Berrilyl's POV "Follow me and stop staring," Cage said. With anger" he groaned. I was just wondering in my mind what was with him. He was such a damn idiotic and annoying person who liked to boss around. I wondered what was so bad in admiring something. I scoffed and followed him. My heart couldn't stop beating with joy as I saw him enter through the gate to the magnificent palace. I followed him on with happiness. It was the nicest thing that had happened to me since I came here. It was the best place I had been to since I had been here. Every other place made me feel like I was in ancient times. It was crazy how it was as if the pack was divided into three, the residential area, the palace and the punishment area but I wasn't even sure that was all. I never knew it was this big and nice. I never thought he was the Alpha to these plenty of people. I thought I was in a small pack that was in need of control, and capturing my brother was a way of trying to expand his pack or be in co
Berrilyl's POVI was astonished by her sight. She was the only woman of my age or maybe a little older than me that I saw there. It was the shock of my life. I was wondering if I was in a dream. Seeing her in my front looking at Cage with a very pleasing smile was making me feel disgusted. She was hot, with very nice hips, her clothing, her makeup, everything about her was perfect. It made me look at myself and I felt like a complete rag. I compared myself with her and saw how different we looked. I didn't look like a princess at all. I looked like a complete slave. I was truly a slave. I felt stupid."Hi sir, you are back" she said and her voice was very nice. "Yes. So how is everything?" he asked."I'm handling it well""If it's too much. Ask them for help""Okay, sir" she said and was about to go when Cage said,"Wait, I want you to meet her" he said pointing at me" she looked at me with shock."Em, sir she... She's–""Yes, she is the girl I'm going to marry for now" he said and i
Berrilyl's POVSomething about that smile made me feel uncomfortable. No matter how I tried to not be surprised or annoyed by whatever Cage did he always got on my nerves. And now he put a maniac smiley face in charge of me. A whole princess like me had been turned into a slave working under a slave. It was literally the worst day of my life. I was even lower in rank than a slave. He really had guts since he was in his pack."Handle everything else" Cage said and left with his stupid pride."Okay, I would," Grace said. She smiled at me again and to me, the smile was becoming creepy. "I know you have some beef with Alpha Cage but please you have to know that we have to let it slide and pretend we aren't enemies. Let's be good to each other and not allow any guy to come between us" she said smiling again. It made me wonder if she had a disease that made her always smile. "Oh okay. I didn't mean to talk to you like that" I said but she turned around and looked in the direction Cage le
Berrilyl's POV"Don't you dare call me that? You don't have the right to" she said."But it doesn't change the fact that you ate a personal maid. Do we need to lie about this one too?" I asked."You're crazy. And let's leave here first. I would show you the stuff I'm made of" she said and wanted to start going."Oh no. The personal slave is leaving me behind" She turned back and looked at me with anger. She took a deep breath and sighed."Personal slave, are you already tired of me?" I asked. Grace was speechless. After all her boasting I didn't expect her to be that foolish. She was so irritating and I didn't know how I was going to stay under her. She was surely going to look for every single way to get back at me. I knew I wasn't going to stay here in peace but neither was she.She suddenly started smiling, all her angry mood changed. The more I looked at her, I found out that the smile was becoming sinister. It was looking evil. She stared at me like she was ready to eat me aliv
Berrilyl's POV"But–" Talia tried to protest. "Please go don't worry about it. It was my doing so I should take care of it" Grace said."What about the scalding on her skin?" Talia asked since she didn't see any sign of it healing."We are wolves remember. It would heal but I'd still apply ointment on it. And I'm very sure Jake would be expecting his coffee by now. There isn't so much the excuse might do" she said sweetly and Talia had no choice but to leave so she doesn't get into trouble for not coming early."Be careful of the shards!" Talia said as she left."Of course we would" Grace said and before I knew it she took a shard and used it to cut my skin. Some guards were about to come to see what was going on that caused all the noise but they met with Talia who must have explained to them that it was nothing serious. They peeped at us and Grace quickly said, "You don't need to worry about us, we would handle it. It's just coffee. We can handle it". Then the guard left for their
Berrilyl's POVMy eyes widened as I saw him. He appeared out of the blue. It was surprising that I was so stuck in my thoughts and didn't even hear his footsteps approaching until he startled me with his cold voice that sprang out unexpectedly.He looked at me and Grace with confusion. I was quite certain that he had many scenarios playing out in his mind as he took in the scene: Grace and me standing amidst ceramic shards mixed with blood on the floor. "Are you deaf? What is going on here?" Cage asked, his voice laced with anger and his brows furrowed.I looked at Grace expecting her to talk so she would gain attention but she didn't. Grace's shoulders slumped, her eyes downcast in a convincing display of vulnerability which was all a facade."I don't think I want to bother you with what happened. I would handle it. It's nothing, just a few cuts from the shards" she said slowly, feigning weakness.Cage's authoritative tone left no room for evasion. ''How did you get cut by shards? A
