CHAPTER 59
Roberta’s POVIt was a beautiful day.The sun shone brightly into my room as I lay down on my bed, facing the window.The view outside the window was breathtaking. There were countless flower vases lined up by the window pane. The sun's light helped to accentuate the beauty of the flowers as their sweet scent filled the atmosphere.They looked and smelled just like the ones Vincenzo had planted in the garden at the palace for me.A small smile drew itself across my face as my mind began to bombard me with the fond memories that Vincenzo and I shared in that garden.“They are just like the ones I planted for you, aren't they?”, I heard a familiar voice ask behind me.It cannot be.I rapidly sat up on my bed and turned my head a few inches to the left of my bed where I had heard the sound for.True to my suspicions, it was Vincenzo standing there, lookinRoberta's POV:Happiness, a never attaining illusion that I had deceived myself into thinking I had finally attained. But such was never the tale of the pack reject.How did I get here where all I can do is watch my mate be happy in the arms of my cousin with everyone applauding them.Even the room that I was given, the first I ever owned, was being turned inside out as Charlotte stood guard for her minions to tear everything apart.But when a maid grabbed my most prized possession and I tried to rescue it, a hot slap was delivered and I could do nothing but take the hits from the one I once called my sister.The hits stopped and I heard Charlotte screaming at someone to get the f*** out. Whoever this stranger was, he didn't say anything to her but placed a hand on my face. Instant relief flooded my system.“I said, who the hell are you and what right do you have to interfere in my affairs?!" Charlotte screamed at the man whose presence screamed power. I did not know who this man was
Roberta's POV: Today was the day I was to leave, somehow I woke up and forgot all about Alpha Narcisse asking Alpha Sebastian to take me with him. His beta, Beta Manuel nicely reminded me when I nearly had a panic attack from seeing my things, or what was left of it outside the palace doors. But just to try my luck, I thought to talk to Elijah, maybe he could reverse this verdict. Even if it would be out of spite, I was willing to take that risk. What is the worst that could possibly happen anyway? After all I have heard of Alphas who rejected their moon blessed but kept them around the pack. I was willing to risk it. “Are you out of your fucking mind? Why do you think you can come in here in the first place? Did you hear me stutter when I rejected you? Get out of my sight, at least have the decency to go with the person that wants you for whatever reason!" Elijah said to me so heartlessly that I ran out of his room. This just got so much worse. Just as I ran out of the ballroo
Alpha Narcisse's POV:“My room is next door and can be accessed through here. You are welcome anytime." As soon as those words left my mouth, I wanted to slap myself across the face.Ever since I laid my eyes on this female at her rejection, there has been this inexplicable urge to draw close to her. Saving her from that pack remains my best decision yet. But keeping her safe was my next target.If she thought her pack was scary, they would eat her alive and spit her out in no time here. Exactly how I trained them to be. We did not get our title by sitting around campfires.And there was only one person that I could trust with this special assignment. Natalie, my second in command after Manuel.She was perfect for the job. I'll do that tomorrow or so, I need to ensure that she has settled into her new home properly.Just as I closed her room door behind me I saw Natalie walking towards my room. I guess I was doing it right now.“Alpha Narcisse, welcome home. Was your trip successful?
Roberta's POV: What just happened? I touched my lips that still tingled from the kiss that it was just given. Was he going to accept me as his mate or was I in for another rude awakening? I didn't lock the door when I came in so I slowly pulled the handle open and what I saw scattered the illusion that I was under. Alpha Narcisse was having a conversation with Natalie which immediately reminded me of her words when he left me alone with her for about two minutes today. “So you are the reject that he brought back? Don't think so much into it, you are yet another stray. I truly wonder what magic he expects me to perform with you." Natalie had said to me as her face had taken a sneer. But the second I felt Alpha Narcisse's eyes on me, her language changed and her face brightened like I had imagined her words. What in the world was happening? But seeing him outside his chambers at this time was telling me that she was more than just an assistant. There was a relationship there
Alpha Narcisse's POV: It was getting more difficult for me to spend some time with Roberta these days because of work. Yesterday I noticed some bruises on her arms and when I asked her she said it was nothing. Silly girl, when was she going to learn that she was a terrible liar. Manuel told me about the incident at the market. I was mad, not just because it happened but because they didn't defend themselves. What exactly has Natalie been doing with her these days?! Natalie strode into my office at that moment. “Alpha Narcisse, it looks like you need a break." Natalie said to me as she got on my desk and crossed her legs at her knees. The gesture made the coat she wore to open up and reveal the garter she had on. I turned away and picked up the documents I was working on earlier. “Come on, it's been far too long. I know you miss it too." Natalie said to me and went on to unbutton the coat. “Go away, Natalie. I'm working." I said to her with disinterest because she was definitel
