RALPH"We can’t have it done that way," one of the council elders objected. We were discussing how to increase the pack's production, and some were suggesting raising the tax.Another elder stood up, "Tax has already been increased twice this year. We can’t increase it again. It will be too harsh on the pack members," he argued.I heaved a sigh. This issue was becoming complicated. How do I solve this? The produce that each family was getting was small, and they were complaining that it wasn't enough to feed their families.It was the same way the produce in the family was being rationed too. The kitchen head of maids had come to see me personally on that same issue, giving me a warning ahead that there would be a point where there would be no food left to buy in the market."If we increase the tax again, we are only favoring the palace and not the pack members. They are already hungry, and you want them to run out of money too?" My Beta chipped in.An increment in tax wasn’t the righ
BRIANI turned to the other side of the bed and surprisingly, my hands spanked soft butts instead. Reluctantly, I opened my eyes despite the fact that the sun was penetrating into the room making my vision unstable.My hands fondled those butts again and I felt alive. Was Aurora back? Did we just sleep together?I rolled off the bed stark naked and I wondered how I slept naked. I never sleep naked. “Guard —“ I called repeatedly but there was no answer.“Good morning, Brian.” My head snapped towards the bed, to the owner of the voice. It surely doesn’t sound like Aurora’s. I rubbed my sleepy eyes and looked over to the bed again.My suspicions were confirmed. It wasn’t Aurora. “Did you sleep well?” Lying on the bed was Sierra, my supposed bride before Aurora came along and I fell in love with her.My face deepened into a frown at the thought of what had happened between us. “What are you doing here?”” I asked. It was a stupid question that had an obvious answer.Sierra smiled happily,
AURORA I was worried about my father as I walked to the room that Jasper and I would stay in for the meantime. How is father faring? How did he cope with his council elders? Was he able to subdue those heavy guards that were after me? I hated the fact that I had put him into trouble. If I knew all these would happen, I wouldn’t have gone back to the pack. The secret of my birth will not be revealed, and I wouldn’t know that I was a blue blood if I didn’t go to my father’s pack. There were so many circumstances that surrounded it but most especially, my father was just getting better. I hoped that any slight stress wouldn't send him back to the sickbed again. The room Jasper and I were to stay in was a little large and well taken care of for a single mom and her son to live in. The wardrobe, the dressing table, and another small bed were beside my own bed. A little curl formed on my lips when I remembered how well Brian used to treat us. We never lacked anything, whether he wa
BRIANIt's been a few days since I woke up next to Sierra. Honestly, things haven't been the same since then. I found out I had not only announced Sierra as my Luna, I had officially made her my Luna. “Why did I ever choose Sierra out of everyone else to be my Luna!” My fist landed on the wall at this utterance, shattering it to pieces.“It's all because of her. We loved her, clothed and sheltered her, yet she betrayed us like this,” my wolf howled.It was antagonizing, how I, an Alpha responsible for making important decisions and leading my pack, could be a poor judge of character. I was blinded by my damned attraction for her that I failed to see who she really was.“What was her mission here?” I couldn't help but ask myself. If she was Ralph’s mate, that means she could have been a spy. Thinking about it now, it all seemed like a big plan to infiltrate my pack.“Aurora knows everything about this pack. Our war tactics and whatnot. It was time to bring about a change.”“Just pray
Unknown POV"The council elders are waiting for you, Alpha," my personal guard came to inform me. I only gave a low grunt in response. He probably got an idea of what I was doing because the door closed almost immediately.I tugged the nipples of the girl who was on her knees to give me a blow job. "If I don't see the fulfillment of your promise, do you know what will favor you?" My tone was cold and harsh.She shook visibly on her knees as she quickly nodded. "Death!" I grunted again and pushed her wide-opened mouth over my shaft.I could see the veins that popped up from her neck and forehead; her face was getting red too. She sucked like a perfect pro, just the way I liked it — rough.The knock sounded again. "Alpha—" I could say he was the one who could come so close to me, entering my room the way he liked without fearing that I might rip his head off his neck."Get out, Drake!" I rolled my eyes and pushed the girl away. She packed her clothes in her hands and ran out naked. Did
AURORA I knew my words were harsh, but I didn't care. As for Sebastian leading his troops, I don’t know what to do with that information. There’s nowhere to run to now that I have a new power.“Aurora, I’m really sorry,” Ralph apologized and I scoffed. I don’t need his apologies. Why is he apologizing? For everything he made me go through? All the pain he caused me?“Get out of my room,” I ordered while I turned my back on him. Seeing his face just reminds me of everything.Ralph turned to leave the room but he stopped again. “I know I was wrong, and only if you will just give me the chance to explain. I will keep apologizing to you, until it is enough to rectify my wrongdoings and how much I have hurt you,” he said.If it was the previous years Aurora that he just spoke to, she would have probably forgiven him, and they would start afresh again, but this Aurora will never forgive him.A knock sounded on the door, and Lizbeth came in. “Hope I am not disturbing you?” She asked with so
