Kyra flinched in fear before gathering herself together. She wiggled her hands together in nervousness and nodded, “Y… Yes dad, he is my mate and I'm pregnant for him."
She was not supposed to say that last part now. She was supposed to tell Tristan the news first. Kyra felt cold sweat drip down her back as the whole place became quiet. She felt Tristan stiffen behind her and her father who was standing in front of her was now looking at her like he was about to kill her. All she could see in his eyes was anger, hatred and disgust. “You are pregnant for this bastard." his voice was cold and quiet as he pointed at Tristan who had now stepped out from behind her. He was not asking her, his words were more of a statement that held venom. “Y.. yes" she nodded “Did you just say that you are pregnant with my child?” Kyra turned to look at Tristan with a wide smile that became shaky and finally fell from her face when she saw his expression. He was not looking happy. Far from it, he was looking at her with what? Disdain? No, maybe she was seeing it wrong. She was scared of her father and his presence was affecting everything. Yes, that was it “Yes, I'm carrying your child, Tristan. You have always wanted an heir, I am going to give you one in a few months time." Her hands separated and she placed them on her stomach that was still flat with a shaky smile. Tristan's eyes followed the movement of her hands that was now on her stomach before he doubled over with laughter. The sound was harsh, mocking and cruel to her ears. “T…Tristan," her voice was shaky as she called his name, "Are you okay?” her heart was already thundering against her ribcage in fear. Her father was now pacing around in the room. The room was quiet except for the sound of Tristan's laughter, her father's foot against the floor as he paced to and fro and her harsh and uneven breathing. After some time, Tristan stopped laughing as looked at her from head to toe in ridicule, “You think you are good enough to bear an heir for me? Stop being delusional. You think I would be here with you if it wasn't because I wanted to use you to make your father angry?” When Kyra's eyes widened at his words and blood drained from her face leaving her white as snow, he scoffed and continued, "Please, don't act surprised. You should have seen this coming. Who wants to be with someone like you? Your father is my worst enemy but you think that because the moon goddess was foolish enough to mate the two of us together I will suddenly forget about all of that? No wonder your father hates you. You are so stupid and gullible. You can as well flush it out because no one wants it. Or do you want it, Ezekiel?” Tristan turned to ask her father with his lips curled up in a smirk. Ezekiel's face contorted with anger and he signaled his men who had been standing behind him and waiting for his instructions. “Grab him!" Tristan put two hands in his mouth and blew a loud whistle and in a few seconds, armed men began to jump into the room through Kyra's open window to stand behind him. Kyra stood in shock as she watched everything unfold before her. She felt like she was in a dream and prayed that she would wake up soon. The same man who was confessing his love to her minutes ago, the man she thought she would spend the rest of her life with, a man whose child she was carrying just told her that he has been using her just to get back at her father? Everything was for his sick hatred which he had for her father? Those late nights, those sneaking out to have fun, those confessions and slow and hard making was all to get her pregnant and leave her because he wanted to use her to get back at her father? He even had his guards with him? Who is to say that he did not know of her pregnancy already since his doctor was the one who tested and confirmed her pregnancy? She had gone to his doctor because she did not want her father's doctor to tell her father the news of her pregnancy before she had time to do so herself. She has asked Tristan's doctor not to tell him! Oh, what a big fool she was. He must have known and even alerted her father of his presence just so that he would end everything now that he has gotten what he wanted. He had been sneaking in for years now so why did her father find out today of all days and she was sure that this was his first time coming to see her with his men. Kyra's knees buckled under her and she collapsed to the ground as an overwhelming pain surged up deep inside her and bubbled up to fill her heart. She couldn't breathe properly. She wanted to die at this moment. She could not hear anything and she did not know what was happening but she could feel the tension in the room. She felt herself being grabbed from the ground by Tristan who used her to shield himself when her father's men charged towards him and his men. She was like a puppet as he moved her from here to there and finally threw her away to escape through the window with his men. Her father's men followed them out but her father remained behind. Kyra stared unseeing as his feet appeared before her eyes. Her head was bent as she stared at his shoes with blurry eyes. She could feel his harsh glare above her and she was too ashamed and scared to look up at him for fear of what she would see in his eyes.“Just have a look at yourself. Not only did you kill your mother, you also want to join hands with the enemy to kill your father. How could you be so stupid? You are nothing but a useless daughter. You are nothing but a traitor and traitors are not welcomed here. You cannot excel in your studies or your training. You are weak and your wolf is weak too. The only thing you know how to do is spread your two legs for your pack's enemy. Don't worry, I will see to it that you spend the rest of your life spreading your legs to whoever wants you to. Get the hell up and prepare to be sold out to the highest bidder. That's if anyone would still want you after finding out that you are pregnant. If no one wants you, I will rip that thing out myself.”Her father turned away. He paused at the door and said over his shoulders, “I wish your child would also kill you at childbirth like you did your mother, you evil thing." Then he was gone, slamming her door hard and his footsteps echoing down the hal
