Adrian's POVSince I was nomadic by nature, I had no permanent abode. Prince Regan had pressured me on different occasions to get a permanent abode for myself, but I usually shrugged it off.The nature of my work did not require a permanent abode. I am like the wind, l blew here and there.Moreover, I would have been detected and tracked down by my enemies if I had a permanent location.Today, I was in one of the woods close to Deho fortress. I had erected a thatch house there. It was my usual habit. I have different thatch houses erected here and there.I had been lurking around the fortress with the hope of finding the lady I fought with who took me out. I was taken aback to see someone as young as me with such high supernatural abilities.Most werewolves that possessed such abilities were old or in extinction. So I was thrown off balance when I met her.If we had met on a different occasion, I would have loved to learn from her. Even after my near death experience with her, I was t
Adrian's POVI made my way to the west of Colleen. I had a thatch not too far from one of the caves where we usually had our secret meetings.Yeah, it was dangerous to stay around our secret caves, but it afforded me the opportunity to always check on the cave even when no one was around.I caught some games on my way down. I was as hungry as hell and I didn't joke with my food. All through the way I couldn't take my mind off my attacker, the picture of her back was implanted in my head.Soon I arrived at my destination. Sitting on a log not too far from my thatch, I prepared to roast my game again. And just like earlier, there were no matches.I brought out my stones and began the battle to create fire. Suddenly, the hair on my skin stood erect and I was mad."Who the hell is this uninvited stranger!?" I barked and moved away from the set up. And just as I had predicted, fire sprouted out beneath the set up. This time the fire burned moderately, it wasn't a large fire I bit my lips
Ashley's POV"Do you Know why we are a better species than the human species?" Allen asked as we dug into our food."No," I responded, not knowing the direction of the discussion."It's because of our agility, strength and uniqueness and that's why they are no match for us," he said and I nodded, trying to fix the direction of the discussion."I want you to build your strength," he said and my eyes widened."Yes, the army is not a joke. You are the first woman to rise to the pack army. If you don't build your strength you will be ridiculed and molested. Men only bow to power. No one will bully you when they know what you are capable of," He said."What what do you suggest?" I asked."You need more rigorous training… Thank goodness, your wolf will learn faster and you will build up faster too,""What? If I can get you right…" I said dropping my spoon to face him squarely."You want me to take additional training apart from the hell we are facing right here," I said and he nodded."You
Few months laterMoonlight Army BarrackAshley's POV"Ahh…hmm…ahh," I let out shallow breaths as I gasped for breath."It is finished!!!" I yelled and threw my sword on the floor as I fell to the ground."It isn't finished… It only ends when you beat me... We did not sign for a duel," Allen gasped likewise, taking in gulps of air."Beat you? With that skill of yours? It will take eternity for me to beat you… I am satisfied with the duel! I breathed heavily."Looser!" Allen yelled."Yes! I give up," I responded and he threw his legs up in the air triumphantly.I just had a spar with Allen. It was the longest one I had ever had since I started training with him. It lasted almost an hour and at the end it ended in a duel. It was my greatest achievement with swords.The past few months have been up and down. There were good times and bad times. Times when I cried and times when I laughed. I trained under the sun and in the rain. There were times that I found no meaning to all that I did
Ashley's POV"You know the rules, ensure to keep them," Sherif our platoon captain gritted as he gave a bunch of keys to Allen. Although we started together and he is our captain. He turned out to be the worst asshole in the army. He gave me a serious hard time before I leveled up, but now, he knew his boundaries. In short, no one borders me again.Allen collected the keys and we walked out of his sight. It was the night I dared most. It was a wolf training night. Usually we all come out in our numbers. We shift into our wolves and train, either individually or in groups.It was the night of the full moon, as typical of every wolf training night. The moon was shining brightly and it led us to our destination."It is going to be freezing cold tonight," Allen said."Huh… how did you know, you are not always right about the weather," I joked."I am pretty right tonight," he mumbled looking into the dark sky.I chuckled wondering if he could see anything in the dark sky."Princ Logan…" I
Allen's POVI flinched as our bodies made contact. Despite her cloth and my shirt that were covering her, she was as cold as ice. I beat myself for bringing her down and I hoped I hadn't driven her too hard... I wasn't aware of her condition.I remained on top of her ensuring that her feet and hands were covered. Every other part of her body was beneath me.Soon she gained heat from my body. Her body twitched and her eyes fluttered. Instantly I felt relieved and with that relief came a dangerous awareness.I became aware of her soft body under my toned and hard muscles. The heartbeat sounded loudly into my ears. Throbbing my chest.My chest was crushing down her surplus breasts that had always been eye-catching.Heaving a sigh, l shifted my gaze from her burst only to settle on her face.Her eyes were still fluttering and I prayed she would open them and stop me before I did something crazy.This was a woman I wanted and resisted. It was a great temptation. I was seeing bubbles. My
