Kyra did exactly as Anton had ordered her. She swallowed her protest about sitting beside him on the chair reserved for his Luna and bent her head to focus on the delicious delicacies that had been laid out in front of her.The first time the maids brought the food and spread it out before her, her stomach gave a loud rumbling noise, and she wished the ground would open and swallow her, but that did not happen. She was so embarrassed she did not know where to look. She thought that Anton would tease her or worse, make a snarky remark about it, but he said nothing and instead gestured at the maids to bring her food faster.The first taste of the food nearly brought tears to her eyes. It’s been more than twenty-four hours since she had her last meal, and this one tasted so heavenly. Her father made sure she did not have anything to eat after she was caught trying to escape until she was sold off like a cow. She also refused to touch the food that was given to her when she landed and al
Anton has promised her that they would go for a walk together where he would show her the pack or her new home as he called it, but she never heard from him again until two days later when Cynthia barged into her room once more with different gowns on both of her arms. It made Kyra have a flashback about their lunch together that day. They never got to have dinner together because she was informed that he was busy and would take a rain check.“What are these clothes for?” Kyra asked Cynthia as she eyed the different colorful dresses. She already knew who they were from, so there was absolutely no reason to ask.“Alpha Anton sent them. You are going to a party with him.” Cynthia said as she gazed at the dresses with something akin to longing.“Eh?” Kyra itched her ears, “Sorry but did I just hear you say a party?”“Yes, and you need to prepare quickly because we can’t keep the alpha waiting. He’s not a very patient man.”“I’m not going to any party with him.” Kyra protested. She did
A wide and lovely smile spread across Anton’s face at Kyra’s compliment. Cynthia, who was still behind Kyra as she was the one who led her to where Anton was waiting gasped in shock as her eyes widened like saucers in her face.Did Anton just smile? She’s been serving him since she was a child no more than four, and he was also young at that time. She could not for the life of her remember ever seeing him smile. Not even when he was with his first mate did he smile so widely, but he just did it because Kyra called him handsome? Cynthia could not believe this. A suffocating feeling aroused in her chest and she could not breathe properly. Her hand slapped against her chest as she stumbled away, wheezing.“You think I’m handsome?” Anton was snooping down at Kyra, the both of them oblivious to Cynthia’s tiny frame that was stumbling away.“Forget I said that.” Anton’s smile widened, “Okay, if you say so.”Kyra sighed in relief when he dropped the topic of her complimenting him. “Shall
“Wh…what are you doing?” Kyra whisper yelled as she began to struggle in Anton’s arms almost immediately.“Hey, relax. You were having a panic attack, and I was trying to stop it.” Anton whispered, still holding her tightly against him and refusing to release her for fear that she would fall to the floor of the carriage and injure herself.“By carrying me in your arms?” Kyra looked at him like he had grown a horn in his head. His logic made no sense to her. “You believe that carrying me in your arms while I’m having a panic attack would stop it?” She was stupefied.“It stopped the panic attack, didn’t it? I don’t see you looking like you are about to have your last breath again.” Anton said as he stared down at her squarely.Kyra was rendered speechless, but his words were correct. Her panic attack that came from the fact that she was suddenly scared of getting down from the carriage and following him to attend the party vanished when he dragged her into his arms.“You think it stoppe
The people around them let out loud gasps of surprise at the same time Kyra did.Her hand slowly lifted to touch her burning cheek as she winced in disbelief. “How dare you suggest that we find a way to clean up my dress? We? Clean? Do you know how much I got this dressed? It was tailored just for me to wear to this party, yet you ruined it by walking around like a blind bat!” The lady yelled, her face creasing with angry lines.Kyra was still dumbfounded by the slap that she just kept on staring at the lady without a word making its way past her lips. “What? Cat got your tongue now?” The lady continued to yell as if oblivious to the fact that all attention was on them or that Anton was now walking down to where she and Kyra were standing. “Just a few days ago you were sold off like a slave because you shamelessly went to get yourself pregnant with Tristan’s child, and today you think you are a princess again because Alpha Anton bought you and brought you to this party? Better think
“Slap her back.”“What?” Kyra and Roselyn yelled at once in surprise. Kyra felt like she could no longer hear properly. Had Anton just asked her to slap this lady back?Anton was looking at Roselyn as he spoke to Kyra, “I said you should slap her back and I won’t be repeating myself, Kyra.” His voice and tone were cold and detached.“I…I,” Kyra stuttered, unable to get words out. Anton was doing the opposite of what she expected. He was not just standing up for her but he wanted to help her get revenge.“What do you mean she should slap me? She bumped into me and ruined my dress.” Roselyn cried with a pale face. The tears had also stopped as she soon realized that she was in trouble. She knew so well how Anton was and how ruthless he could be but would he pick Kyra who was just a slave over her who was an alpha’s daughter? She has bumped into Kyra on purpose just to get Anton’s attention. She has been in love with him for years and has been trying to get his attention all to no avai
