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
“When did you return?” I asked.“Last night.” He took my hand as he spoke, linking our fingers. “You are truly amazing, Persephone. I am proud of you.”“It – I worked with very talented people,” I responded. “You should have told me you were coming.” I narrowed my gaze at him almost accusingly.The back room cleared one person at a time as soon as he got in so it was just the two of us. It was just the two of us in the room but it felt like it was just the two of us in the world. He had lost weight, grown out his hair and his hands were rougher, more calloused. The dark circles around his eyes spoke of his exhaustion so no matter how much he smiled, there was no hiding how tired he was.“Did you miss me?” His words were teasing.“Yes, but if you only returned last night, you should have rested.” I pursed my lips. “Why did you have to come out today? You should be sleeping.”“It’s because I missed you.” His thumb stroked the back of my hand. “And how could I sleep when you are doing so
Cassius had done something. Even without knowing what, I knew he had done something. Suddenly, the only heir to Alpha Slater’s seat got into a fight with some men at the bar and ended up dead. It was not unusual for Slater’s son to get into bar fights since he was a nitwit just like his sister who had no achievements but liked to ride off of her father’s name. I did not know him in person but there were often stories about him getting into fights here and there, harassing women and assaulting omegas. He was the scum of the earth but no one dared to offend him considering his family name. This same man had suddenly died in a bar fight.“Cassius Raven, what are you up to?” I bit my lips as I stared at the writing materials in front of me.Even if it was a coincidence, it was one that benefitted him. Without an heir, the title of Alpha could easily be passed to him as Jennifer’s mate, Jennifer being a beta.“He has a hand in this.” Even if there was no evidence, I knew he had a hand in t
“I said I would support you through everything but what am I supposed to do about this?” I was having a very bad week and my father was not helping matters. “You assaulted her in public and her father is asking for more than I can give!”“She should not have touched him,” I responded, defiant till the end.“You should not have broken her hand!” My father countered. “Now, what do you want to do about this?” He asked. “He has asked for a whopping amount of money and a business deal that I would rather die than give to him.”“Koa will take care of it,” I answered. “Ignore everything he has to say. I will be off then.”My father shouted my name but I did not answer. When I got back to my room, I wrote to Koa. They would let the matter slide if he threatened them with assaulting a royal. That should scare them but it would not help the image I tried so hard to build for him.Then I went back to brainstorming what to do about the textile that the Luna Queen was buying up. I contacted my peo