Fear gripped Kyra in its clutches and she opened her mouth to let out scream, but the scream never made it past her throat. It was almost like something was obstructing it.Her limbs locked in fear, and she couldn’t move out of the way. No matter how much she tried to will her body to, she remained in the same position.Kyra closed her eyes and instinctively tried to bend her body to protect her baby, but a strong hand gripped her by the elbow and yanked her out of harm's way at the very last minute.The force threw her against the chest of her savior, knocking her out of the haze she was about to fall into.“Shhh, you are fine. You are alright,” the stranger's voice was deep and soothing. He rubbed her back with his large palm as he whispered words of comfort to her.Kyra jerked back to look up at the face of the man who had just saved her and her unborn baby from being trampled to death, he was unfamiliar, and he was not wearing the uniform of the guards in Anton’s palace. He was d
“What’s wrong? I said we need to leave here now!” There was fear in his eyes and his chide was shaky.Kyra turned back to the man, “I know that we need to leave, it’s just that I…” she paused as she observed the man’s face. He looked young and around mid-twenties. He might not be dressed in royal clothes, but his clothes were neat, and his hair was well arranged. “How did you save me?”“Pardon?” The man looked stupefied and at a loss because of her question.Kyra quickly recognized that she had not asked the question in the right way, “What I meant to ask was how were you able to pull me out of harm’s way at the last minute? Were you standing behind me?”Now, it was the stranger’s turn to look confused, “You are supposed to be rushing to safety, not asking how I was able to save you.”“I need to know how you did it because I was standing with a friend of mine and some guards. They were unable to save me, but you did.” She had not noticed the man before the rogue’s incident happened. S
Kyra and Gerald remained in their hidden spot in the alley until the rogues rode past and the sounds of the hooves of their horses hitting the ground could no longer be heard. While in hiding, Kyra made Gerald tell her everything about the rogues and all the havoc they’ve wrecked since they found a way into Anton’s pack. There were a few times she wanted to stop him from talking because of how bad the things the rogues had done were, but she was the one who asked and encouraged him to speak, she needed to stilled her heart and listen.“Where did you think they went to attack today? They did not waste too much time.”“Well, we cannot know until the dust has settled. Every so often they just drive around to scare people, but they still end up causing one problem or the other. Like how they would have trampled you to death if I hadn’t saved you.”Kyra shivered as she was reminded of how she nearly died some minutes ago. She had seen her life flash before her eyes and thought that it was
“Five people are dead?” Kyra gasped as her heart squeezed in dread.A cold chill raced down her spine because she knew that it would have been six people with her being the sixth person had she not been pulled out of the road on time by Gerald. She owed him her and her baby’s life.“Yes, they were unable to get out of the way quickly enough, they were stepped on by the horses of those mad dogs. There was nothing that could have been done to save them. They died instantly.” Mrs. Agatha’s voice cracked and it looked like she was going to break down.“Oh God,” Kyra’s eyes watered and she slapped her hand over her mouth to stop herself from gagging as the image of mutilated bodies appeared in her mind.“Now, Mrs. Agatha, I know everyone is unhappy about what’s going on but don’t bring Lady Kyra into this.” There was a disapproving frown on Gerald’s face as he tried to stop Mrs. Agatha again, “The alpha king is already working hard to solve this problem. She has nothing to do with all of t
Somehow, their pursuers never caught up with them. Gerald was able to help her escape successfully.“Lady Kyra, why don’t I help you look for a carriage that will take you home?” Gerald asked her, his breathing heavily labored.Kyra actually had the grace to look embarrassed and she was panting as her eyes dropped to the ground, “I do not want to wait behind, I really want to go home, but I don’t have any money with me,” she said as she focused on kicking invisible pebbles on the floor. She was too ashamed to glance up at Gerald, she would rather not see the look on his face. He must be so surprised right now. What grown up walks around without money and she also looked rich, it was really embarrassing. “Alright then. Since you have no money with you, I could give some to you.” Gerald said almost immediately after she told him of her poor state and empty pocket.“Eh?” Kyra’s head snapped up so fast that Gerald winced, scared that she would have a whiplash. “I said I will give you
Somehow, minutes into the hours and the tears stopped flowing down Kyra’s face. It was not because she wanted to stop crying, but it was mostly because she no longer had tears in her eyes and her head was beginning to hurt badly.She sat in her seat, staring blankly into space. She did not know where they were right now but the carriage had slowed down after going too fast to escape her pursuers like thirty minutes ago. So she knew that they had outrun her pursuers and they might be in the capital already given how long they’ve been riding.Kyra did not notice when the carriage stopped moving. She snapped back the present, a loud scream tearing out of her when someone knocked on the door of the carriage.Kyra looked around wide-eyed and disoriented for a moment before she realized that they had stopped, and it was just the driver knocking on the door of the carriage.She scooted over to the end of her seat and pushed the door open.“My Lady, we are in the capital already. Where is you
