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’
CASSIUS’ POV“No matter what happens, you cannot allow Alpha Randal to go to the Black Wolves pack,” I advised the Luna Queen who was busy being adorned with lavish jewels.“Let me ask you something.” She slapped an omega who had tried but failed thrice to her on her bracelet. The girl held her cheek and exited the room without a sound. “Do you think Randal is any less of an Alpha than that bastard?”Almost every day, I had to make the long trip between Blood Crescent and the Alpha King’s home. I fell asleep in the carriage every night and before my eyes opened the next morning, there would be another invite from the palace.When I decided to hold hands with the monarchy, it was because I expected it to benefit me. There was no benefit to any of this. They had stolen from me and now made me a sort of adviser whose advice was mostly ignored. They made a mockery of my existence. I could not stand it.Yet, I had been ensnared and there was little way out. Politeness did not work. Remindi
It brought me great pleasure to see him looking scruffy. The Cassius who took pride in his appearance, vowing to always appear clean and well-groomed after growing up as nothing more than a filthy beggar was staring at me looking exactly like the man he swore not to become. With unshaven beards, sunken eyes and dark circles that resembled a panda’s, he looked horrid.“I see you are doing very well.” His eyes were dull and his tone flat.There was something in there that I could not quite interpret. It was as though I was staring at a watered-down version of the Cassius I used to know. I could not believe I had fallen in love with such a sight.“And I see you do not look good,” I put on an air of concern as I watched his expression shift.“Persephone.” I turned at the sound of that voice.My wolf perked up and something inside me bloomed. It was a feeling that was hard to get used to. Just from hearing his voice, I felt like I was walking on clouds.“Koa,” I said as I turned, a smile p
April worked in his home. This was something that had not happened in my first life so I had never imagined it. We did not know Koa in the past but now, it seemed she had her eyes on him. It was not surprising. Koa was a man women would fight over. Since he was far superior to Cassius, she must have seen he was a better catch than the Alpha about to be stripped of his title.Would her damsel in distress act work in him? I did not know. As far as I could tell, Koa was irritated by her presence. It would be hard for him to have an interest in someone who he knew was placed at his side by his stepmother. Despite knowing all this, I still caught myself biting my nails and wondering what to do. I could not leave her by his side.None of that mattered as big news that rocked the entire Deimos dropped the next morning. Alpha Koa was responsible for the death of over ten Alphas who had been declared missing. The story had it that he used the Moon’s Sword to kill them and they immediately deco