Berrilyl's POVCage’s gaze lingered on me, a flicker of doubt crossing his expression. I knew if he found out I had caused Grace to fall, my position here would be in serious jeopardy. He didn’t buy my story when I claimed Grace had purposely hurt me. Sensing his disbelief, I quickly stepped in."We were picking up the pieces after the ceramics broke, and the tea poured. The floor was slippery from the coffee. Grace slipped again, this time onto me, and we both fell. But when she stood up, she tripped on the shards in those ridiculous heels of hers."I could feel his eyes on me, but he said nothing. He was processing it—his expression unreadable. I pressed on, voice a little more urgent. "It was an accident. I don’t understand what’s confusing you.""Watch it," Cage snapped, his voice cold, his eyes narrowing. I glanced over at Grace, lying motionless on the floor, her breathing shallow like she might collapse at any moment. I could still feel the burn from the coffee scalding my sk
Berrilyl's POVTalia’s eyes met mine, and I swear, her gaze held a chill that made my blood run cold. Normally, his words never had this kind of weight. But tonight, something about the way Talia spoke—her fear, her urgency—was different. It sent a ripple of unease through me.“He said I should take you there,” Talia murmured, and even she seemed unsure, her voice trembling slightly. I wasn’t sure if I knew the way back, either.Without another word, she turned and began to walk, her pace swift and almost desperate. I had no choice but to quicken my steps, my feet barely keeping up as the corridor stretched before me. Something felt… wrong. The walls were familiar, but they seemed to blur at the edges, as though I were walking in a dream.My heart hammered in my chest, a constant reminder that we were heading somewhere new. Somewhere I didn’t want to go.“This doesn’t seem like the same place we were before,” I muttered, trying to steady my racing thoughts.“We’re going somewhere els
Berrilyl's POVTo my surprise, I heard that my brother's pack was left with no alpha and it had been taken over by some group of greedy wolves. The best part of it was that his Luna wife and the others were taken as concubine under the current leader apart from his wife Lucia who had gone earlier with some people of the pack who believed of in her and some of the slaves in the palace that agreed to help her escape. All the slaves he captured had been set free by Lucia but the ones who stayed due to greedy reason were now all under their new leader.In my opinion, Lucia was very lucky she could escape with some of the people I knew were righteous. The rest of them that I even had as friends were all sleeping with Owens behind my back so I didn't care what happened to them since they didn't bother deceiving me or hurting my feelings. They enjoyed my brother and Owens so they could also enjoy the aftermath. I just felt bad a little since I had many memories there but soon I realized t
Berrilyl's POV"Are you still in love with that idiot after everything he put you through?" William asked but I ignored him. What I needed was a way that I could make Cage forgive me for everything that I did. For every single thing that happened between us that I ruined, the people that died and leaving his face like that. There were just too many when I thought of it, and I didn't know how exactly I was going to make him forgive me. I figured out that I'd continue to try no matter what. He was the only true love I ever had."You are thinking about him. Aren't you?" William said looking at me with anger and frustration."Of course I am. Why not?""Really Sis? He punished you. Killed Owens. Turned you into a public slave, allowed people to mistreat you like you were nothing!""Yes, I know. And Owens's death was caused by Cage, and to me, it's a good thing because you knew that bastard was cheating on me, and you encouraged me to get married to him, and with what I did, I kinda deser
Cage's POVI arrived on the scene to witness something that I had not expected: William, cold and firm, was denying Berrilyl. The words coming out of his mouth were so bitter, as if he had no second thought, no remorse about what he was telling her. His eyes, which were usually so cold, were colder, harder than ever. He gazed at her as a stranger, as a failure, as something that could be discarded. There was no sympathy on his face, only complete disinterest.Berrilyl was before him, her own face twisted and pale with feeling. I could observe the shame and remorse reflected in her eyes.I remained in the entrance, observing them, trying to comprehend what I was seeing. A part of me that continued to resent her. The lies, the hypocrisy, that she had been an accomplice to so much pain. But part of me felt sympathy for her. She was also used, duped by the man she loved more than anyone. I was torn at the time, between my anger at her for what she'd done, and the sense that she was a vict
