Avery Elise's P. O. V."I heard there were some attacks outside of your territory?" I asked Alpha Darius the moment he came into the house.He nodded at me and looked back to the door. "There are rogues outside, like what you requested.""I see." I wrapped my black coat around me to cover myself and be hidden from everyone outside. "How many of them did you bring here this time?""Just ten of them. We'd seen a lot of rogues, but I've decided to only bring some. In that way, we won't be attracting more attention." Alpha Darius seriously told me before he stepped aside and motioned the door to me. "Whenever you're ready, Lycan Queen."I nodded at him and covered my head before I walked outside with Alpha Darius following behind me. When I got out, I suddenly felt a strange feeling of being watched, but I didn't pay more attention to it with the thought that it could only be the rogues watching me approach them.I looked at each of them and I knew that they were all trying to have a peak
Avery Elise's P. O. V."You're improving really well, Lycan Queen." Alpha Darius praised behind me.I turned to his direction and saw him holding a tray of food. He put it down on the table near the huge tree and sat there as he started slicing the sandwich."In my opinion, you can already stop studying. You've learned a lot that you'll need, you don't need more." He shrugged his shoulders at me. "But it's up to you.""I thought you'll be out today?" I asked before I let go of the book I got from his study room and started walking back to his side."I just got back. The perimeters were cleaned out already. I supposed someone else had already taken care of the matter. As per the vampires who did it, I'm not sure if they got caught already." He handed me the plate and poured a glass of juice in my glass. Someone else?"Did you try to find out who cleaned the place?" I suddenly felt my heart beating so fast.Alpha Darius looked at me and before he slowly shook his head. "No. There are a
Avery Elise's P. O. V."I'm not exactly sure how she ended up staying here, Lycan Queen." I nodded while listening to Alpha Darius's explanation. "But I knew that ever since her son and husband became rogues, she lived here for a while until they joined her and she came back to continue serving the Myers family.""It's alright, Alpha Darius. I'll just go and ask her myself." I opened the door and shock consumed his face."What? Right now?" I nodded at him and went out of the car. Alpha Darius followed me right away. "Lycan Queen, wait for me!""You don't have to come with me. I can do it alone." I continued walking towards the simple house on the right side of the road."I insist on going with you! It could be dangerous here!" Alpha Darius ran to my side until we walked together."Yet you wanted me to reconsider living here. Is that your way of indirectly telling me to leave your place, Alpha Darius?" I stopped walking and faced him with a furrowed brow."Of course not!" He quickly de
Avery Elise's P. O. V."We should go to the mall and grab some clothes for the new heir of the lycans!" I caressed my belly and felt him responding to me from the inside.I smiled and turned to Lory with an excited look on my face. "That'll be great!""Should I call Alpha Darius and inform him?" I shake my head at Lory. "We might need him to assist you.""There's no need to disturb him, Lory. We can go on our own, it'll be my due in two weeks." I stood up and Lory quickly went on my side to help me up. "I better prepare everything.""Yes, Lycan Queen!"Lory and I went back to my room upstairs and she helped me change into a proper maternity dress. These days, since my belly has grown bigger, I find it so hard to move on my own."Is it really this hard to be pregnant with a lycan baby?" I asked while slowly wearing my dress. Lory chuckled behind me. "You are a werewolf, Lycan Queen. It's normal for you to feel the difference.""Difference? Lory, it's not like I ever carry a werewolf b
Avery Elise's P. O. V.I woke up from a feeling that someone was caressing my belly. It felt uncomfortable for me so I slowly opened my eyes and saw Lory smiling to herself."L-Lory?" She slowly looked up to me and distanced herself as she eyed me. I sat down straight and rubbed my eyes before I looked around us. "Where are we now?""We're on your house, Lycan Queen." Lory softly said. "Do you want me to stay with you for the night?"I stretched my arm and shook my head at her. "There's no need for that." I faced Lory again with a reassuring smile. "I'll be fine alone. Besides, your house is just beside mine. Our bedrooms face each other, so if there's a problem, it'll be easy for me to call you."Lory stared at me for a while before she slowly nodded and heaved a deep sigh. I know she's worried about me whenever I choose to be alone in my house, but… I need my alone time.I can't let anyone see me when I'm having a breakdown because I'd been missing Duke so badly and wanted so much t
Avery Elise's P. O. V.I faced Lory with questioning eyes, asking myself if I heard her right. Why would Lory help someone to bring in these things when I didn't give her any permission? She'll only do that if it's someone she knows that's important for me to face."Who was it, Lory?" I asked her, not removing my eyes from looking into hers.Lory stared at me before she walked towards the door and opened it. She motioned for me to go out so even though I was clueless, I followed her outside and there, a car from the side of the road started and stopped in front of us.I couldn't see who's inside the car, but when the door slightly opened and I inhaled his scent, shock was evident on my face until he finally stepped out and he stood beside his car. He roamed his eyes around the house until he met my eyes.I looked at him in shock and disbelief. How did he find me? I saw him clenching his jaw and balling his fists before his eyes went to my belly and he looked at Alpha Darius beside me.
