MIRANDA'S POV"Did you know anything about this?" asked the king as he glanced over at Cindy's father who looked like he was now ready to run away and flee the scene of his crimes even though as far as I knew it was only Cindy that was responsible for Tomas's death. But it wouldn't surprise me if Cindy's father was in on it too."Of course I didn't, if I had known I would have done everything in my power to stop it," he said "Miranda is lying because I know my daughter would never stoop that low Miranda is just jealous of Cindy and she has always been" he added giving me a contemptuous eye, he had been hoping I don't bring up what his daughter had been up to here today."Well, I am not lying," I said "I have no reason to deceive anyone or be jealous of anyone" I added and that was true, what was I going to gain if I lied at this point. The king had already made his decision and favored me and I didn't even have to lie to gain that favor so in my opinion lying now would only get me in
MIRANDA'S POVThe king continued with the questioning while Cindy's father watched helplessly as I tore his and Cindy's image to shreds. He seemed to realize that there was nothing that he could do to stop the truth from coming out and I was still confident that he was probably a part of the plot to get WIlliam killed by Cindy and her henchman even though I knew for a fact that he was going to deny any involvement. There was just no way that he could not have known what his daughter was up to just as there was no way that he didn't know that she was having an affair with Tomas."Yesterday after the king came to see me at the hospital, Cindy came also came to see me and I was very surprised to see her because Cindy and I don't get along and I would have expected her to keep her distance from me since Tomas was no more. She started accusing me of getting Tomas killed and she pretended to believe that I had planned out the whole thing even though her reasoning didn't make
WILLIAM'S POVHaving the opportunity to stand before the elders and defend Miranda felt like vindication in some way, for her and me. It felt like vindication for all the suspicions that were surrounding us concerning Tomas's death, even if no one would come out and say It right in our faces we both knew that the pack thought that we were responsible for what had happened to Tomas.Miranda and I had been through so much in the past few months and what had begun as me trying to help my father rein in Tomas ended up as a war between two brothers for one woman. The difference between me and Tomas was the fact that Tomas didn't love Miranda but in my opinion, he instead felt obligated to tolerate her because of the conditions that father had put in place. I loved Miranda from the very first day I met her, even though I was willing to not pursue her because of the respect I had for my father and what he wanted to happen. But after Miranda told me what Tomas had put her throu
MIRANDA'S POVWhen Cindy was finally brought before the elders I was very nervous about what she would say, I was very aware that with Cindy it could go either way and it would most likely end with me being accused of something that I didn't do. The looks she kept giving me made it clear that she had every intention of lying to the elders and I just hoped I would be able to stand up to her because I had never really been able to stand my ground against her. Cindy had been bullying me for the longest of time and she often acted like she wanted the life that I had although she had a much better life than mine. I mean why would the daughter of an elder be jealous of a mere omega like me but that was what it was like with Cindy even though I was very certain that Cindy wouldn't last a day in my shoes. She would never be able to walk a mile in my shoes because she was used to living the easy life with servants all around her, while I was the servant.There was only one thing that
MIRANDA'S POVSeeing an old man like Cindy's father crying and begging was a sight that I was never going to forget. If he hadn't done anything I would have felt sorry for him. I couldn't even imagine what it must have felt like for him to watch his daughter melt into liquid right before him. Somehow I got the impression that Cindy was exactly like her father, I mean sure he was distraught over the death of his daughter but what I saw In his eyes was more fear of his own life than grieving for his dead daughter.The king wasn't moved by the tears that Cindy's father was shedding or the drama he was causing in the courthouse as his daughter melted. I had never seen him looking so cold and uncaring the way he did now he just wanted them both dead and gone and I cannot say I blamed him for that after all he had lost his son because of their greed."I already know the part that your daughter played in this plot but what I want to know from you is what your role was. I know t
MIRANDA'S POVWilliam had outdone himself today in comforting me and being there for me and supporting me throughout this whole trial. I was relieved when the king asked us to take a break after he had finished questioning Cindy\'s father, the king needed the break more than anyone else because he was visibly upset after that. Celebrating someone\'s death was never a good thing but I had to say that I was relieved that Cindy was now dead because that meant that I no longer had to worry about my safety and the well-being of my pup.\"I think I am more nervous now about the crowning because of the comments Cindy\'s father made about me being a servant\" I confessed to William\"What? Don\'t you allow that man\'s comments to make you lose confidence in your self\" William said as we stood outside the courthouse\"I can\'t help it, I kind of feel like it\'s true,\" I said sadly\"Well my father doesn\'t think so and he is the one that you should be listening to becau
