CHAPTER THIRTY-FOURRYAN’S POV I lay on the bed, thinking about Aria, her scent filled my room and the fact that I hadn't cried about her death was alarming. I didn't want to let go of Aria, no matter what my board members said. I had instructed the guards not to let anyone into my room tonight, I just wanted to be alone, and I wasn't planning to see Natalie as well, she made an impression, but I'm not in the mood for an impression. I got off the bed and strolled into the bathroom, it smelt of Aria’s shampoo, making me find it hard to believe she was no more. As I was looking through Aria’s stuff, I heard someone knocking on my window, the knock was faint but I still heard it. “Ryan,” I heard my name and I knew it was Trina. I rushed out of the bathroom and I was Trina at my window, holding it firmly, because if she missed a step, she might land her back on the floor. “What the fuck are you doing here?” I asked, walking over to my window. I pushed it open and allowed
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVEAREOLA’S POV Leo took me to a small dusty shop to change my appearance. I was scared at first and prayed I would love the new me. “Hello, Miss,” The old man yelled from the course as we entered the shop. I looked at the old man and he was a mess. I doubted he would be the one to do my makeover. His face was covered in wrinkles and dust, although that wasn't the problem. His skin was also dry and cracked, and He had most of his teeth missing, and the ones he had left were yellow and crooked. He was wearing old, tattered clothes that were covered in dust and dirt. He has grey hair which was messy, and it's sticking out in all directions. He looked like he'd been living in the desert for years. His eyes were a warm, brown color, which was the only attractive feature he had, and they seemed to be smiling at me. I knew he was one of the people that got banished from the pack and I felt a little sorry for him, but at the same time, I was curious
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIXRYAN’S POV I have been bedridden for the past six days and I made sure all my windows were locked. Mourning Aria was even harder than I thought, what if she fell in love there, would she forget me? Numerous questions were going through my head and I was not myself. Trina had not visited me since I told her how much I was disappointed with her. For all I care, she is the cause of Aria’s death and we would never meet eye to eye again. “You need to bathe, Man,” Grimon. My wolf groaned within me, but I ignored him. “I don't mind that you want to lock yourself up, but take a shower at least,” He sneered again.“Leave me alone, I want to be left alone,” I groaned, knowing I can't be left alone, Grimon would always be with me, and that alone was pissing me off. My mate's bond with Aria was still there and I don't know if I was stupid but I still felt my heartbeat, I still had hopes she was alive. “Grow up man, Aria is dead and you have to leave with it,” Grimo
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVENRYAN’S POV Today was going to be different, I could feel like. It had been a month since Aria’s death, it wasn't easy moving on but I had to regardless. I still felt our mate bond but I have grown used to ignoring it. Spending time with her was the best thing the moon goddess did for me. But since it was all home, I am now with Natalie, we aren't married, we are just dating, and getting to know each other. It has been fun with Natalie, and she reminds me of Aria probably that's the reason I could live with her.“Why are you thinking of it again? It's still morning,” Natalie yawned as she rode to my side of the bed. She placed her head on her neck and I stroked her hair softly.“Just thinking of how far we have come,” I said and she chuckled. Natalie raised her head and then she kissed me, I kissed her back because it wasn't our first kiss, we kissed a lot. She was becoming aggressive while kissing me and her hand was travelling everywhere in my bod
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHTRYAN’S POV I didn't want to move closer to Natalie, I didn't want to believe that she was proposing to me. “Come on, Ryan, don't keep her waiting,” Trina giggled, if I had known this was Trina’s emergency I wouldn't have come. With a deep breath, I walked closer to Natalie, and from nowhere I felt people pouring glitter on me. This proposal was fucking girly.“Careful,” I yelled, trying to get the glitters from my eyes. Finally when I did, I looked around and saw my stepmom and sister on the right side, they were all beaming at me. To my left was Jules and his men, clapping their hands loudly. Why would Natalie do this to me? I wasn't even ready for another marriage. “We need to take, Natalie,” I said, walking closer to her, and she smiled.“Yes we need to talk, firstly I am sincerely sorry about this morning, I know Aria meant a lot to you and I am sorry for talking shit about her,” She apologized and I nodded my head in response.“I am not mad at yo