Kyra was going to run. Yes, that was her plan because she couldn't sit back and allow her father to sell her off to an alpha she knew nothing about. Most of her father's friends already have mates of their own, she would be damned before she is bought and turned into a sex slave.Even if her father hated her, never allowed her to go close to him and her siblings always shoved her off and sneered at her whenever they met each other whether in the corridor or at school, she had never been treated badly to the extent of being made to do laborious jobs. Her father did not turn her into a slave — he did not allow her to lift her hands even for one day to do any hard chore — and that's exactly what she might be turned into if she sits back and allows her father to sell her off. If only she had known, if she had not been foolish and blinded by the mating bond between her and Tristan, she would never have been led on gullibly. Now, she was pregnant and all alone without anyone to console her
He was not supposed to be here. Anton does not accept invitations to things like this but he was curious, bored, and needed the entertainment. The invitation letter he got was enough to spark a thousand curiosity in him and he knew that it would be fun to just sit around people where there would be lively music, good food, and a little show to entertain him. He had been working for so long and needed a little break and this little ball that Alpha Ezekiel was hosting in his pack would do the trick. He left his beta and Gemma in charge of his pack and took off with eight of his men. “Alpha Anton. I did not expect that you would come." Ezekiel beamed with a wide smile that hid his fear as he ran up to Anton who had just stepped into the party with two of his men. Other alphas also stopped what they were doing to stare at him in shock. They couldn't be blamed, he was never one to go to things like this and anytime he appeared, there must be trouble. “I didn't know that I would come eit
Anton immediately grabbed the drink on the table in nonchalance to sip from it after calling out such a huge amount. He could feel the stares of the other Alphas, but he didn’t care. All he could focus on was the woman in front of him. She had tears in her eyes that she refused to let fall. She was weak yet strong. These attributes were in such a huge contrast with each other, he found it more entertaining than listening to the underground whispers and murmurs."Alpha Anton, you don’t do things like this, so how come you’re buying off this pregnant maiden?" Alpha Jacob, one of the few Alpha's who was bold enough not to flee from the table, queried.Anton shifted his gaze to look at the bald man. "For the same reasons as you all. A man should be entertained sometimes, shouldn't he?” he coldly asked.There were whistles and shouts of approvals from the rest of the Alphas at his words, but he didn’t look at them at all. He turned back to Kyra who was no longer looking at him. She had he
"This way, miss," Kate, the maid that was appointed to Kyra said as she opened the door at the top floor of the east wing.Kyra looked at the men who held her by the arm on both sides with a deep frown. They ignored her expression, pulling her into the room in force. "Don’t try to escape, we are standing right outside the door," the guard grunted out as he left her with the maid.Kyra stepped into the room, slightly stunned at how elegant it was. "I don’t think I’m supposed to be here. You should take me to another room. I’m a slave that alpha Anton bought after all, and all these can be a bit too much to handle," she whispered to Kate.Kate shook her head but there was mockery in her eyes as she looked at Kyra from head to toe. "We don’t make the rules here, and I have no idea what you did to Alpha Anton, but he asked me to bring you here. Keep at it, so you can be better off than the rest of us.""What are you saying? I have no intention of licking that man’s feet. Whatever he has
"Please, can you stop with all of these?" Kyra wanted to snap at him but her voice came out as a plea. She knew that she was under his mercy and he could do anything he wanted with her and she won’t be able to stop him. She was his property after all.She watched as Alpha Anto blinked once then twice. It was almost as if a fog cleared from his eyes because he immediately dropped his hand from her cheek and rose to his feet.Kyra held onto her bedsheet as she looked up at him, trying hard not to show how distressed she was.He looked down at her, "You can’t stop me," he said simply.Kyra took a deep breath as she tried not to glare at him. "Look, I have no idea what type of game that you’re playing, but I don’t have interest in that. I don’t want you to touch me or say I’m beautiful. You have to respect that," she told him, her voice coming out harder than she expected.‘Shut it, Kyra. If you want to survive then keep quiet.’ Her wolf snapped at her and Kyra pushed her to the back of
The girl smiled lightly as she advanced into the room to drop the tray on a table. “I was assigned to you by Alpha Anton as your personal maid. I’m Cynthia.”Kyra stared at the girl, Cynthia, in shock. She itched her ear as she thought that maybe she wasn’t hearing properly. It couldn’t be possible that she who was bought would be assigned a personal maid. It was odd."So, I will be waiting on you from henceforth. You can ask anything of me and send me on any errands.” Cynthia said, as she stood straight facing Kyra with her hands clasped together in front of her.Kyra frowned. “Is it normal for someone like me to have a maid in your pack?”Cynthia looked around uneasily. “I can’t really say anything about this matter. All your questions can only be answered by the alpha.” She smiled again and changed the topic, “Your bath is ready.”Kyra staggered to her feet, ignoring everything as she made her way to the bathroom. She slid her robe down her body, and moved to the wooden bathtub tha
Anton’s eyes were glued to the mouth of his Beta, Abraham, who was talking about something. Anton was trying his hardest to concentrate because what Abraham was talking about was an important issue that needed to be taken care of, but his mind was somewhere or more specifically on the little pregnant woman he bought yesterday for a hundred thousand dollars and brought home with him."I think it would be best if we prepare the warriors ahead. With the way the Twilight Pack is going, they are spilling blood. We cannot afford to take it lightly with them, Alpha." Abraham was saying but his brows were twitching as he felt like Anton was looking at him but not listening or registering any of what he was saying.Abraham continued to talk anyways but when he asked a question and Anton was still looking at him without saying a word, Abraham paused and called his attention .“Alpha?” After a few seconds he snapped his fingers in front of Anton’s face and called him in a firm voice, “Alpha, you
“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