Ashley's POVI avoided Allen like a pest since the sex saga occurred. I felt ashamed of myself and I was embarrassed to face him.I should have suppressed what I felt when I woke up and met him kissing me. I knew it wasn't intentional, I knew he was swept up in his emotions while he was trying to care for me. But what did I do? I lured him in.Yes the whole thing was a set up but it did not cancel the fact that we fell. I had reported to appropriate quarters about the whole incident. I stated how I was locked up in the cold and how it was a threat to my life.Nothing drastic has been done since I filed the report and I hoped my report would not be treated as trivial and as a cover up for my shameful act.Rumors increased daily and I feared about what report would get to Prince Regan.I had just returned from the shooting range when a junior colleague came to call me. My heart skipped a beat as I raced down to the hall.I was summoned and I wondered who it was. Prince Regan? If he trav
Logan's POVThe anger and jealousy in my head cleared away as Ashely left with Allen.I had been angry since I heard the news. It was presented in a filthy way and I had to delay my visit just to be able to control my anger. But it still went wrong.I was blinded by rage and I failed to hear them out. But the fact that they almost had sex right in the open and they were caught was enough to make me go insane.What if they were not caught? Ashley would have wasted her life after all she has invested into it.I guessed I had many reasons that made me lose my cool. As Ashley led Allen away, her harsh words rang in my head and I groaned. I saw the look in her eyes, she was disappointed in me. It hit my heart and instantly I felt bad.No, I will swallow my pride, I will apologize. I said with determination and followed her."Ashley," I yelled and rushed after her but then I saw the crowd outside. It would raise more rumors if they saw me apologizing. I am not the issue here but Ashley. T
EpilogueAdrian's POVI became King Regan's personal guard. I had a chamber to myself in the palace and I began to live in a house like a normal person. I could say that I had all that I wanted but no, something was missing. I had an argument with Natasha and she left me. It was on the day when we conquered King Muna and the Dowerga. When I returned home, Nat was mad at me. She wanted us to get rid of the Dowerga, it was her revenge. I told her that I had no influence over the Dowerga's fate. Whether she dies or lives was not my decision to make. We couldn't kill her during the shootout and after it all when her grandson, Prince Asher wanted to kill her, but My Lord, King Regan, pleaded on her behalf and sent her to exile instead.Nat wasn't satisfied she wanted the Dowerga dead and wanted me to help her or she would do it by herself. I was in a fix. I understood that she wanted revenge but I couldn't go against my master. His wish is my command. I forbade Natasha from doing somethi
Ashley's POVI knew my chance of survival was slim and I felt accomplished even in death. My mission was accomplished. I was able to inform them about my pups and I was able to see Regan. The look in his eyes when he held me... It was enough for me. I would take it to the afterlife.I wasn't willing to come around. I wasn't ready to face the truth about why the king didn't search me, I wasn't ready to know all that he had with Becca. The last memory of the shock and love in his eyes when he held me was enough for me. Therefore, when I opened my eyes I was sure I was in the afterlife. I did not know how many days I had spent on the borderline between the living and the dead, but I was certain of where I was.I was in an empty room and I was the only one there. I'm free, I smiled and looked around carefully. It felt like I was back in Prince Regan's chambers and in the bedroom that we shared when I was with him.I felt light and I thought I was on my feet. At a closer look, I realised
Regan's POV "Ashley!!!" I yelled but she blacked out. Without thinking, I took to my heels and raced down to the clinic with Ashley in my arms. The royal physician took charge. He put everything on hold to attend to her. I couldn't stay still. I paced the waiting room restlessly, waiting for a report. I couldn't fathom what happened to her, but all I prayed for was that she wasn't beyond saving.Asher was with me and in no time Adrian joined us too. When the head physician came to give his report, Asher was nowhere to be found."I'm sorry, My King…." The physician said and I stopped him. "If she dies, you die too," I said grumpily."Adrian… Can you do something? Can you save the day?" I requested."I don't know…. I have to see her condition first," Adrian replied."One thing… it seemed that she just gave birth," the physician said."Yeah… that should be it…" I responded as I remembered what Ashley said earlier about Becca and her mother taking her pups. What the heck is going on?R
