ETHAN'S POV The next day, Sophia and I were sitting in the meeting room and she had a satisfied grin on her face. A grin that told me that she was happy to have won. At least she has a safe place to stay for now. She had arrived yesterday after one of my guards went to pick her up but she told me that she was just too tired to talk and that she was going to talk to me in the morning. I know that this was just a lie and that she was just bidding her time and trying to figure out what else she can get from me. "What did you say you wanted to tell me? I don't have all day to waste here with you" I told her without mincing words at all. "Are you really so impatient? You should prepare your mind. I was blown away when I first found out. I never thought that a maid like Stacie will ever have something like that but I guess you never know. My advice is that you should prepare yourself so that you don't pass out from what I am about to tell you" Sophia said. I rolled my eyes. "I do
STACIE'S POV I walked up to the palace with wobbly legs. I felt like my entire body was about to give up and I was going to end up fainting but I tried my best to keep holding on. I can't faint now...I am already here. I have to get inside the palace and let Alpha Antoine know that I am back before I faint. Escaping from the fire and knocking out Sophia had drained almost all of my energy. I still had to find my way here to the palace and it took me an entire day to do that. I was so tired and hungry. I just want to give up ...I am so tired... I knocked on the palace gate. There seemed to be a tighter security in the entire pack. I can see that it was worse in the palace. They were guards patrolling and they were guards stationed at the entrance obviously to keep anyone from entering. "I...I am Stacie....the Alpha's mate... please let me into the palace " I said to one of the guards who were at the gate. He gave me a long look and then scoffed. "If you are the Alpha's mate
STACIE'S POV "You have lost your mind! Get out of this place!" But I didn't give up. I can't give up. "I already told you that I am the Alpha's mate! What else do you want me to tell you? You are going to regret this I tell you! You'll definitely regret it! Nolan!" I continued to yell. Nolan finally heard me and turned to look at me. There was a confused look in his eyes, I think he did not notice me at first. But this only lasted for a few seconds He was sprinting to me almost immediately. "Stacie! How did you ...where did you....what's going on here?" He asked me. He seemed relieved. I could see the dark circles around his eyes. Clearly, Alpha Antoine is not the only one who has been putting enough effort into looking for me. "I escaped...I managed to escape but they don't recognize me and they have refused to let me in" I said. Nolan glared at the guards who were at the gate. They ducked their hand and avoided Nolan's eyes. They seemed to know that they are in a lot of
ANTOINE'S POV When Nolan told me that Stacie had arrived in the palace, I thought that he was joking. I had expended all of my energy to look for her in the past few days and I was starting to lose all hope of finding her any time soon but she actually came here on her own! I was so happy that I wanted to jump up and down in happiness. When I arrived in her room, she was already asleep. Clearly, she was tired. I didn't wake her up. I just sat by her side and watched her sleep. I was contended just watching her like that. It was as if I wanted to imprint the memory into my head, I didn't want to ever forget this at all. After a few hours, she woke up. Stacie smiled at me and I smiled back. Antoine ...I am so happy to he back right now. You don't know how much I've missed you. I thought that I was never going to see you in my life again. ..I was so scared ...I'm so happy to be back right now " she said. He pulled me into a hug. "I am so happy to have you back Stacie. Hope E
ANTOINE'S POV She admitted this to me. And I guess she wasn't satisfied with the fact that I wasn't dead. She wanted me dead and me staying with Ethan wasn't going to help her get that. I was still Alive. And so she kidnapped me. She wanted me dead. I don't.....I really don't know what to say about Sophia. I felt sorry for her because of the way the both of us got together. I thought that even though we didn't actually cheat on her, she was in love with you and she did think that you were going to marry her and make her the Luna. I thought that I could understand her hate and anger for me. I just feel like a fool right now. I gave her so many benefits of doubts but she just wanted me dead. Why did she have to go down such a path? Why did she have to do something like this? She could have lived a good life even if you didn't make her the Luna. Maybe she would have found her mate and she would have gotten her happiness too. Why did she have to go this far?" Stacie asked me. I can see t
ETHAN'S POV "What?! So what you're telling me now is that she-wolf you brought here ... Stacie...who is the princess....you are telling me that she has some strange powers! Do you really believe this? As far as I know, neither of her parents had any powers. It won't have been so easy for me to defeat her parents then!" My dad argued. I rolled my eyes, not believing anything that he said at all. If he was so sure that he defeated her parents easily and that he has the pack in his hands, then he won't be trying so hard to change the pack. It's because he knows that his control will slip one day. "There's no reason for Sophia to lie about this. And it makes absolute sense. Sophia hates Stacie a lot. Since she managed to get her away, she would have made sure that Stacie suffered before she died. She wouldn't have let Stacie walk away. All of this....it's just....it's confusing, but I know that it's the truth " I said "She's the princess I've been looking for and she even has some
