Helena’s P.O.V.
“Please write Helena and Zayden on the cake, Mr. Max.”The bakery owner was arguing for the past five minutes to write Alpha and Luna on the cake instead. I wasn’t a Luna yet; the love of my Pack mates really warmed my heart.“It’s your second wedding anniversary, Luna Helena. Alpha will arrange a Luna Ceremony soon.”Old Max blessed me with countless best wishes and eventually agreed to accept my request. It was an intimate moment for me and my perfect husband, Alpha Zayden, how could I add worldly positions to ruin this.I was planning to buy a nice present after ordering the cake, but Beta Alex informed me.“Luna Helena, Alpha is calling you to the office.”“Such an impatient man!”Zayden’s husky whispers from breakfast echoed in my mind, his lovely gestures made me forget to tell him about my failing health.“I will ask Liam for an appointment with the Head doctor.”My twin brother Liam was studying medicine in a college, his skill in medicinal techniques was our wolf-less brother-sister’s pride. I rode Beta Alex’s Mercedes to the Pack house and walked towards Alpha’s office on the third floor.On my way, I replied to everyone’s greetings with a gentle smile, their glimmering faces depicted their love for Alpha. As I entered the main corridor, flirtatious laughter slithered in my ears.“You are the same Zayn I met three years ago. You haven’t changed a bit.”This symphony was a bombshell of realization, my mind went blank for a moment. I barged into Alpha’s office without permission, a deadly beauty sitting by my husband’s side confirmed my deepest dreads.“Sylvia?”How could I forget this woman? My husband’s ex-fiancé, Sylvia, was an heir of a famous Alpha bloodline, her confidence was challenging me with their exemplary love before my marriage.“You should knock on the door first!”Zayden’s Alpha tone boomed in the office; his serious voice was as magnetic as his Samson-like personality. His raven locks were a deadly addition to his fair skin, the devil-may-care look was his significant feature.But his cold tone made me feel strange, he never asked me to knock before.“My apologies, Zayden. Beta Alex conveyed to me your message, what can I do for you?”“You have to arrange a room for Sylvia’s stay here.”As his wife, it was my duty to welcome his guests; otherwise, my sixth sense was hinting me to kick her ass out.“I will ask the servants to prepare a guest room in the Pack house for our honorable guest. Sylvia, please feel…”Zayden raised his brow and cut me off.“I wasn’t done with my command, Helena!”I gulped a lump in my throat with great difficulty, as Zayden rose from his spot, his 1.94 m frame was appearing mightier than usual. He stretched his palm before Sylvia, which she gladly held, and spoke in an unsmiling voice.“I said that you will clean Savvy’s room, as she is the true Luna of the Moon Howlers Pack. No one knows it better than you. Isn’t it?”Zayden’s icy, echoing voice slithered into my ears, he excluded an air of detachment. My heart sank, as these words hit my mind like a sledgehammer. I almost cried out.“I am your wife, Zayden. Why are you talking to me like this?”“Wife?”The corner of his lips curled up in a mean smirk and suddenly, his emerald green eyes were ablaze with rage.“Sylvia is standing right before your eyes and still, you have the guts to call yourself Luna?You were right, Savvy. Strong evidence is required to confront a shameless person like her.”My mind was wheezing under the storm of shocking events, first Sylvia, and now evidence of my non-existent crime. No problem, I didn’t commit any crime in my life.Zayden took out an envelope from his black coat pocket and threw it over my face.“This evidence has shown me your true colors, Helena. You hid your scheming nature so well that I never suspected your acting! What a fool I was!”I opened the letter with trembling hands, my vision was getting blurry because of tears pooling in my eyes.“Alpha Zayden,Please allow me to apologize to you for the offense I have committed.Two years ago, a mother-daughter couple approached me to hit a black car and offered twenty thousand dollars for it. I accepted this offer to save my mate’s life, her critical situation forced me to assist them.But when I came to know that this evil plan was made by your wife Helena and her mother, I realized the gravity of my sin. In addition to attacking the Alpha couple, I was tricked into breaking your marriage to Miss Sylvia, it crushed my heart with regret.This is the money and gemstone necklace they gave me after work.I hope you can forgive me for my crime.Sam.”“This is fake!”My head blew away with the absurdity of this letter, I stepped forward and placed my hand on his cheek.“Please trust me, Zayden. I don’t know any person with this name. I…”Zayden jerked my hand away and thundered in fury.“How dare you question an Alpha’s conduct? You think I am a stupid who is unaware of the word investigation!”Then, he flashed a small plastic bag containing a delicate gemstone necklace.