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
Erus' POV Telling Naya that I have invited her friend, Sherry Green, to visit her, makes her jump around and squeak so much that I am genuinely worried that she is going to hurt herself. Sometimes I forget that she is a teenager, a high school girl that has been thrown into this life that she did not bargain for. Her protruding belly threatens to throw her this way and that, I feel so sorry for her seeing her like this? She goes away to her room, she is singing about the sweet cake that she is going to prepare for her friend and I can't believe this. This is not what the prophecy said. I heed the word of the seer and was very cautious with Naya, but coming to see her, I see how ridiculous it is. I pick up my car keys and leave the house without telling my mother here I am heading to. When my security team sees me walking towards the garage, they try to rush towards me, but I wave them away. I get into the car alone and drive out of the compound. I drive down the road and into
Naya's POV I am so excited in the kitchen, turning around, mixing this and that as I am determined to make my friend the most beautiful cake! Fillipia is all smiles, she respects my wish to stay out of her way, but she reminds in the kitchen, incase I would suddenly need her help. “This girl that is coming to visit, how long have you been friends?” Fillipia smiles. “Oh, Fillipia, for a long time.” I giggle. “Sherry is one of the kindest people that I have ever met!” “How kind of the alpha to allow you a visitor!” Fillipia says. “Yes, how kind,” I smile. I will have to thank him very specially. Maybe if I am grateful enough, he will allow my mother to visit too…I put my batter into the oven and dust my hands after a very good job. “Is that all you want to prepare for your friend?” Fillipia asks. “If you can make that wonderful dish that you use to, um what do you call it?” I tap my chin. “That spaghetti from Italy.” “Right away, Miss.” She smiles. I go back to my room and tr
Naya's POV “My mother is back to being poor…” my hand hovers around my mouth. “Yes, Naya!” Sherry nods vigorously. “Alpha Erus is a wicked man! He tried to frame me into being a spy for God knows who, and he was the reason why I couldn't contact you anymore!” “What?” A nervous laugh leaves my lips. I know that Erus and his mother hate me so much, but this?! This is just vile. What has my mother done to deserve such treatment from them? We kept our side of the agreement and they back on theirs?! On nights that staying with the alpha and his mother became unbearable, I used the comfort of knowing that my mother was now in luxury to ease myself to sleep, but I can't believe that it's all been a lie! Sherry watches my eyes. Her eyes follows mine around, she is waiting for me to say something, but what can I say? I chuckle nervously as I wish for this to be a big fat joke. A part of me is waiting for Sherry to burst out laughing and for her to tell me that all of thi
Erus' POV I wait to see her fall and cry, but she doesn't. She stands straight as she watches her friend gets driven away. I am evil, I know. It's all my doing. I know I have hurt her so many times, I hate myself for doing this. She turns around, eyes dried like the desert, and she looks straight at me. “Are you okay?” I ask her. She looks at me with confusion, slight confused that I am even asking how she feels. “I'm fine,” she wobbles back into the house. I sigh under my breath when she walks past me. I can't be too careful. I don't trust her friend, Sherry. She has too much of a sharp mouth, and she might be the one who would plant the idea in Naya's head. After she has gone upstairs, I meet my mother still eating in the dining room. She has such a appetite today. “Aren't you going to finish your meal?” She glances at me. “I have to go to the office. An impromptu meeting came.” She stops eating and looks at the stairs. Naya passed by few minutes ago. “You are not feeli
Erus' POV No, I am not moving in with Jordan and Naya, even though I am giving them this big ass house that used to belong to my mother. I can't believe what she did, and I can't believe that Naya couldn't even tell me the truth. I used to blame her for keeping Jordan from me, but I didn't expect my mother to be the reason. I don't feel bad for sending her to the countryside for the rest of her life. If she wasn't my mother, I would have sentenced her to death for what she did to Jordan and Naya. I'm in my office, Brandon walks in with some files. He quietly bows to me as he drops them in front of him. I know what they are, so I stop what I am doing, and I start to sign the papers. “How did you know about the situation with my mother and Naya?” I ask without looking up. Brandon clears his throat. “Just a few days, sir. I told you as soon as I knew,” The anger boils even more in my chest. “She told you, but she couldn't tell me?!” “I think it's because she was scared of you,
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 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 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 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
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 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
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
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