AURORAThe little sunlight penetrated my closed eyes, and I struggled to open them. Why is there sunlight when my room is always dark?I turned on the bed, lying on my back, and opened my eyes fully. The color of the ceiling was different and beautiful. Where am I?The last I remembered, Lizbeth pushed me into the glass pieces and my arms started bleeding. I quickly sat up to check my hands, and everything had already cleared. My wolf did a good job though.It was then that I noticed a big pair of hands wrapped around me. If it were small hands, I would have concluded it was my son’s tiny little hands, but then, this one is different. They are strong and hairy.I turned my head to look at the person who was surely above me, as he was taller. “What are you doing here?” I yelled.The room where I was, where I had slept, belonged to Ralph. I didn’t want to think it was true, but was he the one who carried me after I passed out? Because I could remember clearly that I pushed him away and
RALPH"Get out!" My fist clenched as her angry voice echoed in my head. Everything she had said was replayed and I hated myself for trying to prove myself to her when I had done a lot of damage.Aurora had the right to be angry at me and I deserved all her ill treatment. My trials of constantly apologizing to her were little compared to what I had done to her.She didn’t even believe me when I said I didn’t send those guards to attack her on her way to her father’s pack. It was considerably worse to think they were not from me when obviously, they were putting on something that would make one know they came from my pack.I opened the mind link that I had closed earlier because I didn’t want anyone disturbing me from taking care of Aurora when she lost consciousness.“Meet me in the dungeon now.” I ordered my Beta through the mind link. Those stupid guards had gone ahead on someone else’s order to cause harm to my mate under my name, making Aurora believe that I was responsible for it.
Aurora I watched the faces of the crowd go pale as they saw her head drop to a side and everywhere erupted in chaos as someone shouted. "A dead Alpha!" People stood to leave in a rush knowing the meaning of the very clear statement yet I watched closely. I knew they would come for her.The chaos and noise woke her from her slumber.It took her a while to adjust her eyes to the light but she eventually did and looked around frantically. I had let her sit freely without binding her to the chair so she could lead me to my target. 'Where is he?' I was in her head not as a mind link but as a torment perks of being the blue blood leader actually, I could invade their heads and get them to do my bidding but I rarely used my powers out of courtesy. This was one of the rare occasions. She held her head as if to silence my voice and jumped to her feet. On seeing this most people paused seeing she was alive."She's alive!" Cheers erupted so the ceremony could continue. "Please mount the podi
AuroraHe refused to tell me his name but I wasn’t interested in it, I was more interested in how he was able to numb his scent. "I don't know you, you have the wrong person." He said getting down from the bed to leave."Don't force me to get the information from you because I can and I bet you already know who I am." I stopped him."Just leave me the fuck alone. I said I'm not who you think I am."He was getting agitated, maybe he thought I was pulling his legs and trying to frame him like they had done his mum before he suddenly went missing. "Liar." I lifted his shirt to reveal the mark of my mother's bloodline .I had the same matk in the same spot."Do you still have anything to say for yourself?" I asked when he didn't deny further."What do you want from me? My past is buried." He looked sad and lost. I threw my hand around him and hugged him.He was much older than me but he had suffered a lot and I heard the stories growing up and only got to spend a few years with him durin
AuroraI had less than twenty four hours to either get it right or get it wrong, I realized my heart wasn't beating irregularly because I knew I was in full control yet still I wasn't ready for the worst to come."What are you going to do with her?" Connie asked me as she and Lyon watched the unconscious Zendaya lie in state."Wait, I'll wait for her to come around and snitch on us." I said actually meaning it.I needed her to regain consciousness and call for back up. I was going to end it all where it began. "Then?" Lyon was quite curious."Then the party begins." I told them"Alright now you're beginning to sound exactly as the Alpha would and that's wierd as fuck." Lyon cringed and I laughed but my heart was sad, I hoped the news got to him as well and he made an effort to come see for himself. "Do you think he'll come?" I asked none of them in particular. "I can't say for sure that the news will get to him given that he is not in his pack." Lyon shrugged. He was right, Ralph w