“Everything can be fake, but not this necklace. Isn’t it the same rare moonstone necklace which your father gifted to your mother?”The intensity of this shock rendered me speechless; I kept looking at him wide-eyed. The contempt, accusation, and now this fake evidence was not enough for him, Zayden held my chin tightly and spat out.“You and your mother deliberately planned to replace Sylvia from Luna’s position. You even used your mother’s death to achieve all this for you. You disgust me, Helena!”My hand flew to my mouth to muffle an involuntary shriek.“What?”I stepped back, as his hurtful words pierced through my heart. How could he slander my dead mother like this?“My mother sacrificed her life to save mom and dad, it wasn’t a conspiracy.”I tried to sound defensive, but my shaky voice deserted me, revealing my emotional injury to amuse Sylvia. She placed her head on Zayden’s wide chest and mocked me with a suggestive wiggle of her brows.I felt my throat tighten up, as all my efforts could barely hold back the tears that threatened to spill. Zayden might have spotted tears in my eyes, as a look of great bitterness swept across his face.“Stop pretending!You knew that I was already engaged with Savvy, but still, you squeeze yourself into my life. Do you know how unfair is this to me?”He wrapped his arm around Sylvia’s slender waist, hatred, and distrust were clearly written on his face. His accusing glare was shooting flaring daggers at me, slashing my soul into pieces.Tears ran down my eyes, as I closed them, my lips wobbled when an incoherent begging escaped my mouth.“I didn’t. Please…” Zayden disregarded my “Please”, like I was a convicted criminal, his Alpha tone reverberated in the office.“Arrest this vile woman!”“No!”My frail knees refused to bear my weight anymore, I landed on the ground with a loud thud.“You can’t do this to me, Zayden. I am your wife. We love each other!”I begged meekly and tried to grab his leg, but he stepped back and pushed me aside. As Beta Alex was hesitant to arrest me, Zayden roared in anger.“Lock this woman in the death cell. I don’t want to see her again.”Helena's P.O.V.“This is an arranged marriage. Don’t expect me to behave like a traditional husband!”.“You are indeed a good administrator, Luna Helena. I admire your intelligence.”.“I don’t know when, but your love has taken over my heart. I would like to spend my whole life with you, Helly.”.These scenes of our two years of marriage were flashing before my eyes, laughing at me in the darkness of the death cell. Being married to an Alpha was challenging, not to mention my mighty husband, Alpha Zayden Ellsworth, whose name was the epitome of power and control.Keeping up with his regal taste as a wolf-less partner was difficult, it took me a long time to win Zayden’s favor. Gradually, my dedication found its way to his heart, he fell in love with me. We were even planning to have a baby!On the night of my second wedding anniversary, I was lying on the silver floor of the prison, shuffling my memory to find a single day when I didn’t work hard to prove myself. “A daughter of a s
Zayden’s P.O.V.Firstly, Helena’s problem and now, an unexpected rogue’s attack fucked my brain, I had to regulate warriors by myself to defeat them. How on earth did they grow strong despite all the restrictions?Anyhow, I returned to my office to deal with an unending heap of files alone, my Beta Alex was still busy with the border affairs. The heavenly aroma of coffee greeted me there, soothing my tensed muscles. I picked up that cup from the table and took a sip and coughed uncontrollably.“What the Hell! Is it coffee or candy?”The duty guard, Allen, came into my office immediately.“What’s your command, Alpha?”I banged that cup on the table.“Who made this coffee?”He bowed his head in respect.“I did, Alpha.”His simple response skyrocketed my anger, I yelled at him. “Why did you touch my coffee mug? Go and ask Helly…”As soon as Helly’s name slipped out of my tongue, a realization hit me hard.Helena was in prison on murder charges!I pushed my fury aside, and walked towards
Helena's P.O.V.“What did you do to my brother?”My words came out as a shriek, the murderous glint in Sylvia’s eyes sank my heart. Liam was too innocent to defend himself against that vicious woman.“Not yet! But unfortunately, many things can happen to that human mutt, Helena. You know that he even tried to argue with Zayn for you.”She giggled, savoring the memory in her mind.“One punch! All it took was one punch to silence that childish opposition. He was lucky enough that Zayn aimed for his mouth; otherwise, you can imagine what could happen if it landed on his chest!”The hidden threat in her words knocked out the sense from my head, struggling to process what I just heard. My Liam was beaten by Zayden himself, there was no chance in Hell he could survive like this.“No, it’s not true. Zayden is not like that!”Sylvia listened to me with great interest, while fanning her face with a confession paper.“Oh, really!”She giggled, as if I was telling her a joke.“Zayden readily bel