Avery Elise's P. O. V."How did that happen?" I slowly stood up while looking him in the eyes. "Did the vampires spread the news about it?""The vampires are one of those races who don't wish to be under anyone else other than their king. It would be easier for them to keep this to themselves and use this opportunity for their own benefits. However, the news didn't come from the vampires." He avoided his eyes on me and put his hands on his back as he stood in front of me. "It was a Lycan.. who gave a tip-off about you until the Oracles found out completely."I looked at my belly when I felt my child moving and I slowly wrapped my hands around me, as if protecting my baby from anything that could hurt him."What will happen now, then? If you manage to come here and look for me, then, it'll be easier for the others too! They'll find me as well!" I knew that he noticed the panic in my voice so he started walking towards me and held me on my shoulders. "They'll hurt me and my child! I can
Avery Elise's P. O. V."I'll take care of it!" Alpha Darius let go of the frying pan he was holding and immediately went to that lycan. "Follow me!"They left together in a hurry and the moment they were out of my sight, I slowly stumbled on the chair beside me.My father caught me and helped me to sit down. I held on to his wrist tightly as my hands felt cold.Now I can tell the difference between the upcoming danger and the actual danger coming to me. I have already set my mind about this, but having it now on my plate feels really different. "Dad.." I felt my vision spinning as my hold to my father tightened even more."Calm down, Avery!" He snapped at me when I started catching my own breath."Lycan Queen!" Lory came to my side. "Are you okay?""I'm fine, Lory." I shake my head a little."How about I help you up to your room now? I'll bring your food after you calm yourself." Lory suggested in a panic."No, I'm fine." I looked at my father who was watching me with a different loo
I knew it'll be her, I always did since my father handed me the Catalina's folder. I knew because it was impossible for Kenzo Catalina to hand over his ace in the mafia, Valerie Catalina.She was spoiled and most loved, adored and looked up by many people. Even humans can't keep her eyes out of her and are all willing to pay her high just to buy her service. While her sister, Avery, is a different type.I saw it the first time she looked into my eyes. The pain, agony, and endurance she has while hearing everything that people say about her.Looking into her in front of me felt different. She looked confident despite the emotion in her eyes that she can always manage to hide from everyone. Maybe because she's being forced?She doesn't feel comfortable being in this place, in front of everyone and most of all, under her father's presence who did nothing but to intimidate and threaten her with his gazes.I did feel something the first time she looked at me. It felt different and strange y
"Duke, you're getting married tonight." Was the first thing my father told me the morning before he would pass down his position to me.Not showing any interest, I nodded my head at him as I sat on the couch beside him and in front of my mother who looked displeased with the news."Would it be Tiffany?" Mom asked. Honestly, I can't even describe the right word to use while looking at her.I don't really care whoever my father chooses for me to marry. All I need is to finally inherit his positions as the head of the Myers's mafia and the Lycan King. My pack and I have been waiting for this moment. We have trained countless days and nights just to be ready for this.And after a lot of hard work, we're getting there, but the only problem I had was the part that I need to get married first. It's never my intention to settle down. Well, at least, not after I'm done getting more from my competitors and I'm not even looking for an heir.Though my parents disagree. For them, before I can be c
Duke Devon Myers P. O. V."We haven't heard anything suspicious from Valerie." Koby informed me the moment he entered the torture room. "She came back there just this morning."I paid him a quick glance and watched as my men in the mafia whip the traitors we finally caught. Did they really think that they got past me with the help of a rogue lycan?She might've not revealed anything about our kind, but she would remain us a traitor and should be punished with the others."That's good. What about Turner?" I clenched my jaw while thinking of him watching my wife like a hawk and waiting for his prey. "Any news about him?""Adriel was the one around and watching over him. If he gets any closer to the Lycan Queen, we would know right away." I nodded at him and left that room. "What about Tiffany?""Did she do something?" I opened the door to my office and took off my coat."Alpha Alexander has been holding her captive, but what are we gonna do to her? Madame Morgan had suffered enough from