CHAPTER 6Vincenzo’s POVI watched Roberta steadily and we both strolled through the primrose garden outside my courtyard. The sun had made most of its way across the sky just to kiss the earth, and the moon had begun to peak.I watched as the moonbeams fought to pass through her luscious, dark hair and scatter around her face. I felt her body tremble when I wrapped my hands around her tender waist and pulled her into myself for a kiss. After I pulled away, the image on her face was priceless. Her deep blue eyes shone in the dark and her lips were parted in confusion. It took everything in me not to smile. As I trail my hands firmly down her hips, I notice her wince as my hand brushes her right side.“What is that?” I asked sternly. She immediately pushed my hands away.“It’s nothing. I fell in the bath”, she said hastily.This little lamb could never fool me.I scanned the garden thoroughly to make sure that all the guards were far behind.After making sure that we were alone, I s
CHAPTER 7MANUEL’S POVI watched as Lucia paced wearily outside Roberta’s room, waiting for her to unlock the door. She had run to her room in tears and locked the door behind her after her walk in the garden with Vincenzo. I wonder what he said.Finally, she opened the door and her red, swollen face popped out.“What happened to you?” Lucia demanded, holding Roberta's face in her small hands. She sniffed and pouted, her eyes a bright pink shade.“Was it Natalie? I don’t understand who you won’t just tell Alpha…”“He doesn’t believe me”, she cut her off.“Oh”, I muttered softly. Lucia pulled her towards herself and hugged her gently.“I just want to rest”, Roberta said.Lucia nodded understandingly and stepped back, allowing Roberta to close the door.As soon as she turned around, I was in front of her.“Hello birdie”, I sang. My chest tingled at the level of proximity. “Hey”, she answered wearily. I knew that she was happy to see me, but she was just concerned about her best friend
CHAPTER 8ROBERTA’S POV“You’re a little late. That’s unlike you” Brandon said. I giggled childishly at him as I hopped towards where he stood.He stood brightly beside a tree with a big woven basket in his hand. His blonde hair shone brightly under the sun.“Well, I had to be extra careful around the stream”, I answered. He laughed and lent me his hand to help me step down from the rock I climbed.“I brought fresh fruits for our picnic”, he said, holding up the basket. I smiled and walked beside him.“I’m happy that I have you in my life”, I beamed.Suddenly, the air around us changed to a thick dark fog. I felt my throat closing each time I breathed it in.“You don’t deserve anything”, he said in a very sinister yet familiar voice. I gasped when he turned to me and peeled off the face I had been used to.After pulling apart every piece of skin, I was stunned to be standing face to face with Alpha Elij
CHAPTER 59Roberta’s POV It was a beautiful day.The sun shone brightly into my room as I lay down on my bed, facing the window.The view outside the window was breathtaking. There were countless flower vases lined up by the window pane. The sun's light helped to accentuate the beauty of the flowers as their sweet scent filled the atmosphere. They looked and smelled just like the ones Vincenzo had planted in the garden at the palace for me.A small smile drew itself across my face as my mind began to bombard me with the fond memories that Vincenzo and I shared in that garden.“They are just like the ones I planted for you, aren't they?”, I heard a familiar voice ask behind me.It cannot be.I rapidly sat up on my bed and turned my head a few inches to the left of my bed where I had heard the sound for.True to my suspicions, it was Vincenzo standing there, lookin
CHAPTER 58Manuel’s POVA soft, chilly breeze snuck its way into my room and caressed my face lightly, straightening out the wrinkles that had formed on my forehead as a result of the dream I had gotten the night before.I felt the memories of what I had sought in my dream slipping away as my eyes snapped open quickly, welcoming the fresh sighting of the morning.Without moving from my position, I moved my eyes to the window of my room.The curtains had been released from their cuffs, allowing them to dance around freely as the cold breeze pushed its way in.The routine movements of the curtains caused the dim light from outside to peek into the room a few times, but since the sun was barely out, there was not much light disturbance to be let into the room.I sighed and reached behind me, hoping to feel Natalie's warm body while she lay quietly asleep beside me on the bed.Instead o
CHAPTER 57Manuel's POV I seethed quietly as the old man stared deep in my eyes with an insulting smirk on his face.My reign is over?I scoffed lightly as I did my best to match his wicked gaze.“And do you already have a candidate to be the next Alpha King in mind?”I said, rubbing my left thumb against my other fingers while my right hand gripped the arm rest firmly.“That would be me”, a voice came from within the other council members.The person who had spoken stood up gently and faced me, trying his best not to seem intimidated by my eyes that were peering directly into his.“Alpha Stefan “, I snickered, sitting up on my chair.This should be an interesting meeting.His facial muscles tensed as he breathed heavily, refusing to be affected by the amusement that I did not even bother to hide. I could not hide it, even if I tried.“Of course. I'm sure