ETHAN'S POV "I don't need you to save me Dad because I'm going to kill him first," I said to my dad. His eyes went open when I said this. He looked at me like I had lost my mind. "Do you even know what you are saying?! You want to kill Alpha Antoine? And how on earth are you going to pull that feat? You're just trying to go get yourself killed in case you don't know. You'll end up dead and there'll be no one to save you then! " He said. "I won't. I can do this myself. I am sick and tired of you telling me that I can't when I know very well that I can and I will! Besides, Stacie dared to lie to me. She made a mockery of my feelings. I was willing to give her everything and all that I ever needed from her was that she be loyal to me. All that I needed was for her to choose me instead of toying with my feelings. But she didn't do that. She chose to hurt me. And now I'm going to pay her back!" I said to my dad. "Besides, " I continued, "This is what you will want right? For me t
SOPHIA'S POV I was talking to Ciara on the phone. As usual, she was fretting and worrying too much. I know that I have messed up my plans by letting Stacie get away in the first place but Alpha Antoine won't get to me. My plan is to stay here for a bit and wait until Alpha Antoine and Stacie start planning for their mating ceremony. I am not stupid and I know that this is going to happen any time soon now. It's just the way things are. I lost everything and Stacie is going to get Alpha Antoine and the position of Luna. She will get everything that I had always wanted and once again, I'll be left with nothing. Once the both of them are too busy to pay attention to me, I will leave this place and look for a small village to live the rest of my life in. I will stay as far away from the spotlight as possible. I know that Ethan is helping me because of what I told him but I know that this favor won't last. He doesn't like me and he will expect me to get away from his palace as soon
ANTOINE'S POV"Sophia and Ethan are dead? Are you sure of that?". I asked Nolan. He nodded his head. "yes. From now on, we don't have to worry about them. They won't be bothering you anymore. Now we just have to focus on you and Stacie. You know that she's pregnant right now and she can't be agitated for any reason at all" Nolan told me. I nodded my head. "Yes. But now is not the time to relax. We need to completely get rid of Daniel before I can be rest assured that it's completely over. Beta Daniel will definitely not let it go since I have killed his son. He will want to get revenge on me but I have to beat him at his game and make sure that he's dead before I can enjoy myself with Stacie " I said to Nolan. "Do you know who you are going to make the Alpha if Daniel is dead? It's not like we can leave the pack unattended right? We need to place someone there so that the pack won't be thrown into chaos " Nolan told me. I nodded my head because I know that he is right. We need to
DANIEL'S POVI paced up and down in the throne room. Ethan has been gone for a few days and I haven't heard anything from him yet. I was really worried about him. I know that he won't be able to defeat Alpha Antoine. All that I wanted was for my son to come back here in one piece. That is the only thing that I need from him. One of the guards walked inside and bowed in front of me. I waved my hands. I don't need him to bow to me. All that I need is for them to find my son and bring him back to me. That is the only thing that I want right now. "What is going on? Did you find out anything about Ethan?. Do you know where he could be right now?" I immediately started to question him. "We have no news from Ethan just yet but someone told us that the Alpha had already completed his mating ceremony a few days ago. Stacie is now the Luna of the pack" the guard told me. My heart sank to my chest when I heard this. The plan was for Ethan to kill them at the ceremony. The fact that the cere
ETHAN'S POVDo you think that you'll get away with it again?" He asked me. "What are you going to do to me?"."What do you think? Of course, I'll kill you!" I was so scared that I wanted to throw up. I don't want to die. I don't want to die just yet. I want to live. At that moment, I saw my life flash past my eyes. I had a good life before I met Stacie. Even if I did not like what my father did to me, at least I was safe. There was no threat to my life. But ever since I met Stacie, it's as if things went downhill for me. All that I want is to stay alive right now. I regret a lot of things. I should not have kidnapped her. I should not have taken her against her will and brought her to my pack. I should not have come back here just because I found out that she lied to me and I want to kill her. I should not have done all of those things. I suddenly glared at Stacie. It was as if I lost all of the love that I felt for her immediately. The only thing that I could feel for her was
