“He was sent on an ambush disguised as a peaceful negotiation,” my father said with a sigh. “They have become more proactive in their quest to eliminate him.” He rubbed his eyes which had been overtaken by ugly dark circles.I stared at the battered wolf whose blood was everywhere. No matter how hard I stared at the wolf, it did not move. It looked – dead. There was barely any sign of life in him. “Alpha, you called…” Doctor Lorenzo came into the room and sucked in a sharp breath upon seeing the dastardly wolf laid out. “My goodness.” He got to work as he mumbled under his breath. “Miss, you have to step aside.” I think the words were directed at me but they came from such a faraway place that I could not be sure. “Persephone,” my father’s tired voice rang out and a cold hand grabbed my bicep and tugged at me. I followed like a ragged doll.There were so many things in my mind yet I had no concrete thought. The ground underneath my feet seemed to spin and my ears were ringing. My e
No matter how I looked at it, it was not my father’s place to tell me what to do and what not to do. Doctor Lorenzo said Koa’s condition did not look good and he had tried his best. It was left for Koa’s wolf to do the rest. My father insisted I was not allowed to see him and that I had to stay away from the room he was in. Because I could not bear to see Koa lifeless, I agreed with my father to save myself the distress but then I remembered I did not have to follow my father’s words.I had stayed away throughout the day and it was now midnight yet I could not fall asleep. Everywhere seemed more silent than usual, even the birds of the night seemed to have disappeared. Thoughts of Koa kept me awake.Koa could not die. In the future I knew, he became the Alpha King. He must have been through worse things at the hands of the Luna Queen but he still managed to defeat her and claim the throne. He would not die. I knew the future. But I had changed the future too much. Everything was happe
Despite him shifting back, he still did not open his eyes. In fact, his human form looked a lot more wretched than his wolf form. His skin was pale with colourful bruises and a good number of bandages. Yet, I was thankful to see the rise and fall of his chest. I could put a finger underneath his nostrils and feel his breath. He was no longer on the verge of death.“As expected of the Alpha Prince.” Doctor Lorenzo was all smiles. “His recovery is fast. I had feared the worst but his wolf is powerful. I am glad. Miss, you can rest assured he will be back to full health in three days or less,” he informed me.Three days? I still had to wait three days to see his stupid smirk? I forced a smile at Doctor Lorenzo who was almost bouncing on the balls of his feet with my father who continued to look irritated at the door.“Will you go to your room now? I was informed you spent all night here,” my father spoke without bothering to hide his irritation.“Yes, I should be on my way.” I went to my
His eyes were open. Despite him still being confirmed to the bed, his eyes were open and his lips were pulled up in a smile that looked painful. When I barged into the room, Doctor Lorenzo was startled but when he saw me, he beamed.“Miss, are you not surprised?” He asked, “As expected, a royal Alpha wolf is incomparable to little Alphas like us. I have checked his vitals and everything is working well. He should be out and about by tomorrow.”“Are you sure?” As I spoke to Lorenzo, my eyes remained fixated on the man in bed.Our gazes locked and I did not attempt to turn away. My mouth felt dry as a sudden lightness came over me. It was as though a heavy bag had been taken off my back and I had become as light as a sprite. My heart also hammered loudly in my ears.“Yes, I am certain. It may even be earlier. I have given him some pain relief for any lingering pain.” Doctor Lorenzo did not hide his pride at having such a great patient.My legs wobbled as I took a step towards the bed. T
KOA’S POVI had a dream. In that dream, Persephone was telling me how much she liked me, how much my smile brightened her day and how much she wanted to kiss me. The expression on her face was so soft, I knew I must be dreaming. There was no way she could make such a tender expression. Not to my surprise, I opened my eyes.Everything hurt, from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet. I gritted my teeth to bite down on the pain but it did not help much.I knew when my father sent me to a place where I had never heard of that something was wrong but I had not expected to be ambushed before I even arrived. He had set me up against a battalion of warriors and I came out the victor but I had not expected to even make it out alive. All I knew as I snapped their necks was that I could not die without a fight.There was nothing but blood in my eyes as I passed out and when I opened my eyes again, I was in Alpha Adelard’s mansion.Now, Persephone had prohibited me from leaving. If I so m
“Elder Raphael, how are things at the pack?” I asked the old man.“How do you plan on making do with your promises to me?” He spoke with a hard face. “Cassius Raven has become the Alpha King’s man. How do you plan on bringing him down? I have staked too much in this so you better have a solid plan.”“Do you trust me?” I asked, and he sneered.“This is not about trust. What good would trusting you do for me if I do not achieve all that has been promised?” He was agitated. He continually bounced his leg and after a while, he tugged at the neckline of his shirt. “With Cassius working for the Alpha King, do you think he will be so easy to drag down? He spends more time in the palace than in his office these days!”“That should be enough to disqualify him as an Alpha, isn’t it?” I asked. “Have you done what I asked you to do? That is the first thing you should have reported to me.”“Cheeky –“ He pursed his lips. From where I sat, I could see him tighten his fist as he looked at me. “Yes, I
The next day, I received a letter from Arya who poured out her grievances against me. The letter was simple and it went like this; I thought we were friends but you have ignored all my letters and I have been too scared to come over to the Crimson Wolf’s fortress. If you still value what is left of our friendship then you should come to my event. It is the first of its kind in my pack and I have invited many influential people.It was amazing but I had forgotten all about Arya. The last time I read her letter, she had been talking about writing a sequel to her novel. I was not interested in any of that. I had connected with two powerful women thanks to her so there was no reason for us to continue to drag on our farce of a friendship.Her letters reminded me that I was the one treating this friendship as a farce. She had taken me to be a genuine friend of hers from the little, almost negligible efforts I had put into maintaining said friendship in the past.Since she had invited me to
“Look what the cat dragged in,” I started trouble with Jennifer before she got the chance to start. “Arya says she never sent you an invite so what are you doing here?” I put on the most obnoxious smile I could muster as I spoke.“You must have forgotten who I am.” Her fiery gaze was directed at Arya. “Do you think you are capable of sidelining me?”“Are you scared of being washed out? Is that why you shamelessly show your face to an event you received no invite to because you are afraid of being cast aside by society as the worthless young miss that you are now?” I was in a good mood so I enjoyed throwing words at her.It was such a despicable thing to find joy in but clearing things up with Arya lightened my mood.“Cast aside?” She scoffed. “As if.” She flipped her hair across her shoulder and mimicked my smile. “You must have forgotten what family I come from. My aunt is the Luna Queen.”“Did your father not get exposed recently for being a thief?” I pretended to think. “Yes, that’