CHAPTER 56Natalie's POV The heavy shouting of the annoyed hunters reached my ears as I stood beside Manuel in the strategy room, listening to them rant about the poachers we had caught and what should be done to them.“I say we hang them in front of the city gates so that everyone else knows that we don't tolerate intruders “, one of them growled.The others growled in response at his vicious suggestion.I studied Manuel's expression as he looked from one of them to the other until his eyes had scanned through the whole group.I was sure that in his head, he was thinking about what monsters and animals they were, and he liked the reaction and the rage that radiated from them as they yelled angrily.That was one of the things Manuel and I had in common; our burning hunger for blood. That blood thirst was what made the hunters my favorite group of people in the entire territory. Not only did they go head to head with multiple beasts everyday and supply the territory with most of its
CHAPTER 55Charlotte's POV I yawned and stretched lazily on my bed as the intrusive streaks of sunlight pried their way into my eyes.I grimaced and sighed as I turned to the other side of my bed.I was surprised to bump into a hard wall of muscles when I turned to seek refuge from the light that came from my windows.I shifted away from it a little and squinted my eyes to try and steady my vision. It was Tarik, the hot guard whom I had started sleeping with.I sat up on the bed slowly and looked at his sexy figure as he breathed steadily.His endowed chest rose and fell steadily at the same pace with his breathing. “You know I can see you watching me, right”, he said in his deep morning voice.I stared blankly at him as he opened his eyes to meet mine and smirked at me.“Good morning Luna”, he greeted with a smug look on his face.I stared at him and tried to keep my expression unreadable, even though I really just wanted him to pin me down on the bed and dick me down just like he
CHAPTER 54Roberta's POV I stared blankly at Declan whose face was completely expressionless.He was so engulfed in his thoughts that he did not notice my eyes travel around his face.He looked deep in thought, and whatever he was thinking about, I could tell that it bothered him. It made him sad, even.“Are you okay?”, I asked.The faraway look immediately snapped out his eyes as he turned them to me at once.“I'm fine. It was a while ago”, he said, adjusting his position and leaving his eyes on me.Our eyes lingered on each other for a while before I sighed and looked back out the window.“It felt so real. I can't believe I even fell for it again”, I said and shook my head lightly.He looked at me with confusion plastered on his face.“Life has no good plans for me, Declan. It's like every time I accept that, something great just happens and I delusionally think that just for once, something nice could be mine”, I said tiredly.The room was quiet for a while as neither I nor Declan
CHAPTER 53 Declan’s POV The next time that Sheila and I had a deep conversation was two years after I had confessed my feelings. That was around the time that Vincenzo had just been crowned the Alpha King.For some reason, he had decided to make round trips to all the packs under his rulership. He claimed it was to check the quality of life that his subjects lived, but we all knew it was a way of showing off to all the Alpha's in the colony.It was his way of letting them all know that he had sovereignty and supremacy. He wanted to prove to everyone that he could be directly under their roofs and they still would not be able to harm him.To think that I admired him for it, and even got excited when my father told me that I would have the honour of showing the new Alpha King around during his stay in our pack.I liked having Vincenzo around.He was a good figure to look up to.He was only a couple of years older than me, yet he had beaten down every wolf that dared to raise an eyebro
CHAPTER 52Declan’s POV I pushed the door to Roberta's room open and walked inside. She was sitting at the window, like she always did.I could not see her face, but just from the aura around her, I could sense that she was in a very gloomy mood.Her face did not immediately snap to the door when she heard it open like it usually did.She did not even twitch in her spot as I took steady steps towards her.“How are you feeling, Berta?”, I asked as I paced myself in her direction. I saw her body move up and down as she sighed heavily. She tilted her head to the side, still not turning around to look at me.I circled around her and stood in front of her, looking down at her face.“You know, I can't even feel him anymore”, she said.I continued to stare at her, taking my seat on the window pane gently.“I hate when you do that. I'm trying to look out of the window and you're obstructing my view”, she said. There was more than just a hint of irritation in her voice.In fact, she sounded
CHAPTER 51Declan's POVI breathed out heavily and shook my head as I stood outside Roberta’s bedroom, preparing myself to go in and talk to her.It had been nearly three months since I first brought her home, and while I had let her wolf heal her speedily in the space of one week, I instructed the physicians to make sure she didn't heal as fast anymore.The dumb girl blamed her slow healing on her wolf, believing that it was dying because she had watched her children die and her mate had closed their bond so he wouldn't feel the hurt from watching her die too.She was so nice and trusting, it almost made me feel bad for using her to complement my plans.However, Vincenzo’s reign had started to crack from the minute he took her home to his pack, and if I did not milk that opportunity, then someone else would have.The way I saw it, the poor girl did not have a choice but to be used. If anything, she was lucky to end up with me who simply deceived her for information, instead of anothe