Kyra spent a long time crying in Anton’s hand. She did not know where the tears came from when minutes ago she thought she had no more tears left, but she could not stop it from flowing freely like a damn river had burst open inside her when she saw Anton.Relief and joy were the feelings that occupied her chest when she smelt his familiar scent of lemons and when his arms wrapped around her. She had tried to be strong so that she could survive the whole rogue ordeal but now that she was in his arms, she could finally be at peace. She felt like she'd come home and could relax and allow him to take over. Kyra could not understand these feelings of hers but it scared her. It scared her shitless that she felt safe and comfortable around him when weeks ago she’d been apprehensive and refused to allow him touch her. Today, she was the one running into his arms with reckless abandon and letting him hug her.Kyra cried until she was spent and fell asleep in his arms while they were still st
A man was not supposed to undress a woman who was not his wife not to talk of inspecting her naked body for injuries because it was frowned upon by culture, but here was Anton who had done exactly that to her but finds nothing wrong with it. How does his brain process things anyway?There were plenty of maids in the palace and she also had Cynthia so why did he undress her by himself? Was he a pervert or—“You are yet to answer my question of if you are okay. Why do you keep zoning out?” He poked her forehead with his pointy finger.His brows were furrowed with a frown of concern.“I’m fine you don’t need to worry too much,” Kyra said at the same time her stomach gave a loud rumble of hunger.Kyra slapped her hand over her stomach and her cheeks tinted pink in embarrassment, especially when she saw the teasing look that appeared on Anton’s face.“I guess you might be zoning out because of hunger. It does a lot of strange things to people,” he was saying as he got up, “Let's get some f
“No, calm down,” Kyra tried to suppress her wolf, but it was impossible. She could feel her fangs elongating and her claws coming out, so she turned to flee down the hall. “Kyra! What’s wrong?” She could hear Tristan's voice right behind her and knew that he was following her. “No, no,” Kyra was chanting in her head, but her wolf was refusing to cooperate. She should never have accepted to dance with Tristan in the first place when she knew that all she wanted to do was sink her claws in his chest and bring out his heart then feed it to dogs. Kyra wanted him dead! She should never have listened to Anton and danced with him. Now, her wolf was going to come out and get in a fight with him. She was not only going to scatter the ceremony that was going on, she might end up dead because Tristan was an alpha and by right, he was stronger than she was. Though she knew that Anton would not let Tristan kill her, she did not want to ruin their plan.Kyra kept shoving people out of her way
What in the name of the moon goddess was going on? Everything seemed to be happening in the opposite direction of all her plans and Kyra was having big issues with keeping up.First, she almost lost control of her wolf and ruined the party, but Tanya’s entrance brought an end to that. Secondly, Tanya wore the same gown as her, and it caused people to start whispering bad things about her. Not that they were not already going so but it just seemed to increase their hate for her.“How have you been? Are you fine?”Thirdly, she was not seated with Anton or Tanya. She was alone and had to do most of her things herself, and she just had to be seated on the same table as her own father and directly beside him too.She had been too distracted by Tanya, who was explaining why they had the same gown on and listening to her apology to pay attention to the people sitting around the table she was assigned to. Why was her seat on the same table as her father? Who sabotaged her like this?“Kyra? Yo
“Ohh, and here comes the beautiful woman whom everyone is rooting for to become alpha Anton’s Luna,”“She’s so beautiful. Oh goodness,”“Kyra refused to attend the other ceremonies. Does she think she’s above them?”“I think she’s trying to act mysterious,”“Why are the two women coming in at the same time?”“I’m sure that Kyra knew Tanya would be coming in at this particular time and is trying to overshadow her,”“Wait, look, they are even wearing the same dress.”“What’s going on here?”Kyra’s mine immediately deviated from her wolf who was trying hard to come out, even her wolf calmed down as Kyra turned around to look behind her. Truly, like people were saying, Tanya has just stepped in, and she was wearing the exact dress that Kyra was wearing.Kyra’s mouth dropped open in shock. Tanya’s hair was also styled the same with hers, and they had on the same jewelry. What was going on? This was not part of the plan.Tanya picked out a bright red dress that complimented her dark red hai