Ashley's POV The journey was indeed hectic but it was worth it. Even if I died, I needed to know that my pups were taken to their father, even if the truth about their mother would be gone with me. I needed to know why all that I had believed turned out to be lies. I needed to know why my own abandoned me and Regan. I wanted to see the look on his face when he beheld me as stands with his new Luna, Becca.Stanley didn't mind the blood and all. He held me in his arms and kept speaking comforting words to me all through the way.He apologized for his misdeeds and told me that Becca left him. He said Becca left him immediately when Prince Regan became the Alpha King. He said it was around the time that I went missing and before everyone knew it, Becca became pregnant by the King.My heart squeezed up in pain and I couldn't bear it anymore. Bitterness and resentment burned inside of me and I ordered Stanley to stop talking. The whole revelation was draining the little strength I had insi
The Moonlight Pack Logan's POVIt was a full moon and my wolf wanted to come out, but I was not in the mood. I sat down on my patio, resting.Tonight, all I could think about was Ashley, my ex-girlfriend. Something about the night made me remember her and that brought the case of Ashley Oscar to my mind. Well, she ditched everyone and no one knew of her whereabouts. It's been almost a year and was still missing.Memories came and I remembered all that we shared. I remembered Allen too, the time I spent loathing him and the short time we spent as friends. May his innocent soul rest in peace.I remained there thinking about a series of past events when one of my guards sought to speak with me. He whispered into my ears and my eyes widened.Stanley? Ashley Oscar's ex-mate? What the heck is he doing here? He was the last person I wanted to see. Whatever it was, I didn't turn him away. I allowed him into my presence but treated me like the thrash that he was."What the heck is this?" I gl
A Few Months LaterAshley's POV The pain of abandonment hit me like a typhoon and I loathed in pain and resentment until I couldn't anymore. My Stepmom treated me as she deemed fit. Sometimes she acted so nice and all and sometimes she was like a demon. Although I didn't know what was going on with Becca, she never showed up again. I knew that my Stepmom's mood swings had something to do with whatever was going on with her daughter.When it was time, I had my pups. They were a pair of identical twins. The process was excruciating and I almost lost my life. The wolfsbane interfered with the delivery and until every single one of it was cleaned up, I couldn't bring forth my pups.In the end, I realized that no one really cared. I was all alone and it was the scary truth. Two days after I had my pups, they were taken away from me and I understood my Stepmom's game. She let live to take my pups for her daughter. Does that mean that Becca's seduction of Regan succeeded? I couldn't beli
Regan's POVI was losing my mind and I knew it. I had joined the guards and tore down unfamiliar paths in Colleen looking for Ashley, but there was no sign of her. I even went to see the Dowager, but she knew nothing about her disappearance. It was becoming easy to assume that if Ashly was still alive, she left of her own accord and did not want to be found. But she was carrying my pup, she wouldn't do that.Adrian had visited on different occasions but he came with the same testimony. He couldn't find her nor connect to her. His explanation was simple. He said she was possibly being held by someone with higher supernatural abilities than him. He also suggested that she could be confined with wolfsbane or possibly dead. The last statement almost cost him his head.I was unstable and didn't fit in as a King. Ashley's disappearance was a colossal loss, it affected everything about me. Although I occupied the throne and I was officially the King, it was my right-hand man, Asher, who mad
Regan's POVWaking up at dawn, I realised that I slept all through the night. It was unusual, I wasn't a heavy sleeper and with Ashley's disappearance, my sleep had been lighter.The most alarming thing was that I slept naked. As if that wasn't enough, I felt something soft in my arms, it felt like the body of a woman. What the heck! What have I done? Ashley was still missing.The memory of the previous night came in flashes. I remembered the hotness and the uncontrollable urge for sex. But I didn't call the girls. Who the heck is this? I asked as I flipped on the lamp.The dim room came alive and I saw the woman cuddled up and naked on my bed. It was Becca, Ashley's sister. My body vibrated in rage as I remembered partially, all that I did to her. I mistook her for Ashley! Oh my God! How the heck did she get in here? She even used drugs on me to make me have sex with her. I was sure of it. What I felt the previous night wasn't natural.unable to control my anger, I flung her off the
Regan POV"We will find her," Adrian and Asher assured me for the umpteenth time, but I wasn't convinced. Yeah, Ashley was stubborn and bent in her own ways. But I saw the look in her eyes when I told her to go to my chambers. I saw the remorse in her eyes which tells me that She would want to please me first even if it meant she would defy my orders the next hundred times.I had the guards comb through the palace but she wasn't there. Rossi didn't know either. I had sent messages to her Pack and family, I needed to know if she was with them.Adrian had also tried to look for her. He tried to locate her with his supernatural abilities but he couldn't connect to her. Everyone told me all is fine but I didn't buy it. There was this longing feeling and I just couldn't help but think that something was wrong.I dozed myself with drinks late into the night until Asher came to see me. He took away my drink and berated me."Common Regan, you are the king now. Stop acting indecently…" "The