~INTERLUDE~When Miranda took over the throne, she made the mistake of keeping some wolves that were serving Tomas on board. She thought that they were on her side because they always seemed to disagree with the way he did things. However she discovered the hard way that this was not so. After ruling the pack with William by her side, they finally had a daughter and she was the only child that Miranda would get the opportunity to have because someone in her pack was plotting her demise. The fact that someone in the pack also discovered that Miranda was a hybrid didn't help her situation in any way because now they had reason to want her gone. the beta was driven by his hatred for her and the fact that she was a hybrid and he used that as a way to turn the pack against her. now she was struggling to control the pack because they all thought that she was an abomination.it was as if being the first female alpha didn't already have its own challenges and being looked down upo
I went to the only seat that was left at the front of the class and sat there. I had avoided sitting there because it was too close to the teacher and that meant it would be easier for the teacher to pay attention to me. I never ever raised a hand in class, I was very smart but I was also smart enough to make sure I never attract any attention to myself.After a few minutes the class was full and the teacher came in. A middle aged woman with the brightest smile that lit up the room and her energy were off the roof. She was way too energetic to be a maths teacher, which was one of my favourite subjects. When she realised I was new in class she made me stand up and introduce myself to the whole class. And then spent half the lesson trying to dissect my personality and get to know me whilst not failing to make me feel very uncomfortable.I was actually very quiet in class and at home, people often mistook that for a weakness especially bullies. My silence was like a magnet for
ELIZABETH'S POV“Did you really have to be that rude Liam?” I asked“Lizzy sometimes you tend to be too kind and too trusting” he snapped and he was right but I really believed that Ashley was being genuine I could see the grief and the pain in her eyes. Her father might have been a bad influence in her life but she was clearly fond of him and she loved him very much.“I know that but I think we should have been nicer to her,” I said“if we had been even a little nicer to her she would have asked us if we could let her sleep since it was already dark and she would have asked if it was ok if she slept with us in the same room and in the middle,” he said and I laughed, now he was just exaggerating“Just stop Liam,” I said through my laughs and he joined me“I am serious they say once bitten twice shy and trust me I have been bitten by Ashley so I am not allowing her to fool me so easily this time, so you need to stop trusting people that you shouldn’t trust and stop being so easily fool
ELIZABETH’S POVThe following day I woke up feeling very tired and I was feeling like I had spent the night running a marathon. Liam told me that I had passed out right after drinking the wolfsbane and that he had to carry me home after that. I was glad that we were done with the crowning part of the rituals and now the next thing would be for Liam to drink the wolfsbane.I didn’t understand why Liam had to do that because he was already part of the pack and therefore he had no former tied to break and I also felt like there was no need for him to prove his loyalty to the pack because they already knew him. He explained to me that he wouldn’t be swearing his loyalty to the pack only but also to me. and he said that the ritual was going to be important in proving that his intentions for the pack were not selfish and we're nothing like what his father had done.When I woke up I had to attend to Ryan who had grown a lot in the past couple of days and he was now crawling, I just couldn’t
ELIZABETH'S POVThere was a note that was left on a rock and Liam recognized the handwriting as his father’s, the message on the note was that he would wait for us in the mansion since we wanted to be pack leaders and live in the mansion so badly.Liam, Anthony, and I immediately turned and started running to the mansion immediately, none of us cared that our clothes were ripped off as we turned. Liam and I just wanted our baby back and Anthony was just after his mate. At this point, we were all aware that Liam’s father was a danger even to his own children and he had to be stopped from causing any more harm to anyone else.We raced to the mention afraid that we could be too late and Liam’s father could have done something to Anna and the baby. The thought of him hurting my baby just made me angry and made my feet very much lighter. I got to the mansion first and I immediately spotted Liam’s father in the garden with the baby in his arms and Anna was tied