Berrilyl's POVI remained silent at the doorway, concealed in the darkness, ensuring I didn't make any noise. Williams was completely unaware that I was present, hearing everything he said. I didn’t want him to realize I was concealed just behind the door, listening in on what he was saying. My heart pounded while I remained frozen, wishing he wouldn’t see me because I wanted to listen to what he had to say.My heart ached as I listened to the betrayal, the secrets I never could have dreamed of. William's calm, assured tone now trembled with something evil. He spoke of manipulation, and plots to destroy us, and I was only beginning to understand the depth of the lies he had convinced me with. My Alpha, my brother, whom I had thought I could trust and at one point in time even suspected would never desert me, was the architect of my agony.Cage's men were standing in front of me and turned to look at me with their blank faces. It was time. I had heard enough. They had come to drag me fr
Berrilyl's POVI stood there in shock, my eyes fixed on Cage's. My heart was pounding within me, my head spinning from what he'd told me. He'd been so serious, as if he knew so for certain, speaking of something from my past that I didn't remember myself.I didn't believe him, I just didn't want to do that.I couldn't get the words I'd heard him say out of my head.It was William, my brother whom he had raised up, who guarded me, and who had always cared for me. Cage, however, abducted me, he enslaved me, and now he expected me to embrace his reality?I clenched my fists tight, biting the nails of my palms as I spun around and ran towards my room.I needed to get my head together.The moment I closed the door behind me, I inhaled deeply and my chest tightened in rage. My emotions were all tangled up, but one thing was for sure, I just couldn't believe Cage.I jumped at the knock at the door. My body hardened. Had Cage returned?I hesitated and crept toward the door, slowly opening it
Berrilyl's POVWhen I regained my consciousness I looked around and found myself in a very dark place that I could at first hardly see a thing. I tried raising my hands and felt severe pain; I was wounded in different places; it was so painful, and some were deep.Despite that I knew I had to get out of where I was, so I mustered all the courage in me to crawl out of the damn dark room and started shouting for help. My voice wasn't as loud as usual but I did my best to sound loud."Hahaha, oh my! See who's on the floor behaving like a snail. Who's in charge now? You disgusting asshole" I heard a voice say but couldn't clearly identify it."Does your head still hurt? I mean, does your body hurt? I remember throwing you in here, and it made a very loud thud," the man said again, and I realized it was none other than Cain. He had come back to take revenge on me. It became clear to me that all my crawling and shouting was useless and trying to run away from him was hardly going to be im
Cage's POV If someone had helped William escape from the hidden dungeon and find a way out of here, it either meant that he had brought someone with him who we didn't capture and was sneaking around then saw the perfect opportunity to let him go or we had a spy among us.The thought of having a spy in our midst left me dumbfounded. The spy must have known our pack so we'll that the hidden dungeon wasn't only unhidden but could be operated by whoever the spy was.Was I this careless to have never figured it out? When the spies were killed all of a sudden, I should have known there was still more to it, but I blamed Berrilyl since she always had more than one way of communicating with her brother, and I was caught up in so many problems that I forgot to investigate such a dangerous attempt further.Even if he had a someone with him who we didn't capture, there was no way the person would have got through the guards, the security system was tight which meant the only way he could escape
Cage's POVI wasn't that intoxicated. I was just tipsy. I knew where I was and what I was doing, still. But even with the alcohol in my system, I could feel my mind slipping, becoming less clear, less sharp. The edges of my world blurred, and everything felt a little lighter and easier to deal with.With that said, I didn't attack Berrilyl. She had already left, and something made me know it was not yet time to follow her. She was angry and scared. I could see that from her eyes as she turned her back on me. But she needed space, and I knew that if I followed her, things would just get worse. It was not the first time Berrilyl had left me, and I knew it would not be the last. So I simply released her.I did what I always did whenever I had to focus on other things instead. I took a hold of the mask again. It was more about obscuring my mind, and my emotions rather than hiding my face. My feelings. My thoughts. The mask gave me a feeling of control and detachment. Wearing it, I felt so
Berrilyl's POVIt was a day to my engagement already, and I had decided to carry out my plan. I had prepared for days now on how to escape, but the only way out that I could think of was to get rid of Cage. It was the last thing I could think of to save myself from getting married to him, and tonight I was going to carry out my plan.The night was calm as I walked down the halls of the mansion. There was just the soft thud of my steps against the quiet. My heart was racing, and I felt this crazy mix of fear and resolve. Was I going to do it? I stood before Cage's door.My mind was telling me that this was what I needed to do, but my body was tense and unsure. I'd never been more nervous in my life. I'd practiced this moment so many times in my mind, but now that it was here, it wasn't quite the same. Still, I could not go back. I had to move forward.I pushed the door inward slowly, as quietly as possible. The room was black except for the feeble flickering of candle flames at the ed