*Ralph*"I am least interested, my response is not changing. His nose flared and his breathing became labored. He looked different and I didn't push my luck since I was unaware of his abilities and dis.What had he done to himself?He had created a monster of himself with no remorse, he had definitely given more to his wolf side with the way he behaved animalistically on impulse. He was also cautious not to start the war first and I suspected that he still wasn't confident enough in his fortification. No matter the elements including magic, an Alpha remained an Alpha with the blessings of the goddess and several different other gifts. I needed to find Aurora and rescue Lyon, those were the most important things to me at the time. I returned with Kristen to where Brian held up with the rest after getting Annora to safety and I realized why Adrian was playing safe,He was already quite outnumbered seeing that we had two Alphas on our side.Completely exhausted I tried to communicate wi
AuroraIt took a while, lots of effort and all what not to get things out of Zendaya and surprisingly she had still not given me the answers I wanted.She had only given a silly condition for a bargain and I thought it quite fair."Just kill me because my tongue swore an oat not to disclose that information so I wont." She had boldly said that when I plucked her tooth one after the other with a plier and got my alibi to pull out her nails one after the other.A beautiful feel of satisfaction I got watching her writhe in pain but it wasn't exactly enough for me.Seeing the lifeless body of father had definitely brought a chill to my spine and blood, I had become cold hearted towards the parties involved and all I wanted to know was who was in charge.After much operations, Zendaya had offered to take us to the location. "Do you think we can trust her?" Connie asked me when I told her we were going to return to ny dad's pack and recover the seat of power since it was still vacant. Conn
RalphIt was like a movie where you watched lovers tear at each other's throats but what did I care?Adrian laid his bed and he was going to lie in it. Hopefully he was going to rest in peace with his father.I watched the tournament and observed Adrian's strength and weaknesses. He healed very fast, his speed was primal too and his attacks very accurate.Definitely, something had happened to him and I could see that he wasn't even fighting Kylie, he was just defending himself and pushing her away so he didn't hurt her until she found the dagger again."Good girl," I muttered as I saw her hand swing very fast before he could notice to stab him from the back as he laid on her trying to subdue her with his huge frame and weight.Like I said, his speed had greatly improved and in a split second, he rolled off her when he finally saw the dagger.I saw the look of shock on Kylie's face when his weight was lifted off her but she was already in full motion and she couldn't stop herself."Kyl
Adrian"I'm sorry." Kylie mouthed.I saw everything I stood for and fought for, fall to the ground but I couldn't rush in and pull out the stake to start treatment for him.It was a bloody scene, my Dad was still not close enough for me to trespass. I felt my head become light."Kylie why?" I felt a hand squeeze my heart tight that she of all people would betray me this much."Oh common, he's a prisoner charged with treason with a death penalty hanging over his head all this while. He was bound to die sooner or later." Ralph said smiling like the devil himself. I didn't see it coming. I knew had a devil side to him.Ralph had raised my hopes very high and taken me to a vulnerable state only to crash me at lightning speed with the worse thunder bolt; my mate.If it was someone else then I would have wasted no time to rip the person into two with the powers I had attained."I guess you can commend me for being a good Alpha now not so?" He paused and grinned like a child. "I have served
AdrianThe shock I received ran through to my bone marrow when my eyes fell on my mate Kylie, what was she doing here?I had picked her scent first but Ralph's blow had destabilized me in my distracted state and I felt the impact move me meters away but I was least bothered about that."Kylie," I called her name but she stood in her spot at his side. What a dirty game Ralph was playing, I knew him as a principled man and the last thing I expected was for him to drag my innocent mate into all of this."Addy, stop all of this please," she had tears in her eyes as Kristen held her hands to the back not letting her run into my longing arms."Baby I..." I lost the words, I could feel the bond pulling me to her, dampening all my vigor and lust for revenge Damn the goddess for such strong bonds of love that came with fated mates, love was the greatest force of attraction but I couldn't back down from my course simply because she asked, I had gone far deep and there was no redemption for me
RalphI turned and saw Adrian, well I was distracted by him so much so that I didn't pay attention to the petite lady that spoke to me first.He was truly standing there, my blood boiled in my veins as I recalled just how much he had betrayed me but something was off about him.He looked lost and drained, like a zombie maybe."Hello, Ralph." His voice was different too, I would have blamed it on magic but I already picked his scent from a mile away."Somewhere in my head I still thought that you'll be decent enough to address me as Alpha but I see that you already severed all the ties." I replied quite calm."There's not much to gain from given that I'm never going to kneel before you." "Bastard," I threw it at him utterly disgusted by his audacity. "More like the Ralph I know, calm doesn't suit you at all." Something was wrong, they had done things to Adrian and he had the look of a murderous monster in his eyes."Where's my mate?" I asked going straight to the point. "Your mate?"