Liam's POVAfter dinner, we all went to our separate rooms and I was very happy to finally have Liam all to myself. There was a lot I wanted to discuss with him and most of it involved his father and I couldn’t hold out any longer.“Baby, are you ok?” I asked“Yes why?” he asked as he put on his pajamas“I mean I just killed your father and I would understand if you need a little time to mourn his death,” I said sitting on the huge king-sized bed.“Lizzy are you feeling bad about what happened?” he asked and I wasn’t sure how to respond to that question, of course, I felt guilty about killing his dad despite his crimes. If I felt nothing after killing him that would mean that I was exactly like him.“a little bit, I mean your father had it coming that’s no doubt but that doesn’t make me feel any better about the fact that I killed him and the impact of what his death did to you and I wouldn’t blame you if you felt some type of way about the way
LIAM’S POVWe stayed up the whole night listening to Denis as he filled us in on the plans that my father had for us. We had to keep in mind that they probably didn’t tell him everything out of fear that he would come and give that information back to us. What I didn’t understand until now was why Anthony had decided to join us and not run his small pack himself, I mean he was next in line to be Alpha after all. Their presence here with us made me very uncomfortable but I also had to admit that we needed them, but there was no way that I was going to agree with Lizzy if she decided to let them stay here for good.After Denis told us everything we needed to know we had to change the plan of our plans because they already knew our plan of attack. Lizzy was right when she said that she would heal herself and be strong enough to fight, as I watched her take the lead in the plans I could see that she was a natural-born leader and that was probably the reason why she cou
LIAM’S POVI woke up in the middle of the night to find the bed empty on Lizzy’s side. I knew that she had been restless because I allowed the wolves from the diamond pack to stay with us but I had to think on my feet and it was best that we had them with us rather than with my father. They probably chose to come to us because they were impressed that Lizzy had killed their Alpha. Even after I had accepted their request to join us, I was still worried about the true intentions of their new Alpha, Anthony had been known to idolize his father and I knew that he probably wanted to seek revenge against us.The only thing I could do now was to make sure I keep an eye on them and make sure they never got up to any good or even tried to betray us, as hard as that was going to prove to be.I got out of bed and started searching for Sabina around the house and she was not there, I even went to Anna’s room and she wasn’t there. I thought maybe she was in her mother’s room as she n
Elizabeth's Pov The following day Liam, Anna, and I woke up a little late because we were all tired from the events of the previous day. We were not going to be getting any form of rest for the next coming days because of all the training that we had to do. Liam woke up and went to the mansion to meet with the elders and his father because he had to find out when they planned for this challenge to take place.Anna and I prepared the backyard for all the wolves that were going to come for the training. It was a pure blessing that my mother had chosen a corner house with the biggest backyard that was big enough to accommodate a lot of wolves. I still couldn’t believe that all those wolves had actually chosen my side and I didn’t even know most of them. But I assumed that they chose me because they already knew and trusted Liam and they were like his followers.After we were done preparing the grounds for training Liam returned from the meeting and he seemed like he h
LIAM'S POVI had known from the day that I found out that Lizzy was the rightful heir to the throne and the rightful Alpha queen that there were things that she would have to do and I wouldn’t be a part of them. I knew that she was more powerful than I was and that all the Alpha duties that I had been training for my whole life would be taken over by her. But right now I felt like a wimp and I found myself struggling to find my place in the entire kingdom.Don’t get me wrong I wanted the best for Lizzy and I felt insulted when she suggested that I was power-hungry and motivated by my hunger for power. For her to say that was like her saying that I was like my father and that I would easily kill and take someone’s life simply because I wanted to be in charge of the pack. But imagine growing up and being prepared for one thing only to grow and realize that that thing you were being trained for was never yours, to begin with, having Lizzy as my mate made it easie
LIAM’S POVI wasn’t in full support of Lizzy tying our lives to that of the pack but I had to trust that she had a plan. I knew she was probably right when she said that the elders were up to no good. There was an upside to all this and the upside was that if they had any intentions of purposely placing her life in danger along with mine, she had successfully destroyed that plan.When we got home, Lizzy and I were both so tired that we just headed straight for bed and fell asleep immediately. We were supposed to catch the other pack by surprise and attack them before they attacked us. The plan was that we would meet at around three in the morning and then we would all run to the neighboring pack. The elders said that they had gotten a letter that we would be attacked anytime during that day. My main concern was that the pack would be attacked when we were gone and there would be no one left to defend those that were going to be left behind. Beta John told me that a few