***KAYLA***"I hear Derek will be announcing his mate and our next Luna today at the party, he's planning on marking her in front of everyone," Sheila, my sister said excitedly, her voice filled with anxiety as we rode in the car to the party.I shyly smiled, knowing fully well I was the one she was anticipating to know. It had been a few months now since I found out Derek, our Pack's alpha was my mate, and of course, Derek himself knew and so did my best friend, Kylie. I touched my stomach, recounting how I met Derek, and how we made the baby that was now growing inside of me, I could vividly remember the day he walked up to me in the gardens, the beginning of our love story.***FLASHBACK***I had just clocked 21 when I began to feel so drawn to Derek, even now, as I stood in a crowd of werewolves celebrating the festival of the moon goddess, I could easily pick up his alluring scent that was beginning to drive me crazy and different times, I had seen him steal glances at me, I gues
***DEREK***I announced Kylie as my mate, everyone seemed to be happy, apart from one person who stood in the doorway with a very moody and sad expression, Kayla.She didn't expect me to name her as my mate and Luna, at least, not after what her mother did to me 22 years ago. Layla, Kayla's mother had been my mate, but she had rejected me in the most humiliating way by getting pregnant for my best friend, Pete. They had gotten married and ended up having a daughter, Kayla and now, 22 years later, the daughter of those who had caused me the greatest heartache was my mate.Over my dead body would I be with her, Layla and Pete might have died early, thereby missing my chance to get my revenge on them, but their daughter was going to bear their sins."Derek?" Kylie called, I turned my face back to her."My father wants to have a word," she added, her voice laced with excitement and fulfillment, it was a great thing to be my mate.As I walked to my soon-to-be father-in-law, In the corner
***Kayla***I ran out of the room in shame and embarrassment, I was pregnant and had given my virginity to a man who didn't want me.I could hear Sheila running after me as I left.I ran outside, gasping for breath."Hey, Kayla, what's wrong," Sheila asked."Derek, Derek chose Kylie as his mate," I answered her."Are you that surprised sister? Well, I guess I am too, but why would you be this shaken over that? Kayla is our friend and that means one thing, we'd enjoy from her luxury as luna" She chimed excitedly, obviously clueless as to what I was going through."Derek is my mate Sheila, and…." I broke down into a hysterical sobinable to finish my sentence."No Kayla, Derek is Kylie's mate," she replied, confused as to whatever it was I meant "And please don't cry," she added patting my back."No Sheila, Derek is my mate, and he's been for 2 months now, in fact, we made a baby," I said, touching my stomach as I cried harder, then found my way to sit on a stairway at the entrance."But
***KAYLA***The morning dew brushed my feet as I ran with no particular direction in mind, morning was approaching already and I was still running, I had been chased like a criminal all through the night, and my body was weary already but I knew better than to stop.I kept running in the woods all sense of direction lost as different men chased after me, men who were once my protectors, neighbors, and friends now seemed to want nothing but to catch me for a murder I didn't commit.With the look of things, surrendering wasn't an option, I'd be killed before they heard I had nothing to do with it, I ran as fast as my wolf could carry me.I lost count of the number of pack territories I had passed, but one thing was sure, I was still in the borders of packs friendly to Ravenclaw, and that was why they could openly chase me even though we were in other territories.The reasonable thing to do now was to find our rival territory, Crescent Pack, that was to be my safe space, I wouldn't be ki
***CALEB***I looked at the beauty before me as she and Carla, my younger sister conversed, she wasn't spilling much, but I knew some secret she wished to bury and not talk about laid buried behind those eyes of hers.I was so taken by her that when she asked how I wanted her to pay back, I blurted out, "Marry me," I had said the word out loud before I realized what had happened."Come on Caleb, you don't want to take advantage of someone in this kind of situation," Carla said, trying to talk sense into me."Take advantage? Why will I, you know as much as I do that I am Asexual, no she-wolf out there appeals to me sexually," I said, I was asexual, I have been for as long as I could remember, I just never felt any form of pull towards any gender romantically, but looking at Kayla now, I can admit i wasn't so sure anymore."So why will you want to marry her," Carla argued back."If I do Marry her, her child will be mine automatically, that way I will secure my line without the councils
***CALEB*** "Alpha Derek of Ravenclaw wants to discuss a treaty?" I asked as I paced in my room alongside my best friend and right-hand beta, Nate. "Yes, and he wants us to fix a date soon," he answered. "Fix a date? What about the venue?" I asked. "He has offered to come here, to Crescent Pack," Nate answered. "Alpha Derek is a cunning one, more cunning than his father; there's something he wants, something that he can't reach unless he comes inside our territory," I deduced. "So what are you going to do Caleb," Nate asked. I paused for a while to think through what to do, "do you perhaps think he could be after the moonstone?" I asked. "The