Ariana's POVI went back to my room after Alpha Derek ordered me to take my leave and I kept wondering what he would say to Henry and what Henry would say to him. I really hoped Henry corroborated with the story I told the Alpha, after all, he had been listening with rapt attention as I narrated everything to his brother.I was hoping that Henry would support my story and not say anything to alter what I had said because if he so much as said another thing different from what I had said, the Alpha was sure to doubt him and he would be in trouble. He had to stick to my story so that everything would be okay for him since what he had been doing when he crashed to the floor was likely not allowed. I knew that it wasn't.After a while of staying in my room, lounging on the couch and doing nothing in particular, I heard the door to the Alpha's quarters slam from next door and I knew that he was back from his office. I had already eaten dinner with the girls before I headed over to his offi
Ariana's POVMy mind reeled into instant shock as Alpha Derek asked me that question. Why was he still pursuing this line of question? What was the matter again? Had Henry told him something that had made him to doubt my own version of events? Or worse had Henry told him the main truth about the whole thing that had happened inside the library? Surely, he couldn't do that, or could he? Of course, he couldn't but if he did be was the one with much to lose here. He was the one who had tampered with something he shouldn't have tampered with. My own blame in the issue was that I had lied to the Alpha and covered up for him. But I knew Henry, I thought. And I knew that he couldn't tell the Alpha the truth because he would be at the receiving end. I didn't even know him that much but I knew him well enough to know that he couldn't tell Alpha Derek the main truth of the matter.I was lost deep into my thoughts that I didn't even realize that I hadn't answered Alpha Derek's question. I jolt
Ariana's POVMy jaw went slack after Claire's unexpected question and I blanched. What did she mean by that? That Henry and I were in a relationship? How was it possible? How did that come about? Henry and I were just friends. I barely even knew him and he barely knew me either. Before I could manage to say anything, Diana spoke before me."Have your seat, Ariana. You can't be standing like that," she said.I gulped and then I nodded before I took my seat at my rightful place on the table. Finally my jaw wasn't slack again and my mouth went back to its proper position before I finally found my voice. "What do you mean by that, Claire? I don't understand what you mean," I said without any hint of hostility in my voice. Claire and I were past that stage now.She fixed me with a piercing look before she spoke. "Don't you understand English? So you and Henry Callan, Diana's brother are in a relationship?"There was something in her voice now that I did not like. There was a type of coolne
Ariana's POVI looked at all of them around the table one by one until my eyes landed on the face of the last person. That was Diana and she was the one still holding my hand. My eyes trailed down her face to her chin and then to my hand in her hand. After a while of looking around like that, I spoke."So you are ready to tell me what I want to hear, right?" I asked and I wasn't just referring to Diana alone. I was referring to all of them. At this point, other people in the dining hall were looking toward our table and they were fixated on the scene going on before them especially since it involved Diana and her group of friends. They all looked at each other, a type of silent communication passing through them and they nodded to Diana one after the other. She nodded back to them and turned her gaze back to me before she nodded. "Yes," she said. "We are ready. We are ready to tell you about it.""Okay then," I replied. "Thank you."Since my hand was still in hers, she stood up, tur
Ariana's POVI couldn't say anything because I was still rooted in one position because of shock so all I could do was gasp loudly and hang my mouth open. So Alpha Derek trusted his sister so much that he did not only allow her to enter into his private library but he gave her the keys too? If so, then the trust he had for her wasn't a small one. "What, you are surprised? Why are you even surprised?" Diana asked.I blinked and blinked before I finally found my voice through the haze of shock that was blanketing me right now, and then I replied Diana."Of course, I am. I am very surprised. I know that you are the Alpha's sister and he cherishes you a lot -if he is even capable of possessing such an emotion, no offense- but I didn't expect him to hand over the key to this library to you. Yeah, I know he trusts you but I never knew it was this much.""Well, of course he does. Do you know since when I have had this key?" she asked me. Of course, I didn't and she knew that I didn't. I ju
Ariana's POVHenry and Claire used to be in a relationship? How and when? It was hard to imagine them being together because their personalities were so different. While Henry was was nice, friendly and charming, Claire on the other hand was sarcastic, a bit mean and quite unfriendly when she set her mind to it. After all, it had taken a private encounter with her to get her to accept me as a friend. If I hadn't gone to the infirmiry that day, I knew that we would never have become close because she wouldn't have given me a chance. That was how she was. So the main point I was trying to make here was that Claire and Henry were polar opposites. I disregarded that shit that people always said: opposites attract. While it might have been true for other aspects of life, it couldn't be true for relationships. Sure the two people in a relationship couldn't be the same to a T, but at least, they were supposed to have many similarities. They were supposed to have things in common so that the
Ariana's POVDiana stood up from her chair abruptly. Then she reconsidered and sat down again. She looked over at me. She averted her eyes. Then she looked over at me. "Do you know what, Ariana?" she asked."What is it, Diana?" I asked her, curious about what she had to say again."I noticed something when we first entered in here. You were looking around, and taking in the place but it seemed like you had been in here before. I wanted to ask you about it but I just waved it away because the question sounded and still sounds silly. Of course, you have never been in here before. I can even count the number of people that have entered into this library. The thing about this library as you know is that it is the Alpha's private library and no one except him comes in here. Well, except for some selected people and that means either me or the Beta of this pack, Robert. We are the only ones that the Alpha has ever allowed to come in here apart from him and that is because he trusts us compl
Ariana's POV"You met Claire at the infirmiry? When did that happen?" Diana asked me. "Yes, I did. We met about a week ago.""But just this morning, you told me you and Claire hadn't met outside the dining hall. You should have just told me. You know it is not a big deal, right?""Yeah, I do, and I know that I have not been completely honest with you. Just know that I am sorry about that. I want to tell you everything now. I want to tell you everything that I have been hiding from you.""Since you are ready now, I am all ears. Go on," Diana said.Then I started. "On the day that I decided to start attending culinary classes with the permission of the Alpha, I discovered something. I was on my way to the wing where the culinary school was when I heard a deeply harrowing sound. It made me curious and I was determined to find out the cause so I decided to trace the sourse of the sound. I followed it until I discovered that what I was hearing was a man's scream. That still didn't stop me