“Alpha Anton, please slow down.” Kyra cried as she ran behind Anton trying to keep pace with him, but he kept walking fast like he could not hear her complaints. He continued to drag her alongside him. “Please, I’m going to fall down. My legs are hurting.” Kyra’s eyes filled with tears of pain. She’s never liked wearing heels because she could never find her balance with them, and they hurt her legs. She did it tonight because she needed to appear well and not disgrace him. If alpha Anton keeps dragging her like this, she might return to his pack with a sprained ankle.Kyra knew that he was angry, but she felt like his anger was mostly directed at something or someone else apart from her.“Alpha Anton, please you…ahhh!” Kyra let out a loud scream when her left leg kicked against a stone and she stumbled forward. The earth rushed towards her face and Kyra closed her eyes, preparing for the impact. She knew that she would be bruised so badly because this was granite and not sand, but
All of Kyra’s wicked thoughts about kissing Anton and about the strange feeling she got when his hands rested on her bare leg vanished into thin air when his hand applied pressure on a particular spot on her ankle and sharp pain shot through her.Kyra let out a tiny scream but immediately slammed her hand over her mouth as her eyes watered. She has been far gone in her thought because of his actions that kept surprising and knocking the breath out of her that she did not notice her ankle was twisted a little before he caught her. It would have been much worse than this if he hadn't caught her. Like that first day they had lunch together, she had him to thank for saving her from falling, even if he was the reason she was going to fall. The pains in her leg did it allow her room to offer him, thanks.“This place is hurting, huh?” Anton hummed softly before his hand continued to search around her legs. “Any other place?”Kyra shook her head in response but when she realized that he was
Kyra is stunned but the shock remained only for a moment. She recovered fast and threw her arms around Anton, hugging him close like he was going to vanish again and surrendering to him.His kiss is tender, deep and passionate. It was like being consumed by electricity. Her body tingled and she felt more alive than she had ever been. Her head spin as she opened her mouth under his and he swept his tongue inside to tangle with hers. Her body trembled as she kissed him back with favor.Kya moaned as the intensity of the kiss increased and Anton drew her closer to himself, his erection pressing against her stomach.If anyone had told her that Anton would kiss her one day, and even get hard because of her, she would never have believed. Yes, they were very close and she saw him as more than just a friend but she hadn’t known that it was the same for him until now. She thought he liked Tanya in this way. She was the one he liked.Kyra was giddy with happiness and with this realization cam
After a few seconds, Kyra gave in and hugged Anton back. Her hands tight on his waist as she pressed closer as if trying to mold their bodies together.“Come, let’s return home. No training for today,” Anton said when they finally separated from the hug. “Take today off, Baxter. I’ll take the Miss to rest,”Baxter bowed, “Thank you, my king,” he picked up his sword and looked at Kyra, “I hope that the next time we meet you’ll look healthier than today.” He bowed to her before taking his leave.Kyra rolled her eyes as she watched Baxter exit the training ground. After he had left, she refused to turn to look at Anton even if she could feel his attention on her.“You really are going to make me force you to look at me, right?”Kyra pressed her lips into a thin line not saying a word.“Are you still mad at me for disappearing on you? Believe me, I didn't mean to. I tried to come back to visit you multiple times but there was no chance to do so. I did not know when exactly I’d be back so
Kyra struggled to pry her eyes open, only to be met with a blurry, unfamiliar haze. She frowned, disoriented, and attempted to roll onto her side. A low groan escaped her lips as she slowly turned, her vision clearing to reveal the unfamiliar yet familiar space of her own bathroom. Confusion gave way to alarm as she realized she was lying on the cold, hard floor.She slowly pushed herself into a sitting position as she struggled to remember how she got to the floor of her bathroom. Her head was pounding with a terrible headache and her eyes felt hot and puffy, her nose was congested, forcing her to breathe through her mouth, each ragged inhale a struggle.She’d woken up this morning to take her bath and go for a little work since she was tired of always being indoors and only going out for her training. She missed having Tanya and Anton around, the thought brought tears to her eyes as she took her bath but she did not let it fall.After bathing, she was wiping her body with her towel