Ethan's POVI need to show her what it means to mess with me! "I am not the one who's going to die Stacie. You are the one who's going to die! What do you think I came here for? Do you think that I will still be so blindly in love with you that I won't be able to tell you that you're a horrible person who deserves to die?" I asked her.She laughed in my face. "You want to kill me? Ethan, you really think that you can kill me?" She asked me in a mocking manner. Where did she get all of this confidence from? What the heck is going on with her? I decided not to waste words with her. I am done talking to her. I took out the dagger I hid in my body and rushed to stab her with it. I was just inches away from her body when I felt as if there was an invincible power pushing me away from her. No matter how hard I tried, I could not move...I was stuck there. "What....what is going on?" I caught sight of the smug smile that Stacie had on her face. "I told you. You can't touch me!" She sai
ETHAN'S POV"What do you mean by that? Aren't you happy to see me?" I asked her with a smile on my face. "I said what are you doing here and how did you even get in here without anyone seeing you?" Stacie asked me..she was looking at me as if I am her worst enemy in the whole wide world. She wasn't like this before I took her away from me. At least then she was still nice to me. When did it all change? When did I become someone that she can't even stand? "The same way I took you away from here without anyone finding out. Back then, they didn't care about you so I took you away easily. Now, they still don't care about you and I am going to do whatever it is that I want with you! Why are you like this Stacie? If only you had come with me... if only you had stayed put then this won't have been happening right now! You know that I love you and that I am willing to do anything and everything for you! So why did you betray me?! Why did you throw away all of my feelings?! I was willing to
ETHAN'S POVI haven't heard of the Alpha going against the elders of the pack like this before. Do you think it's okay for me to come with you?" The bartender gave me a weary look. I know that he doesn't trust me completely. After all, he doesn't know me and he doesn't know who I am so it's understandable that he doesn't trust me at all. But I am going to convince him to take me into the palace with him. "Come on. I really haven't seen something like this in my life before. An Alpha going against all of his elders just to make the she-wolf that he likes his Luna? It must be fascinating!" I said to him. The bartender nodded his head. "Yes. You are right. It's fascinating. That is why all of us are going to see it. " He told me. "So please let me tag along with you. Don't worry. I'll be sure not to get you in trouble. As soon as I take a look at her face, I'll leave the palace. Do this for me okay?" I asked him He still seemed a bit hesitant. I suddenly had an idea. I took out some
ETHAN'S POV I was sitting in a bar. I had spent the entire day, walking through the pack and trying to figure out a way to enter the palace without getting caught by the Alpha. The security measures in the palace have increased since the last time that I was here. But I already expected this. After all, I did kidnap Stacie and take her away under everyone's noses. It's clear that the Alpha is going to want to protect her even more. I'd be suspicious if the palace wasn't guarded. I would think that they are setting up a trap for me. But as it is, there's no way they can know that I am here. I did a good job disguising myself when I came here after all. I was still lost in the thoughts of how I am going to torture Alpha Antoine and Stacie when the bartender walked over to me. "Hello, Sir. I am really sorry but you'll have to leave. We are closing up now " he said to me. I turned to glare at him it's not even twelve yet so why the heck are there closing up so soon? "What
SOPHIA'S POV The next morning, I immediately got dressed and left the palace. Alpha Daniel did not even ask me where I was going when I left. I think that he was all too happy to see me go. As he said, I am one of the reasons why his son decided to put his life in danger and go back to Alpha Antoine's pack just to get revenge. I know that I had indeed manipulated him into doing back because I want him to take revenge on Stacie for me but he won't have done it if he didn't want revenge too. He wanted to get back at her for the so-called humiliation that she gave to him so even if I didn't say anything, he still would have done something. Anyway, it no longer has anything to do with me. If he can really kill Stacie, that will be best for me because it will mean that although I didn't get the Alpha, she can't get him either. But if he doesn't manage to kill her then, he'd be the one to die and I seriously don't care at all. It's none of my business. All that I care about i
CIARA'S POV I was really worried when Sophia ended the call and told me that she was going to think about it. I thought that she had figured out that I had sold her off to the Alpha and that she was not going to show up. Sophia has always been very smart anyway so it won't be extremely hard for her to figure it out. In fact, the only thing I am counting on now is the friendship that we have with each other. If she really sees me as a friend then she won't suspect me so easily right? I was still worried about this when my phone rang again. I picked it up and saw that it was Sophia. I answered it immediately. "Fine. Ciara. Let's leave. where do you want to meet me? You are right. I need to get out of this place. And you need to get out too or else the Alpha is going to come for you sooner or later" Sophia said. I was so happy that she bought my explanation. Everything is going as planned soon, I'd be far away from this pack. As for Sophia....well, I guess that she'd be de