Naya's POV His eyes turn dark with anger and he is looking at me as if he wants to kill me. His hands are firmly around my waist, but I still won't move. This is my plan and if he doesn't accept my request, we are going to be here for a long time. I know he is close to coming, Sherry described it would be like for a man when he is just about to get to climax and all the signs are being displayed by Erus. He looks very mad at me right now and I know that he can overpower me and take what he wants, but where is the fun in that? “Is this a joke, Naya?” He asks, blowing out hot air. “Tell me that I can keep my name,” I repeat myself. “that I will remain Naya Woods for as long as I remain in your house and am your wife.” He shuts his eyes and grimaces from the frustration. It is funny to see the alpha in this situation, it's kind of pleasuring to have such a strong man under my thumb. “You have no idea what you are doing, Naya–” I shut him up by moving a little and stopping almost
Naya's POV I am so happy that I have Erus on my side now. I can manipulate his mother by making her think I am the most faithful wife, and I can also have Erus under my thumb. That's the only way that this house can be tolerable for me. Until I am able to get out of here. I left my bedroom today with a very happy smile on my face. Fillipia smiles when I greet her and she allows me to help her make breakfast for Erus. If I thought that Luna Bloodton was picky with her food, Erus is ten times worse. Fillipia works with breath stilling precision and after she is done, she wipes the corner of the plates with great care. All this to prepare a meal for Erus that there is a seventy percent chance that he might not eat. If he rejects the food, they will return it to the kitchen and decide on who is going to eat it. Then they will go through the same process again in the evening… She pours a cup of expensive tea. Tea that cost more than my mother's yearly income. She tells me how t
Erus' POV I know that Naya will leave my room and cry and cry about what I have said to her, but I don't feel sorry for her. She has started to become too comfortable and I am not alright with that. The fact that she and I somehow got entangled into a mate bond doesn't mean shit to me. She is still a third class citizen in my city and it's annoying enough to be associated with her. What's the saying? No amount of water can make a pig clean enough to be king. Just after she has left, Fillipia knock on my door and comes in. She knows what she has done, so she immediately falls to her knees with her hands clasps in front of her. “Alpha, I am gravely sorry. Your wife, she–” “Naya.” I correct her with a growl. “Naya,” she nods as she takes the correction. “She insisted on helping and I was sure that she is just excited to be of service to you, just like any of us. I should have sought proper permission first. I apologize, my lord.” I don't look at her, I am glued to the scr
Naya's POV I go through my stuff and turn my room upside down. I can't find my phone. I know that Luna Bloodton is very nosy, but I hid it very well and can't believe that someone has taken my phone, my most priced possession. I am tempted to confront Luna Bloodton about it, but I know that no matter how gentle I am about it, I will get into trouble. Gosh, what am I going to do? Those small midnight chats with Sherry are what keeps me sane in this hell of a place. I go downstairs and I see Fillipia. She seize her breath and holds contact with me. “Miss Naya, good morning, is there anything you want?” She asks with an odd tone. She has been odd since I took breakfast to Erus and he rejected it. I am sure that she got into trouble. “Um, did anyone go into my room? Maybe when I was in the shower?” I point behind me. She shakes her head even before I am done. “Except Mary, who cleans your room every morning, but you were there when she was cleaning the room…” Fillipia say
Erus' POV I step into the hall, the meeting is going to end in a few minutes and I canceled a few meetings to catch up with this. “All rise to salute the Alpha!” Everyone stands up and bows to me. I walk to the stage and sit next to Naya and my mother, both of them have the leisure of not bowing down like the others, they only stand and sit after I have.I am seated next to Naya, her hands are clasped in front of her and her eyes are looking straight ahead. One of the pack officials is still speaking and the hall is as quiet as a graveyard. Naya slowly turns her next to me and looks at me in my face. I furrow my eyebrow slightly. What's with the sour look on her face? Can't she see the cameras everywhere? I reach out and slightly brush my finger against the side of her chin. She blinks and stills immediately, she is not expecting that. Neither is my mother and the hundreds of people sitting down and looking at us. No one has seen me relate to my wife like this. I lean in and
Naya's POV Hearing that he is taking me to the hospital makes my heart skip a couple of beats. Is my mother dead? He refused to tell me? Are they going to take me to the hospital morgue to see my mother's dead body? I don't know, and being in oblivion only makes my anxiety grow. We get to the hospital and I am put in a private room. Erus asked me to lay on the bed, but like the stubborn mule that I am, I only sat on it. Erus' assistant has been asked to keep an eye on me. He keeps stealing glances at me from the corner of the door. He asked me if I wanted something to drink like five times. Soon, Erus returns into the room with a doctor. “Good evening, Miss Naya.” He puts on his gloves as he comes towards me. “What? What's going on?” I look from Erus to the doctor. “You are going to be examined, Naya.” Erus says. “You have been behaving very annoying these past days and I am forced to think something has been triggering some weird hormones inside of you…” The doctor comes a
Naya's POV I didn't think that I could hate Erus and Luna Bloodton even more, but now I do. There is nothing I can do about the way they both feel about me. I am a nuisance in their life and they will get rid of me the moment they can. I take comfort in trying to assure myself that my mother is going to be fine. We are not broke like we were, so I am sure that she will be able to afford to go to a hospital. My mother is going to be fine. I channel all of my anger into studying for my upcoming examination. I study and study, until the words are wobbling in front of me. I study and study until all I can see in my dreams are images of my textbooks. I am torturing myself, but I won't stop. On the day of the exam, I leave the house very early, in my new school uniform. This is my first time entering my school in months. The hall is quiet, the exams have already started, but I am led into an empty classroom. Mrs Sandy, the assistant principal smiles at me. “We don't w
Naya's POV My jaw is on the ground as I try to understand what Luna Bloodton has just said to me. I'm pregnant. Just days after I had sex with Erus and used one of the pregnancy tests, I discovered that all the test kits disappeared from my bathroom. I knew that one of the servants saw the test and told Luna Bloodton. She probably told them to get rid of everything. I wasn't stupid, I tried to use writing to track down my period, but it's not easy because I'm one of those people with periods that just refused to sync. The last time I had sex with Erus, I didn't suspect that I would end up pregnant. Even when he dragged me to the hospital to get tested by a professional. I didn't have any particular symptoms, so how was I supposed to know that I was pregnant? Luna Bloodton looks at me from my bed to my toes and she snarls. “Why are you looking like that?” She barks at me. “Aren't you happy that you have turned into something useful in this house?” I take my right hand and gent
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.
I wake up the next morning feeling like a block of cement was dropped on me. My entire body is weak with pain, and I wince as I turn around in the bed. I catch a glimpse of the clock and it sends me rolling and tumbling out of bed. I overslept! Jordan will be late for school, I will be late for work, and this is going to be the worst thing ever for me! “Jordan! Jordan, honey, you are going to be late for school!” I rush to her bedroom, but when I open the door, she is not in her bed! I forgot that she slept with Erus in the living room. I rush down, hoping to find both of them sleeping, but they are not there. I rush to the kitchen, to the other rooms, but she is nowhere to be found. Did someone come in the middle of the night and take my daughter?! The head servant Grace comes in from the quarters. “Good morning, madame, you look so troubled.” “I can't find my child!” I tell her, holding my hand over my head. “I overslept, she is going to be late for school–” “The Alpha too