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINEAREOLA’S POV Being in Trinity’s pack for a month now but it seemed like a year. Leo and I got married and agreed that we would get divorced after my kids turned five because I didn't want to belong to any man. All the men I had ever been with wanted my head on a silver platter. I looked at the mirror with a wide smile on my face as I applied oil on my baby bump. I can't wait to see my kids, people say I am carrying twins while others rumor it to be a big fat baby. Left for me, I think there are two babies inside me.“It's time for hunting,” Nicole said rudely, snapping me from the thought of my baby or Babies.“I know, I'm ready,” I sneered at her, as I grabbed my traps and placed them over my shoulders. Nicole and I aren't on good terms, She feels I stole Leo away from her, Leo doesn't see it that way, he doesn't understand when a woman loves you.“If you are, you would be gawking at yourself in the mirror,” She dragged the issue. I tried to stay
CHAPTER FORTYAREOLA’S POV My head was spinning and I could barely feel my feet. “Auu, My head,” I groaned, placing my hands on my head.“Areola,” I heard Donna’s voice and my eyes opened slowly.“What the fuck happened?” I asked, because my memory was hazy, and my head hurt so bad that I could barely think. “I went to search for you and I caught Nicole hitting you with a stone,” She said and my memory came back to me. Without thinking I reach for my belly hoping nothing happened to my child.“You baby is alright, how are you feeling?” She asked and I shrugged. I was feeling a little better but the urge to punch Nicole in the face but I kept my cool.“Where is Leo?” I asked, trying to sit up but Donna held me down.“He is in the back, drilling Nicole, that witch tried to kill you, I can't believe it,” Donna's voice sounded pathetic, It looked like Nicole was a cool-headed person, but my beef with her made me not notice.“That bitch, I wish I could snap her neck,” Moxilla said
CHAPTER FORTY-ONERYAN’S POV I didn't know whether to go in search of Natalie, so I just paced around my room. What if she was lying? I didn't know what to do exactly. When I was tired of pacing, I sat in my bed and stared at the note she had written me. I never saw Jules as a man who would hit his daughter, but this does not read otherwise.“Hello,” I heard her voice Trina finally came, with a smile I turned and saw Trina knocking at my window. Since Aria died, Trina’s lifestyle has changed, she is embarrassed by the fact that she was a tomboy and started learning how to use a sword, she came out to everyone that she was gay and cut her hair. Finally, she was always coming to my room through the window.“You know you can use the door huh?” I asked, going over to open the window for her.“Then where is the fun in that,” She scoffed, as she entered the room. She was wearing leather pants and a white shirt, with a manly boot on her feet. The board members had talke
CHAPTER FIFTY-SIXAREOLA’S POV The ride was a long one, and I could the palace of the Lycan king was still fucking car. We were passing through the woods and my kids were staring at everything with awe, making me remember the day my parents died. We were all going for an occasion because my father was among the most respected noblemen, even if he wasn't a board member. He was invited to dine with the late Lycan king and that was the first time my sister and I were living in our mansion.“Daddy is beautiful,” I recalled my sister's voice, beaming at my father, who was beaming as well, unsure of what would happen next. My sister was already betrothed to the Lycan king’s nephew and we had always dreamt of how he would look, it painted me like she never got to see his face.“Mummy it's awesome, daddy would have loved to be here,” Trina yelled excitedly, using her eyes to explore every tree we passed.“Daddy went to the afterlife baby, he is seeing us right now,” I said, holding
CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVERYAN’S POV Natalie and I had been engaged for four years and everyone was waiting for our wedding. The respect I have for Natalie has begun to deteriorate, as I began to find horrible traits about her.“Are you sure Natalie ordered some men to attack Trinity pack in my name?”I asked, even if I was as confused as her. Natalie is capable of a lot of shit, I almost had her thrown into the dungeon when she tried to kill Trina for being gay, but we share the same immunity, because she is my wife-to-be. I have also tried to call off our engagement, but still, that is impossible. Engagement is a big deal in my world and can't be revoked till after marriage, and the marriage ought to last a year, before divorce. “Yes, she killed all the men that went with her, She killed my brother,” One of the guards said, with tears in his eyes. I threw a fist at the wall angrily, why the fuck didn't I see this trait in her, I didn't only make her Alpha, I also engaged her.