Kyra hit her fist on her chest. She felt like she was choking up but then she realized that she’s been holding her breath. She opened her mouth and breathed in through it and her nose at the same time and felt her lungs clearing up.The long awaited day was finally here and Kyra could not help the feeling of nervousness that was threatening to overwhelm her. She was sweating even when the weather was cool and her chest was tight with anxiety. She hoped that everything would go smoothly and as they had planned.“Miss Kyra, you need to stand upright so that I can arrange your gown properly,” Cynthia said behind Kyra and she realized that she was hunched over. She didn't even know when it happened “Okay,” Kyra said as she stood upright and she stared at Cynthia who was concentrating on her work through the full-length mirror in front of her. She might not have liked Cynthia at first glance but she did now. This young girl has helped her in more ways than one and she was usually the fir
As Kyra hugged Tanya close, her eyes fell on Anton who was watching their action. Kyra did not know if what she felt for him was love or just gratitude but she knew that there was a vast difference between her feelings for Tanya and her feelings for Anton.She’s been shoving these feelings down because she knew that they might not be given the opportunity to explore them. And also because she knew that Anton could never be with a woman like her. They were not mates and she was not a woman in the society. She was the daughter of an alpha and would have been a suitable march but all of that changed when her mate made her a slave by selling her off.“Come one, Tanya, how long will you keep hugging her for?” Anton said when the big began to last for more than two minutes.Tanya pulled away from Kyra and made a face at Anton, “Stop being jealous. You can hug her too,”Anton sneered at her, “I can hug her anytime I want,”“Awwwn, I keep saying it that the both of you will make a great coup
“I’ll be hosting the ball next week,” Anton said while they were eating dinner that night after Kyra was done with her training with Herod. Kyra was sitting to his right and Tanya to his left in the dining room.Kyra’s hand tightened around her glass of wine as her heart began to drum with anticipation. The day was finally drawing closer and nothing was going to stop her anymore.“Hmm, the ball,” Tanya hummed, “The ball we’ve been waiting for is finally here again this year,”Anton hosted a ball to celebrate his pack for its riches and fruitfulness at this time of the year every year. It’s been like this for centuries and he was only following the culture his ancestors made.While it was a celebratory season for Anton and his pack, other alphas saw it as an opportunity to meet other alphas and build connections.“Yeah, and all alphas and their Lunas will be invited.” Anton turned to face Kyra, his brows were furrowed with concern, “Your first mate is going to be here too. Are you sure
Kyra was bent over the toilet as she retched. She’s been like that for a few minutes and right now, her throat was hurting badly, and the same could be said for her insides. She felt like she was about to vomit all her insides out, her throat was burning like she drank acid.When the urge to vomit finally died and her insides became calm, Kyra sat back on the floor of the toilet as she wiped her mouth with the back of her hand.She raised her hand up to look at it and saw blood. She kept staring at it like it was something foreign, but she did not look surprised at all; this was not the first time she was vomiting blood.It started two months ago with her just coughing up a small amount but with time, it became worse and now, she threw up lots of blood every now and then.She was dying, Kyra knew this for sure, but she was not panicking. She was very close to her goal, she was not going to let whatever it was that was wrong with her ruin everything. She would hold out until she had ki
Just as Anton thought, he could not sleep that night, so he stood by his window and thought about all his weird feelings since the day he first set his eyes on Kyra.At first, he had been so comfortable with pushing everything on to his wolf, but tonight was an eye-opener for him. He just realized that he cared deeply for her, and he did not want to lose her. Even right now, his hands were still cold and clammy, and he still felt uncomfortable with leaving Kyra with Tanya, but Tanya was his friend and he trusted her to look after Kyra.“Yeah, the same way you trusted her before, and she threw her to the rogues!”“That was a one-time thing, and she already apologized and even brought Kyra back from that phase of shock,”“Yeah, whatever,” his wolf grumbled before he started to run around Anton’s head again, demanding that they return to check up on Kyra.Anton held himself back. He had already put fear in the hearts of everyone in his palace today, both big and small, by raising the al
“Kyra,” Anton called before he rushed over to where she was huddled on the floor. He wanted to wrap his arms around and pull her out so he could hug her close and know that she was finally safe, but he hesitated.She was staring straight ahead and when he placed himself in her line of focus, it looked as if she was not seeing him. She was staring through him while rocking and muttering words he could not hear.“Kyra?” He slowly moved to knee in front of her as he waved his hand in front of her face, but no reaction came from her. Anton was confused on what to do. He has never seen anything like this before, but she appeared the same way she was when she went into shock after her miscarriage. He was scared that if he touched her, he would spook her and there would be problems.He moved back and faced Cynthia, “Go out and tell the guards that she had been found. Everyone can go back to their duty post and call the doctor.”“Doctor? Is she hurt, Anton?” Tanya asked with widened eyes as