Helena’s P.O.V.The noise of two men talking nonstop pierced through my ears, forcing me to flick my eyes open. White walls, beeping monitors made me realize that I was alone in a hospital room, but who were those men outside?As I was regaining consciousness slowly, my hazy mind was finding it difficult to process that loud conversation. But as soon as the haziness dissipated, a lightning bolt struck me.“Liam! Where is my brother?”The scenes of false accusation, Sylvia’s threat and that near-to-death experience came crashing to my mind, a wave of desolation washed over me. My eyes welled up as Zayden’s cold face flashed before my eyes, my misty vision didn't help me to see the person who just entered the room.“Oh, you are awake. I’ll report to Alpha right now.”That hurried man rushed out to see Alpha Jerald, I rubbed my teary eyes and got up slowly. “Ahh!”A whimper escaped my mouth as my left shoulder was in immense pain, the heavy bandage had immobilized it. That wolf’s claw wa
Helena’s P.O.V. “Mr. Hensley is here!” Who is this Mr. Hensley? My heart was in a fucking one-hundred-meter sprint, dreading on a hidden enemy’s planning to harm our wolf-less brother-sister duo. Alpha Jerald had saved our lives, but now it felt that he would be a reason for our blooded ending. Perhaps, Alpha mind-linked his warrior, that stern-faced man vanished in thin air and returned briefly with a guest. “Come in!” I even forgot to breathe in anticipation and clutched my bed covers to my chest protectively. There was a slim possibility that the intruder would refuse to recognize me or took pity on a pregnant woman. However, all my reservations were eased to see the man walking inside the room. A tall middle-aged man, with a muscular body indicating that he was a strong warrior, came into the hospital room, his worried expressions were the same as mine. His regal grace, expensive attire, and the curiosity in those hazel orbs was a sign that he was a noble man. He bowed his h
Zayden’s P.O.V. “I, Helena Hensley, accept all the allegations against me with clear conscience. Blinded by the hunger of power, my mother and I orchestrated a death trap for the Alpha couple of the Moon Howlers Pack and pretended to save them in order to get the approval for marriage. Everything was according to our plan, but Sylvia’s unfortunate return unveiled our true intentions. As the Luna position has been claimed by its rightful owner, please consider accepting my written confession and punish me as you see fit.” I read that written confession signed by Helena once, then twice and then thrice. But still couldn’t find its connection with her sudden shift to another prison. “Where are you, Helena?” Perhaps, the prison in charge had changed the location of the cell temporarily, as the rogues arrested from the previous battle were to be locked in the special dungeons. So, I mind-linked my Beta Alex; although, he was busy in the border security matters. “Meet me at the dea
Helena’s P.O.V. Five years later “Mommy, I can’t move now.” After walking through the gate, my little angel Scarlett pouted, pretending to be tired. Those cute expressions on my daughter’s face were enough to crush any stranger’s heart, how could my innocent son Ashton dodge this bullet? Before I could say something, he hurriedly said. “Give it to me, Scarlett.” “Thank you, bro.” Scarlett immediately gave that small handbag in her hand to Ashton, and now she was holding only her darling Barbie doll. I watched my twins’ drama live and reprimanded my little angel. “Scarlett, you are bullying your brother again. Very bad!” We walked towards the lift of the building, my gaze fell on my son’s red face, who was dragging two bags alone. Scarlett giggled and tugged his arm like a spoiled brat. “My brother is powerful like a lion, mommy.” Ashton’s obsession with the Lion King movie acted as a savior for Scarlett, her praise puffed his chest with pride. He wiped his sweaty forehead pr
Helena's P.O.V. “Not again!” The problem of these strange whispers was getting serious day by day. First, I only heard them in my dreams, but now they have broadened their horizon to torment me in the normal daily life routine too. I took a deep breath and composed myself, as the tower of icy dominance had turned to face me. “Yes?” I cleared my throat and displayed my laptop in front of him. “These are my new designs, please have a look.” He grasped my laptop and scrolled through the slides with several lines on his forehead, but my hand flew to my mouth when I raised my head to see his face. The bastard from the elevator? These words rolled out of my mouth as a whisper, I bit my tongue immediately. That angry man lowered his head and squinted his eyes at me, as if he had heard his praise. After the intense eye contact of a brief moment, he handed my laptop to Mr. Smith, and spoke like he wasn’t furious before. “Finalize these designs for the client. I’m glad that someone in