moonstone? Why?" Nate questioned. "He only has half of it, and so do you, and no one has chased after it since the Cold War; why want it now?" He added. "Because Derek has always been a power-hungry fool," I hissed out. "Tell him we'd be coming to Ravenclaw instead, he doesn't have to come here," I decided. "And tell him, this time a
***KAYLA***"What's wrong, you know her?" I heard Caleb ask me, but I couldn't reply, the words were stuck in my throat, I felt pain and I still felt pity towards her, why was she getting married and more importantly, why was she getting married to him, why was she being forced against her will, I thought within me."Yes," I answered then swallowed a heavy lump down my throat, "That is my sister, Sheila," I said, my voice breaking as tears began to stream down my face and I ran out of the hall, I could hear Caleb running after me, but I had to get far away, I had left my sister in Ravenclaw, knowing fully well the man that hunted me would make her life a living hell, and now she was getting married to him against her will, and even smiling falsely."Kayla! Kayla!!" Caleb called behind me as he ran after me, while I just kept running, looking for fresh air. Then I stopped, and Caleb caught up with me."Why did you dash off like that?" He said, catching his breath."I…I put her in that
***CALEB***"Alpha Caleb," Derek called as he began to walk towards me and Kayla from across the room with a smile plastered on his face; of course, he was faking it; no way In hell was I going to fall for his shams."Alpha Derek, my long-lost friend," I said, smiling back and stretching my hands forward for a hug. Derek took the hands, and we were engulfed in a friendly hug. Only, the hug wasn't so friendly. I knew neither of us wanted to do this, but we had to; after all, we were in public, at Derek's wedding reception."Are you enjoying the party?" He spoke in my ear."Yes, yes, of course, you, my man, are now married; maybe one day, our kids might end up getting married and uniting our lands," I joked, which of course, I knew was never going to happen."We should consider that, my son, marrying your daughter," Derek said back; of course, the son had to be his and the daughter mine, "and who is she?" Derek asked as he disengaged from our hug.I put my hands around Kayla's waist to
Nate and the blondie turned around and left while Toria followed behind, looking back as she walked away. I turned to look at Philip, we shared a knowing look and he nodded. “Maybe the blondie thinks he’s human?” Philip shrugged speaking my mind. “Maybe,” I shrugged too, and went back to take my seat. “You should inform the rest and gather more information on the blondie, but inform everyone to not relate with Nate, or rather, send a message,” I said, that’s the quickest way to reach all alphas and maids in the castle. “Sure,” Philip said and glanced at his phone that’s just beeped. “Alpha Derek has arrived, and with his Luna,” he announced and my head went blank, what the hell was Sheila doing here when we only invited Derek, I sighed. “Come on, send the message, and let’s go welcome them,” I said to him and he started typing on his phone very fast. “Done!” He announced and we started walking out of the room. We took the elevator down just in time to see Derek standing in fro
***CALEB***“The alphas are already arriving for the competition,” Philip filled me in as we briskly walked around the hallways of the castle. “Well, as expected, is Nate still coming today?” I asked I didn’t really want to face him now, but by the time I’d realized, I knew I couldn’t rescind my order. “I guess so, but he’s not arrived,” Philip answered and I just nodded. “Who is the first alpha I’m seeing?” I asked, Philip turned to the file in his hands and scanned it. “Alpha Sonya, she’s arrived and she’s the only person you’re seeing today,” he said and I nodded. “Lead the way to her room,” I ordered and he started walking in front while I followed closely, in no time, we were standing in front of a room, Philip knocked and we heard a ‘come in’ and so we entered. Alpha Sonya was sitting on the bed with her brother right beside her, the duo must have been discussing something of importance, but they rose to their feet immediately they saw me and bowed. “Your Highness,” they
***MORGAN***“We found a new place, sir!” Vinny said as he entered the room. I stood from my bed where did sat after the call with Nate since I had nothing to do. “Okay, do I need to check it out first?” I asked him, of course, I needed to check it out. “Oh, we paid already,” he scratches his head never pushy as he answers. “What?!” I walked closer to him, maybe I heard him wrong, but why would he pay for a house that was to be mine when I hadn’t even taken a look at it? “We paid for it immediately because the broker explained someone else was ready to make payment and that’s the nicest place on the market,” he said and I just rolled my eyes, he’s been victimized by the realtor who knew exactly what he was doing, I wondered what Vinny did with his life before he came out here. “Anf how many houses did you check out?” I asked. “2,” he said in a tone barely above a whisper, I felt my head rise literally. “You checked out two houses and bought one, outta the two? No other options
***NATE***“Come in Robin,” I yelled as I stood up, walked to the door, and unlocked it, I went back to my chair immediately after it was opened. “One would think you’re hiding away from something if you keep locking yourself in like that sir,” she said as she walked to my desk and dropped a file on it. “Well, they wouldn’t be