Nays's POV I have a very eventful morning, I have to go do some chores, and I also have to get Jordan ready for school, before getting myself ready for work. After I am done, I drive Jordan to school and I keep my eyes wide open and my ears on the ground. Even though the blog post has disappeared from the news, I am still paranoid. When I get to Jordan's school, I don't let her out of the car immediately. I look around, making sure that no one is behaving strangely because they know my secret now. “Mum, I have to go now! I don't want to be late!” Jordan whines. “Okay, Jordan. You can go, but if anything strange happens in school today, you ask your teacher to give me a call, okay?” I tell her, holding her by the shoulders. She smirks like the carefree child that she is. “Something strange like what, mummy?” “I don't know baby, maybe if your classmates start to talk about your Daddy?” “But you told me not to speak about him in school.” She frowns. “Exactly, baby. So, if they
Nays's POV I can't believe that I am being asked this. This is what I hate and I am going to warn Pat never to ask me something like this. As I turn to her, she already has her hand raised to my face. “Yes, I know it's a weird question, but you're my closest friend here, and you shouldn't feel uncomfortable with me. Plus, I'm a lesbian, if that means anything.” I roll my eyes and sigh. “You are a very weird girl, Pat. I don't even know what to do with you.” I try walking away, but she follows me around like a velcro pet. “Are you living with him? Do you have servants waiting on you like a princess? Oh my God, does this mean that you are going to be the next Luna after Luna Bloodton?!” She gasps and holds her hand over her mouth. “Shut up, Pat, seriously.” I hiss at her. “Someone is going to hear you and we will both be in trouble!” “I, maybe, but you, you are never going to get into trouble again! Did you see the way the Alpha walked in to save you the other day? You practical
Naya's POV It's like I died and returned in a blink of an eye. Of all the people in the world, Erus wants my daughter to meet with his witch of a mother? How can I allow that? When she was the one who ordered the servants to kill Jordan and I. She hated Jordan from the very moment that she was born, and now he wants Luna Bloodton to see her? Brandon reads the panic in my face and he leans forward slowly. “Miss Naya, you are not saying anything…” “No.” I shake my head. “Jordan won't be seeing anyone, not that heartless Luna Bloodton.” “Please, don't say that.” He sighs.“I don't want to see that woman, you have no idea how horribly she treated me seven years ago. Jordan is not going to see her!” “Please, Naya, listen to me. Not as your husband – I mean, Erus' assistant, but as your friend. If anyone knows Erus well, it's me, and I know without a fact that even if you try to keep Jordan away, he is only going to snatch her from you.” He says. “Please, don't give him a reason to
Erus' POV At eight o'clock sharp, I succeeded in clearing my schedule and I drive myself to Naya's house. Brandon was supposed to send a driver to pick them and take them to my mother's house, but I have decided to do that myself. I haven't been to my mum's in a long time, and maybe we can all be reunited there for the first time in seven years…I can see the light from Jordan's window. I thought that Naya would take her and run away, but that's not the case. She wouldn't even dare, she knows that I can find her, even if she decides to hide in the deepest hole. With a rose in my hand, I walk towards the door and knock on it softly. Naya opens the door. Her hair is made, a red flower dress is what she has on, and some simple sandals. She doesn't have any makeup on. If not for her red dress, one would have thought that she is going for a funeral. We stare at each other for a second without saying a word to each other. “I don't appreciate you doing this. I'm not interested in b
Naya's POV As soon as I see those stone walls of the Bloodton mansion, my blood runs cold. In the past years, I have only seen this place in my nightmares. Luna Bloodton would tie me up in my pink bedroom, and she would cut me open with a dagger while I scream. She would take a bloody baby Jordan, and throw her out of the window. Those nightmares traumatized me so much, and I knew how long it took for me to get that fear out of me. Coming back here doesn't help me at all. “Is this a palace, Daddy?” Jordan asks with curiosity. “I guess you can say that, my love. This is your family's home.” He answers. I wish he wouldn't say that, but I am not looking to start any kind of trouble with Erus right now. Once he eases the car into the parking space, he turns off the engine. I see the main door of the house, but my feet won't move. “We won't be there for long, so I expect you to be on your best behavior.” He tells me with a small voice. I nod with a dry throat. What else can I do
Naya's POV I guess she thinks that she is the winner right now. Shs won, didn't she? I try to take my daughter and flee far away from her, but we are now in the same house that I hate with all of me. We all sit at the dining table and Luna Bloodton has made Jordan sit next to her. She is talking to Jordan about everything, and they are laughing together. I hold my fork too firmly. I can't eat, I can just hold my breath and pray for all of this to be over. Erus doesn't even look at me. He is busy eating his food. Jordan can't cut up the stakes in front of her, so Luna Bloodton tries to help her. “I can't do it, Luna, don't worry.” I say. I pull the plate before she can even change her mind. I feel her eyes on me, but I don't look up. I pull the knife back and forth, pretending that the piece of meat is Luna Bloodton's heart. “But why did you pull it like that?” Luna Bloodton asks. “Huh?” I look up. “Why did you pull back the plate as if I was planning on poisoning my own gr