Two whole days and she’s not caught a glimpse of Anton and Tanya. The remaining part of the ceremony was cancelled and everybody returned home to their various packs amidst grumbles and complaints. For the next week, all everybody including the maids in the palace spoke about was the upcoming duel and Kyra could not find it in her to sit still. She was agitated even when she knew the duel was not until a few months time. She wanted to find Anton so that they could talk but he was always busy, so she began to suspect that he was actually avoiding her. Tanya included. She could not blame Tanya though, she lost her temper the other night and it was unforgivable. Tanya was her friend and she won’t intentionally do anything to hurt Kyra, especially as she knew all Kyra has been through and she has accused Tanya of doing exactly that. There was no excuse for it. When she saw that she could only meet with Anton when he was ready to stop avoiding her, Kyra decided to return to her training
“It does not matter if she’s the daughter of an alpha because your father is also an alpha or have you forgotten?”“My father was an alpha but never for one day was I trained. I’ve always been weak and according to my father, that was my punishment for killing off my mother.” Kyra’s voice broke at the end and she felt like slipping to the ground and bursting into loud sobs but she held herself back from doing so. She has told herself after the death of her child that she would never cry again. Instead, she will make all those who've made her shed tears cry.Tanya was shocked at Kyra’s confession and a look of pity appeared in her eyes.“You don't know what you've gotten me into, Tanya.” Kyra raved, her eyes bright with anger, “Lisa is a mad person. Can’t you see how she scratched her own face and hands in such an ugly way? For her mate to have been mated to me in the first place, danced with me in front of everybody and still declared that he was more worthy of having me than Anton i
Everyone gasped, Kyra included as she was shocked that Tristan would even make this kind of offer when he knew that alpha Anton was stronger than he was. What was he hoping to gain by this charade? And he was even putting her in the middle of it? What in the name of the gracious moon goddess would he even want to have a duel with Anton for her? He wanted to show that he was worthy of being her mate? The same man who got her pregnant and abandoned her as a form of revenge against her own father? What was wrong with him? He left her first and was even aware that she was sold off then him, together with his Luna, Lisa, made sure she lost her child so what was he going on about? Wait, he must still want revenge against her father. Yes, that must be it because there was no other logical reason as to why he was doing this. So he would give himself up to death just to satisfy his quest for revenge? Well, that makes the both of them but she was not letting Anton participate in this tras
Kyra was only able to breathe freely again when she was back in the ceremonial hall but then, she spotted some people that were huddled together and she could hear them speaking angrily.Curiosity kills the car, they say and Kyra was a curious cat. Even if she knew that going there was a wrong decision she still wanted to know what was going on and what they were talking about.“She hit and scratched me! I told you that accepting this invitation was a bad idea, Tristan but you refused. She’s still hung up on you!” Lisa screeched in anger. She had tears running down her cheeks that were filled with claw marks when Kyra got to the gathering and was able to squeeze her way into the middle.Kyra was shocked at the way she met Lisa. Her appearance was very different from the woman she left in the bathroom. Kyra could not understand what was going on as she did not hear what Kyra had just said but she felt immense satisfaction at how Lisa was looking. The marks on her face were not really
Lisa had a smirk on her face as she stared at Kyra’s outfit from head to toe. Kyra felt anger and hate fill her but she controlled her emotions and decided to ignore the other woman. After she was done, she tried to walk away, but Lisa got hold of her hand, dragging her back until she hit the wall. Anger sparked within Kyra and she wanted to immediately attack Lisa but she knew that it won’t end well. She could almost envision Anton shaking his head at her.Kyra winced when Lisa's fingers dug deep into the flash of her wrist but quickly schooled her expression when she saw the smirk on Lisa's face. She was not going to allow the other woman to see her in pain.“You really have a lot of nerves, you slut,” Lisa sneered with hatred written all over her face as she finally released Kyra’s hand from her hold.Kyra wasn't moved by the insult, it wasn't the first time that she was getting such insults but she was not letting this one go, she just scoffed at her statement. “Are you seriously
Since Faith refused to say whatever it was that she wanted to but promised to show Kyra instead, she decided to let the matter drop. The two women both sat in silence for a while as Kyra tried to gather herself together and get her wolf calmed down and then they returned back to the ceremony because it was still ongoing and because Kyra did not want Lisa and Tristan to think that they had succeeded in chasing her away.Kyra did not care how things were playing out, she would still make sure to get my revenge back for everything they’ve done to her. She would also take something very valuable from them the same way they took her baby who was the only family she had left in the world. She would destroy them just the same as they've destroyed her life. Kyra vowed to bring Tristan down and make him beg for mercy but none would be shown to him just the same way he did not show her any mercy. Kyra just hoped that her wolf would cooperate with her this time and not try to come up and cause