Regina’s POVThe words “Shadow Valley” made me sway on my spot.What were people from Shadow Valley doing here? Did Nigel send them? Were they here to capture me back?But they couldn’t. Nigel didn’t know anything about who I really was. Unless…Unless he had found that out?“Regina.”A large hand grabbed my shoulder and helped me regain my balance.Gray looked down at me with a serious look on his face, “Don’t worry. Nobody can force you to do anything. You are home.”I stared back at him in a daze and gradually breathed out.He was right. This was Ever Moon Pack. Gray was the Alpha here. No one could force me to do anything I didn’t like.“You should go back to your room and have some rests,” Gray gently pushed a lock of hair out of my face and smiled. “How about we meet again for dinner?”I clenched my fists plucking up my courage and said, “No. I…I want to come with you.”“To meet the messenger from Shadow Valley?” Gray frowned, “I don’t think you will like what that person have go
Regina’s POVI felt hurt and betrayed more than ever.Was that how Nigel thought of me always—lowly house slave that he and Melany could boss around?Nigel was my first love. I left my family, I gave up the comfortable life I had, I even broke my brother Gray’s heart just to be with him.But was it true that he had never taken me as his wife?I couldn’t let this go. I had to confront him face to face. I needed to know what I was in his heart.Taking in a deep breath, I turned to Gray and said, “Can you summon Nigel here? I want to have a word with him.”Gray seemed furious.“Why do you still want to meet with that bastard?” he snapped, “I won’t allow it! Especially since I know now what he has done to you!”I knew he was concerned.And I tried to talk peacefully with him, “Don’t worry, Gray. I just need to talk to Nigel and ask him what he meant when—”“Why do you still need that?!” Gray grabbed me by my shoulder, his voice getting louder, “I saw them chasing you in the woods. I saw a
Regina’s POV“Regina?!” he asked again just to be sure. And he took a few steps towards me with an astonished look on his face, “Fuck…it’s really you! Where the hell have you been?”I stood on my stop stiffly.I wasn’t ready to see him just yet.I thought I would be surrounded by people I knew—Gray or at least my maid Maya—when Nigel and I met again. That way I would be perfectly safe, and Nigel wouldn’t dare to hurt me.Yet here I was, cornered by him alone at the outside with no one to back me up.“I asked you a question. Didn’t you hear me?”Nigel started to get impatient and reached out to grab me. A chill was sent down my spine when his hand caught my wrist. And at that moment, all my miserable memories from the last one year flashed back to me.“L…Let go…of me…please…”I stuttered and tried to break free from him. But my body betrayed me. Every fiber of my body was shivering in fear. I couldn’t act normally around Nigel.With Nigel, I was no longer the princes of Ever Moon Pack;
Regina’s POV“You—You stupid bitch!” Nigel gasped besides my ear.He seemed horrified when Gray turned his gaze towards us and was now trying to drag me behind his back to stop people from staring.My sculp hurt so much and I couldn’t help but cried out again:“Gray…Help me!”A series of urgent footsteps came behind my back. And a pair of large hands rescued me from Nigel’s iron grip.“Alpha Gray—” I heard Nigel stammered in panic. But Gray lifted a foot before he could finish and kicked harshly on Nigel’s chest!Nigel was sent flying backwards and landed directly on that champagne tower. The tower crushed, glasses broke, and wine spilled, making a series of huge noises that echoed across the room. People screamed and run in horror while turning their heads around to see what had happened.Nigel was rolling around on a floor of broken glasses, holding his bleeding arm and shoulder while screaming like a pig getting slaughtered. Blood streamed down his face. And I felt my legs turned s
Regina’s POV“What on earth are you doing!” Lady Connie cried again and rushed forward to separate us.Gray’s hand dropped from my cheek to his body side. And the next second, I was dragged away from him by Connie.A surge of panic seized my heart.What were we doing? I honestly didn’t know.Was Gray trying to kiss me? Maybe I was wrong, and he simply wanted to kiss me on the forehead like he always did. But was I trying to kiss him back? God, what was I thinking? He was my brother for Christ’s sake!Lady Connie’s eyes traveled back and forth between Gray and I and she asked warily, “Were you two—”“NO!” I quickly denied.Gray glanced at me without saying anything. There was a sullen look on his face when he turned to look at Lady Connie and asked, “What are you doing here? I didn’t remember inviting you here.”Lady Connie seemed offended. She drew herself up and challenged back, “I am Barnie’s wife. I don’t need an invitation to be here. And I have heard everything that happened in t
Regina’s POVI take a quick step back because Nigel’s appearance had really shocked me.His handsome face had swelled to three of its original size. And there were bruises and bleeding scars everywhere on his face. He could hardly open his eyes because they were severely swollen.“N—Nigel!” I gasped, “What happened?”Nigel shook the iron bar abruptly and there was a desperate look on his face, “Regina! Regina, my love! You have to get me out of here! Alpha Gray he is—is crazy! He has 3 solders beat me from day to night! I can’t take it anymore! You have to save me from that monster!”I clenched my fists in silence.I didn’t like Nigel calling Gray a monster.Yes, I was shocked by Nigel’s swollen face and Gray probably shouldn’t have beaten him so hard. But Gray did this for a reason. He was avenging me. If Nigel hadn’t tortured me in the first place, Gray would have never done such thing!“Nigel, do you know why Alpha Gray did that to you?” I asked with a stern voice, “Because you hav
Regina’s POVI gulped nervously.I had never seen Gray like this before—so cold and stern—like I wasn’t his beloved little sister, but a total stranger.“Answer me.”Gray strode forward. His towering figure casted a huge shadow on my body.“Did you sneak into the dungeon behind my back? Yes, or No!”“…Yes!” I blurted out.Seeing the burning rage obscuring his face, I protested, “You can’t stop me from seeing Nigel! He is my husband!”“What husband!” he bellowed, grabbing my wrist forcefully, “That man is a total scumbag! He grabbed your hair and humiliated right in front of me! He should feel lucky that I didn’t rip his chest apart right on the site! It’s over between you and him. I forbid you to see him again!”FORBID?I was a grown person. I was fully capable of making my own decision!“You don’t have the right!” I struggled fiercely against his grip and cried, “And I have made up my mind already! I will return to his home with him!”“…What did you say?” Gray’s jaw tightened.“That’
Regina’s POVI couldn’t believe what I was seeing.Nigel as the servant?! What the hell!And I immediately looked towards Gray, knowing that this must be his idea. He kept his eyes straightforward, deadpan, as though he didn’t notice my furious glare at all.Others around the table had all recognized Nigel as well. They all seemed astonished. No one said a word.Nigel approached us carefully, walking around the table serving us coffee, starting with me. His hand was shaking so severely that a drop of hot coffee dripped on the back of my hand. It burned, but I decided to say nothing about it. Because I didn’t want to cause any more trouble for him.After Nigel was done with me, he moved onto Gray. He trembled even more. I looked at the pot in his hand nervously, afraid that he might still coffee on Gray.“A—Alpha Gray…Coffee?” Nigel stammered, breathing lightly.Gray didn’t say anything, but simply tapped his index finger on his empty cup.Yet Nigel didn’t notice that tap on the cup. A