Avery Elise's P. O. V.I wasn't talking to anyone when we got to the place that they had brought us since that night. It took me a lot of times before I finally managed to be able to slowly move forward.Nightmares plague me every night. Maybe because silently, I was hoping for Duke to come and get us, but the image of him telling me about Tiffany was the one reason I couldn't sleep well at night.It hurts. It hurts more than pushing him away from me with the thought of saving him, but I didn't let those thoughts keep on distracting me. Not especially that I have my son to take care of.I don't know what else happened about our divorce settlement in court, but I knew that my father took care of everything. It's just that.. since the last time I saw him, he hasn't visited us yet to tell me everything personally.The only way I could get through to him was by texting him. He was too busy at work, he said. Especially in taking care of Catalina's assassins that almost went down after what
Avery Elise's P. O. V.I stretched my arms when I opened my eyes and saw Cairo awake beside me. He was enjoying himself and honestly, I'd been questioning myself how can he be awake while I'm asleep.I carefully stood up and looked around me. Duke was already gone and so was his clothes on the sofa. He probably went to work again. I sighed in disappointment and carried Cairo to his crib before I went to the tub and ready myself for a quick bath. After filling up the tub, I went out of the bathroom and saw Lory already changing Cairo's diaper and baby clothes. I watched her do it so the next time, I can do it on my own. It wasn't hard to watch, but when Lory made me try it, only then I figured how hard it can be."I think I need private lessons for this one, Lory." I blurted out and I heard her laughing at what I said."Let me take care of that now, Lycan Queen." Lory took the wipes from my hand. "Go and take a shower, the Lycan King is waiting downstairs for you two.""What?" I asked
Avery Elise's P. O. V.The sound of a machine beeping beside me was the one that's keeping me awake. My vision was spinning and wasn't clear when I roamed my eyes around me.There was no one beside me and the place was all white. There are a lot of flowers and fruits on the table. But what confuses me more was the fact that there's an oxygen mask connected to me and I couldn't move my whole body without feeling pain at all.I closed my eyes and tried to remember what happened, but the last thing I can remember is we're on our way home. I heard when the door opened and someone came in. I couldn't open my eyes yet so I remained still and not moving when I felt someone holding my hand."I hope she wakes up soon." It was Tricia's voice! "Cairo wouldn't sleep well at night without looking for her. Poor baby, he had been expecting his mother's touch."Cairo? What happened to my baby? Is he okay?If I am in this pain, then what about my child? I need to get out of here and get to him!"She
Avery Elise's P. O. V.The next week, I was preparing to go to the mall with my son, but Lory stopped me, telling me that my baby's not ready yet for some kind of activities like that. I quickly felt guilty for what I planned to do and I felt like being a terrible mother already, but I have to stop myself from throwing a fit. Though when I'm alone at night, I couldn't help but to cry and hope that Duke is beside us."You're getting thinner, Avery." Dad pointed out. "Have you been stressing yourself a lot? Again?"I shake my head and twist my pasta in my fork. We're at my mother's grave house and paying her a visit today."I'm fine—""No, you're not. Lory told me that you haven't been eating well and in time if not for Valerie forcing you to do so. Though your cousin is not with you most of the time, Avery." Dad said in a strict voice. "Look at your eyes, obviously you're not sleeping well. Do you want to get sick?"I boredly looked up to my dad, not caring about his lectures at all.
Avery Elise's P. O. V."Ready?" My father held my hand while looking outside of the window. We were the last one they called to come in here so I wouldn't be able to intervene with the official members of the council.From now on, to avoid making mistakes just like the last time from the past, there'll be a council meeting and to see who are the rogues that can be forgiven. The council was made to review and study the behaviors of the rogues who will come to me. It'll be led by the chosen leaders of every race by the Moon Goddess.Our job was simple to discuss, but hard to do. So everyone was preparing a lot. This is the only way we have to keep the peace and for the Moon Goddess's threats to not happen. If they were to harm me, they would all lose their abilities and start weakening. The first ones to agree were the vampires, as they were dead from the inside already and losing their abilities meant losing their life too. Next was the werewolves, especially that I came from their
Avery Elise's P. O. V.I clutched my head when I slowly opened my eyes after I woke up. I looked around me and saw Duke in the corner. He was eyeing me differently.I sat on the bed and roamed my eyes around me, realizing where I was, I faced Duke to ask a question when I suddenly remembered what happened.I bit my lower lip, I should've listened to Lory and stayed in my room. I should've just made Tricia go there and let Duke know that I want my dad inside."What time is it?" I asked in a small voice.Duke went to the table and he handed me water so I accepted it before he sat down beside me. His eyes never leave mine."It's dinner time." Duke simply said and took the water from me. "Now tell me who your real father is."I froze after hearing his direct answer. Duke didn't even stroll just to have the answer he's looking for.I avoided my eyes from his direction. "Can you let him come here, please?" "Not until you tell me the truth. Why does your uncle claim that he's your father?"