Naya's POV I have never seen so much confusion and fear on the face of the Luna. How can someone be scared of her son to the extent that she starts to shiver? He hasn't said another word, he is just leaning against the door and watching her with his painfully cold eyes. “I'm still waiting,” he says. “I mean, I have all day.” She laughs nervously and looks at her son. “Erus, you know that I was only joking, I didn't mean any of what I said–” “It's Alpha to you.” He corrects her. “I mean, you of all people should know that, you are my mother.” I have never heard him speak to her in such a tone. If it wasn't obvious before, it is that she is now in alot of trouble. “Alpha, can we go to my room? I promise you that it's not what it sounds like.” “You tried to kill my child and you are telling me that it isn't what it sounds like? Answer me!” He roars to the extent that I feel my own bones rattle with fear. His mother immediately goes down on her knees and shut her eyes. “Erus,
Naya's POV “Please, Erus! You know that I can't survive in the countryside. I belong here, in the city, ruling next to you as Luna. Please, don't do this to me, my son.” She pleads. “You are lucky that I'm not killing you.” He huffs.Brandon walks into the kitchen and bows to Erus, and even the former Luna, who is crying defeated on the ground. This was his doing. I told him that I was scared to tell Erus, but he told me that he was going to take care of it. And he did…“Mrs Bloodton, the vehicle is waiting for you.” Brandon says. I see her heart shatter. She is no longer Luna…“Please, Erus, don't do this to your mother. It's still me, remember how long it took me to give birth to you. I almost lost my life trying to give life to you.” “It's either this, or public humiliation, followed by death.” He tells her coldly. “Either way, it's up to you.” She knows that no matter how hard she cries, he is not going to listen to her. His father trained him well..She stands up to her fee
Naya's POV Shame sinks it's teeth into me and drags me to the depth of hell. Devon doesn't look so judgemental, but God, I feel so ashamed. I shouldn't have taken the chance by coming to his business in the first place. I grimace and push my fake hair away from my face. With embarrassment, I slowly raise my hand and wave at him. “Hi,” He pulls a chair and sits down with on, as if he was one of us when we committed the crime. “So, what's this?” He asks. “You are trying to get in trouble my stealing liquor.”“We will pay for it, we promise.” Sherry says. “You can hold her hostage, I will go and get the money from the car.” “No, I don't want your money. You want all the liquor here, you can take it, I just want to know why you both turned into petty thieves.” Okay, now he sounds like the principal, and I don't like it at all. “What would Erus have to say about this?” He looks at me, before moving his eyes. “And you too. What's your father going to say about this?” Sherry sudden
Naya's POV We walk into the mall like two normal girls that want to get over a drunk night. “I've never been to prison. I heard it's bad.” Sherry whispers to me. “Yeah, me too, but we are not going to jail today, don't worry. Maybe we can go another time.” I chuckle. Sherry chuckles back with me, but it's obvious to see that she is very uncomfortable with this. Usually, it's the other way around. Sherry would be the one to push me to do things. Since she is so scared, I give her the duty of distraction, and decide to steal the liquor myself. “Flirt with the lady at the front," I whisper to her. “What?! I'm not even a lesbian!” “Well, you are today. Don't mess this up, okay? I will be back and you will meet me at the back.” I walk away and soon, I find the liquor shelf. I don't think I have tasted alcohol more than a few times in my life, and I am not very proud of that. Because I don't know much about liquor, I just run my hands over the bottles, until I find one that cat
Naya's POV I don't believe her, I snatch the card from her, but the name printed on the expensive card is Erus Bloodton. “Oh, Lord,” I fall back against the bed. “You robbed Erus and now he is going to kill the both of us.” “Relax, he gave it to me.” She chuckles as she lies back next to me. “He came to my house and he apologized for causing the strain in our relationship!” I turn my neck to look at her. “Wait, you're telling me that THE Erus, apologized to you?” “He did.” Sherry nods. “He wants us to be good friends again. I don't know him that well, but I think that he approves of our relationship now.” I roll to get closer to her, and I pull her into a hug, the sting of tears in my eyes. Sherry is the closest thing that I have to a sister, and I have lived a cruel life without her all these years…“Okay, that's enough, I don't want both of us to start crying like someone died. Get into your big ass closet and get you the sexiest fit you can find…” *****We drive in Sherry's