completely wrong now, would they?” I smirked and she just wore a vague expression. Grrrrg! Grrrrr!! My voice vibrated just as Robin was about to say something, I held a hand up to her and she shut her mouth, it’s Toria, I picked up. “Hey!” I calmly said into the phone. “Guess what?!” She squealed into the phone rather loudly. “What? I really do not have the strength to guess right now, I’ve a lot to do,” I said to her in a tired tone, so as to sound somewhat convincing. “Well, Caleb agreed to you coming to Crescent Pack, you’d be at the contest and also at Carla’s wedding,” she said and my stomach knot in discomfort, for a while there, I’d totally forgott
***NATE***“Thank you!” I said to the guard who opened the car door as we got to the front of the company building. Grrrrrggg! Grrrggg!!! My phone rang, I stared into the name of the caller and it was Morgan, great, he must be back in New Orleans by now, I thought, I picked up the call. “Nate, I’m here,” she shouted into the phone elated, I instinctively pushed the phone somewhat away from my ears. “You’re so loud man,” I said. “Sorry, I’m just so happy,” his voice was now known and better. “It’s fine, so how are you finding the place?” I asked, but then remembered I had to get inside the building instead of picking the call out here and making the guards wait for me. “You know what? Let me call you back once I enter the office?” “Of course, I’d be expecting, bye love,” I heard the beep, indicating he’d cut the call, keeping my phone in my pot, I strode into the building with my head held high, while the guards followed closely. I entered the office, took the private elevator,
***KAYLA***“Hey,” Caleb called as I slowly opened my eyes, my hands were in his, and he was kissing them fondly. “The baby,” I said and immediately touched my stomach to see if it was still there. “It’s fine,” he answered with a senile. “What happened?” I managed to ask alas, I’d thought I was having my baby and would be holding the baby by the time I woke, but the baby was still in me, what was going on, l wondered. “You’ve been stressing yourself, way too much and that’s been putting a strain on the baby, it’s literally a wonder that it made it this far,” Alfred, the pack's doctor spoke up, making me realize I wasn’t alone with Caleb but with the doctor, Carla, aunt Olivia, Freya, Toria, and Philip, everyone was here, I instantly felt guilty, stealing away precious time from Them like this when there’s a lot they could be doing. “I’m sorry…” “Come on Kayla, we are sorry, not paying enough attention to you? That’s supposed to be my thing but I’ve been so wrapped up with my wed
***KAYLA***“Caleb?” I drawled as he just stared at me, I knew he was lost, with how blank his eyes were. “Nothing,” he finally managed to say after swallowing hard and I just smiled. “Come on now, out with it,” I poked him playfully and he just kind of flinched and smiled. “Derek is coming back,” he said and I froze. “What?!” I half yelled, his eyes widened as he looked at me, trying to find out why I was so shocked or rather appalled by the thought of Derek coming back here. “Is there something I don’t know?” He asked, then I remembered, he didn’t really know about the fact that Sheila kow knew of my identity and I hadn’t really got the chance to tell him, maybe now is the right time, I thought. I swallowed hard then began, “Sheila knows about me,” I simply said but that didn’t seem to register to him since he just stared at me blankly trying to understand what I’d just meant. “She knows we’re sisters Caleb, she knows I’m the Kayla,” I said and I could see he now understood w
***CALEB***“I guess so,” I shrugged, didn’t really feel like I was responsible for anything, but guess I was now that he was mentioning it. “So quit the beating around the bushes Lucian, why are you here,” I couldn’t wait any longer, I needed to hear it since Lady Lena could be here any moment from now. “I mean, lady Lena is to come by soon enough, I’m sure Philip is escorting her towards this place right now,” I said and his look changed, of course, he was here without his mother finding out. “Well, I wanted to ask you to make me your beta,” he said, although, the news didn’t surprise me, I was expecting something of the sort since he was here. “This is wrong,” I simply said as I stared at him dead in the eye. “Yes, yes I know that,” he nodded and started rocking his lap with his hands, “I just, I just need it,” he said. “Why?” That was all I could voice out, I needed to understand why he was so desperate to become my beta, it’s obvious he didn’t know the relationship his mothe
***CALEB***“The list for those vying for the post of the next beta,” Philip said as he handed over a list to me, I collected it, and scanned it, but stopped at the last name my eye caught. Lucian!“Lucian? I didn’t know we had a Lucian?” I asked in surprise, the elders looked around themselves as we all occupied the courtroom, even though they were confused about a Lucian. “My son your Highness,” Lady Lena spoke up and I just looked at her in surprise, I knew her son was awake, but pining for a position as delicate as this was out of manner, what did he think this was, a joke? I thought but decided to keep it to myself and just smiled. “Of course, everyone is to be given a chance as king as they pass the test,” I said as I handed over the paper back to Philip, he took it but questioned what I’d meant by test with his eyes. “A test you say?” An elder spoke up and I nodded. “I decided we had to take a test, a fight to death,” I simply said, sitting relaxed on my throne. “A fight