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOURAREOLA’S POV I spent the last two days packing my things, I'm leaving Trinity packed. “This is a stupid idea, you can win revenge on a Lycan king, who you still love,” Moxilla argued, as I packed my remaining clothes and got ready for my journey, she had been trying to stop me, to a dead end.“He can't go away with hurting people I love, Moxilla, you might have done that to Aria but he won't do that to Areola,” I snapped at her, setting my bows and arrows. Revenge has been running in my blood since Leo died and I had to go with my instinct even if Moxilla is right sometimes. “Mummy, where is Daddy,” Tasha called, I turned to look at her and all I could see was Ryan. I have no idea why she looked so much like him but it got me angry, I even had to dye her hair blonde like her sister but she still looked like Ryan.“You are the cause of him being missing,” I snapped at her, pouring my anger on her for no reason. “Areola, don't frighten the child,” Moxilla g
CHAPTER FIFTY-THREEAREOLA’S POV I stared at Leo’s body, finding it hard to believe he was no more.“Areola, are you okay?” I heard Donna’s voice, I raised my head to see her and Nicole running in my direction.“What are you doing here?” I asked, gulping hard, they would blame me for Leo’s death and I was ready for it. I waited for Donna to rain abuse on me but rather she hugged me tightly.“I didn’t kill him,” I whispered to her ears, trying to hold my tears back, my crew had never seen me cry, and I wasn’t planning to cry now.“I know, we saw Alpha Natalie and how Leo died, I’m sorry,” Nicole consoled me, patting my back. That was it, the tears fell from my eyes without control, and I wept on Donna’s shoulder.“It is okay to cry, just so you know,” She whispered to my hair, as I soaked her shoulders with tears. “He wasn't happy with me before he died, I know I'm the cause of his death,” I sobbed, feeling a different weight of guilt on my shoulders. It made me remember the
CHAPTER FIFTY-TWOAREOLA’S POV I was still holding Leo’s lifeless body when some armed men came towards me in their house.“He is not an animal,” they scoffed, jumping on their horses. I don’t know if I should be angry at them for thinking he was an animal for them laughing about it.“You killed him,” I growled, getting angry. I was already losing to my wolf, when one came closer to me, and whispered to my ear.“If you say another word, we would make you our whore,” He said, licking my ear. They all laughed at his stupid comment and if it was Aria she would have broken down in tears but luckily, this was Areola Ross.“Don’t get me angry,” I warned, forming a fist in my hand, if the last thing I did was make meat out of these wolves, I would be glad. “She has some nerves doesn’t she,” He scoffed, flipping my hair to the other side. I dropped Leo’s body carefully to the ground and stood on my feet, with my eyes burning red.I counted the men, there were eight of them, and lucki
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONEAREOLA’S POV It had been two days since I told Leo that I didn't love him and he hadn't been to the house since. I regret my actions, but I don't blame myself for being sincere to him, it is better he knew the truth of my feelings. “What are you going to do, Areola?” Nicole asked, sitting at the edge of the bed. I didn't have a choice but to call Nicole and Donna. I told them everything about the marriage and they didn't seem pleased with what I did.“I don't know, he isn't…”“Of course you won't, Areola, all these past years to have spent you, you thought about yourself alone but Leo never left your side, and now you throw him out there to dry,” Donna said rudely, glaring at me She isn't telling the truth, I have always put the pack’s needs before mine as long as I can remember.“If you did, you would have left Nicole and Leo's love to blossom but no, you kept him to yourself and just threw him under the bus,” Donna snapped at me. I get that she took Leo a
CHAPTER FIFTYAREOLA’S POV I was dumbfounded, the fact that I promised to be Leo’s wife was still shocking.“It is shocking because you are still in love with Ryan,” Moxilla snapped. “Why didn't you stop me?” I asked Moxilla, pacing around the room Leo and I shared. The sex with Leo was awesome although it wasn't better than Ryan’s or Elisha, it was something I looked forward to. With a deep breath, I sat on my bed, deep in thought.“I tried to stop you, but when your damn mind is made up you don't look back,” She scoffed, not feeling a bit of pressure. “This affects you and me Moxilla, if I marry him, we will be tied down to a man again,” I panicked, throwing my head back. I don't want to live a life in the shadows of a man again, and even though Leo seemed different he is still a man. “The four years spent with Leo had been the best Areola, he didn't behave as if he owns you and even if I was against you getting married to him forever, I don't think its a bad idea,” Sh
CHAPTER FORTY-NINEAREOLA’S POV Four years passed without me noticing, and today, Trina and Tasha turn four. Leo and I have been trying to throw an elaborate party for our girls and celebrate the fact that our marriage will soon be over. I felt heavy in my heart, the thought of divorcing Leo was depressing, he had been nothing but supporting me, I may not love him but I respect his strength. “It's time to wake up, Areola, Today is our kid's birthday,” Leo yawned, sitting up on the bed, without a shirt. Leo and I live alone now, a lot has happened with the crew, Donna and Nicole are married, Jeffrey is dead, Trust fled from the pack to find his own life and the rest of the crew just broke up, I barely noticed they were gone. Luckily, they left the house for Leo and me and we made good use of it. We built a room for our girls and ourselves so we don't have to sleep in the living room.“I am awake,” I scoffed, rolling to Leo’s chest, Starling him. Leo had never had sex with
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHTRYAN’S POV I didn't wait for Everess to finish what she was saying when I walked out of the pool. Knowing more about Aria would make me drawn to my past, although I reasoned what she said. What if Aria was pregnant with my child? I remember talking about pregnancy with her and she jerked, was Everess right? Was Aria alive? “Ryan,” I heard Natalie’s voice, I turned immediately to see her sitting in the corner. “Nat?” I called, walking towards her. It was obvious that Natalie had been crying, her makeup had washed away, giving her a dark spot, underneath her eyes.“What the hell happened?” I asked, sitting close to her, I felt her pain, and anyone who made her cry, I was more than ready to rip his throat off and I meant it.“I am sorry for making you look stupid,” She apologized, holding my hand. For a moment, I felt stupid for thinking that she wanted to pay me back for declining her proposal.“Why did you do it?” I asked, trying to act sensible, eve