Naya's POV At the end of the longest work day of my life, I pick up my bag and throw my coat over myself. They are talking about me, I see my colleagues in groups of twos and threes, throwing glares my way with their judgy eyes. My only offense is that Erus decided that he wanted to tell everyone that I was his wife, and no patient wants them to treat them. I walk out of the locker room and hurry to the chief's office. I enters into his office without knocking and I quickly shut the door after myself. He is on a call, which he quickly ends as soon as he sees me. “Oh, Miss Woods, I wasn't expecting to see you.” he stands up. “Is this a good time, chief? I really need to speak to you about something.” “Yes, Miss Naya, I was going to ask you to see me maybe tomorrow, because there is something that has been bothering me.” My face falls as I see the look of hesitation in his eyes. He is about to fire me! Yeah, today was a very shitty day, but I still love being a nurse. “Plea
Erus' POV She stops for a while, her hands stuck in the air. “Wait, you are not here to kill me? Instead, you want me to amend the relationship between Naya and I?” “Exactly. Since I was the reason why it was strained in the first place.” I shrug. “Huh.” Her hands go to her waist. “What changed, Alpha? This is very unlike you.” “Yes, Sherry, it is very unlike me, just… Naya gets depressed very easily over simple things, so you should be there to cheer her up.” I say. “She will need her best friend, and you have to be there for her. I have prepared a girl's date for you two. Don't worry, I will be with Jordan throughout the day. You girls should catch up.” Sherry chuckles nervously. “This has got to be a very fucked up dream.” “It's not, Sherry.” I sigh. “Come on, are you in or not?” “Are you kidding me? I'm so in!” She rejoices. “We have a lot to talk about! I have to tell her about the asshole I almost got married to four years ago–” She stops when she sees that one of my ey
Erus' POVThe drive home is quiet. Naya keeps wiping her eyes with a handkerchief that Brandon pressed into her hand, but Jordan is having a swell time.She keeps humming a song as she swings her legs back and forth.“Mummy, I'm a kind of princess!” She grins.Naya smiles, but she looks more scared than she looks jovial.We hardly say anything until we get to the house and they step out. Naya quickly steps out of the car and rushes into the house, without saying a word.I walk Jordan to the door and she heaves when I let go of her hand. “Don't tell me that you can't spend the night today, dad.”“I know, my love, I have to attend a meeting.” I squat in front of her, adjusting her dress. “How about you go to bed and we will talk tomorrow? It's going to be a big day for both of us.”Yes. She is now officially Jordan Bloodton to the world, and the whole of Moonclaw will acknowledge that from now.She hugs me, putting her small hands around my neck. “I love you, Daddy.”“I love you too, J
Naya's POV My hands are shaking. The devil just announced to the world that I am his wife. That I am still his wife. “Hey, you're going to be fine.” Sherry pulls me into a hug. We are supposed to be happy that we are together after being away for so long. We are supposed to be so happy, but Erus has decided to take it further and just ruin my life a little more. Sherry wipes my tears and lifts my chin up. She hasn't changed, her gentle eyes become even softer when they look at me. “Listen to me, he can't ruin you. He can only try.” She says to me. “But why would he do something like that? I told him that I wanted to keep Jordan out of the spotlight.” “He probably just wanted to show you up to everyone.” She smiles at me. “You will be fine, cheer up. He might be an asshole, but I know that he won't allow anything to happen to you, or Jordan. I will always be here for you, Naya. Always.” It's like we are back in junior high. Like the times I locked myself in the restroom to hide
Erus’ POV The look of betrayal on her face doesn't move me. She holds on to Jordan tighter, but when I give the signal, she is snatched from her hands. She is not going to cause a scene, I know. Her eyes glistens with tears, but she doesn't even move from her seat. Her friend, the only one person who has ever thought to challenge me, Sherry, she consoles Naya. Naya holds her hand over her mouth, but she doesn't even speak… her eyes are doing enough of the talking. Jordan is brought to me. I take her in my hand, and she smiles. “Jordan, everyone.” I say. “Hail the future Luna!” One of the top officials shouts. They all bow as low as they can get. Naya is the only defiant one. She stands straight, boring holes through me with those pain-filled eyes of hers. “Daddy, who are all these people?” Jordan whispers. “Your subjects, my love.” I tell her. “Each and every one of them lives to serve you. Smile and wave, my child.” Everyone sits down, smiling and talking to themselves. T
Naya's POV I told myself that I was never going to attend a meeting like this ever again, especially after Erus and his mother kicked my mother out, but here I am. I look out of the window, at the family's strolling into the building, and my throat clogs with anxiety. “Brandon, I can't do this.” I shake my head. “You can do this, mummy.” Jordan fits her tiny hand into mine. I smile at her, even though anxiety is tearing me up on the inside. “We can stop by the restroom, first. I assure you that we will make sure that you get a seat where no one will notice you.” “Thank you, Brandon.” I sigh. The driver stops the car at a secret door, and Brandon gets the door. Jordan and I step out, into a small passage, and into a bathroom. Jordan stays with Brandon in the passage, while I go to the bathroom to splash some water on my face. I open my bag and take out my lipstick. It's not too red, but it gives my face a little bit of some glow back. “Please, moon goddess, please help me.