to tell them to prepare you for your death but it does not matter, does it?”“This is all your fault. You are –““I have something I must say to you before you leave this world.” I threw her words right back at her.“What do you want to say!?” She snarled. “Have you not done enough? Do you still want to continue to torture me?”There was no remorse despite
Things were going well for me if it was not the small problem that I missed Koa terribly. He had promised he would be back soon but two months had passed with us only exchanging letters sparingly. Every time, he told me he was closer and closer to the end of his goal but still, he did not return.“Miss, wow,” Hannah gawked at me. “How can one person be so beautiful?”“Is it too much?” I asked, touching the jewellery hanging heavy on my neck. “I have to make a statement today so I went all out.”The time had come for me to launch my fashion brand in conjunction with Emma. I had put in a lot of effort into this and while I believed it would be a success, I could not help the anxiety I felt.“It is perfect. Miss, I do not know what the goddess looked like but I am sure you are her spitting image,” Hannah continued to flatter me like she had sugar in her mouth.I could not help but laugh. There were many reasons to laugh these days. My life was going good. No one got on my nerves and the