Darius POVI opened my eyes and the first thing that came to my mind were the unanswered questions about who Lily really is. Everything about her had been bothering me for a while and I couldnât take it anymore. I tossed and turned on my bed in frustration. âI need to confront her and get her to tell me everything she knows,â I mumbled. I stood up from the bed and grabbed one of my robes from the closet wearing it as I walked towards the door. I strode out of my room, my feet pressing against the soft carpet as I climbed down the stairs, heading to Lilyâs room. The morning sunlight casted long shadows on the walls which made the hallways bright and the cool breeze blew my robe as it flowed behind me. Chatters from the maids and guards filled the air as they moved around the big palace busy with their various chores. As I walked down the hallways, the soft murmur of a group of maids gathered a few rooms away from Seleneâs room drew my attention. They were talking in hushed voices. I
Lilly POVI stood, unable to say anything as Darius went back leaving me behind, the forest was awfully quiet, which wasnât at all comfortable for me to stay alone. I hissed and looked around, surrounded by tall trees as I began to hear the flap of bird wings, more than one, and it was due to my wolf instinct.âHow could he go without even looking back, even for a bit? Have had to go through a lot these past few days because of him, and yet I am the one who ends up getting punished for itâ.I murmured with an unhappy face. Darius begins to get more curious, which wouldnât do him any good. âHow long would I be able to keep lying to him? He is surely going to find out someday⊠but until then I'll have to keep lying to himâ.The forest began to get more quiet as the sounds of the birds slowly went down, and it had been the one making me a little comfortable in the forest as I felt surrounded by others. The thought of my young age popped into my head, when dad had brought me out with him
Darius POVI entered the palace and headed straight to my room, I stood and sighed deeply trying not to think of anything and just take a rest,Lilly's image popped into my head. âI had actually left her there all by herselfâ, I thought feeling guilty for leaving her behind, Everyone in the palace had already started talking about what had transpired between Lilly and I, the whole walls could hear the words that it was like they were speaking about it to me,I turned back facing the door wanting to go get her back from the forest, although I didn't really get what I want, it doesn't mean I'll have to kill her for if or punish her like she's a nobody,âShe's lying to me and I know that, not telling me the truth and keeping it all to herself, I wondered what actually happenedâ, I thought taking a deep breath as I stared through the window,I heard whispers coming from outside my room, I used my wolf side only to hear them discussing Selene locking herself up in the room not wanting to
Darius POVI sat on the bed as my heart raced wildly, my pillow was soaked with sweat. The dream I had felt so real as I could still feel my heart pounding in fear. âWhatâs going on? What the hell is happening to me?â I asked myself in confusion. In the dream I saw Lily and myself playing together as best friends when we were much younger. The fact that I donât remember what she looked like when she was younger made me more confused. I didnât have any memory of us together, not talk of us being best friends. In the dream, we had set out together to go into the woods all alone. We walked deep inside the bush and stopped when we got to a familiar spot where we always play together. Lily brought out a bottle of water from her knapsack and took down some gulp. I had told her to give me the water so that I can have some, but she insisted I chase her if I want to get the water. She began to run whilst I ran after her, we rounded the bush for some minutes and I began to get tired. âCome
Lilyâs POVThe chattering outside my door woke me up from sleep. The bright ray of the sun pierced my eyes as I opened my eyes. I rolled and tossed on the bed as I yawned loudly and I stretched my hand over my head to draw the curtain to prevent the ray from my eyes as though I was going to remain on the bed for the day. I had been avoiding Alpha Darius after the incident at the forest, I made sure I avoided errands that would lead me to his chambers. Selene also reduced the way she always sends for me to run errands for her. I loved the fact that they both kept me out of their sight. I was a little bit glad that I had been living in peace for the past few days. The sight of Selene being all lovey dovey with Alpha Darius anytime Iâm around them always made my heart ache. She always tries to make me feel jealous whenever Iâm in their presence.I lay facing up the ceiling on my bed as I reminisced over the good old days I had with Alpha Darius before he lost his memory. Itâs so sad th
Author's POVSelene force a laugh out of her mouth as Lilly ran out of the room, Darius stood there not saying anything and just acted like it didn't matter that Selene had caught him with Lilly,The mood was not excellent for both of us, this past few weeks has been all about dealing with Lilly and trying to separate the both of them from reuniting,It had been days since Darius had come to Selene room and apologized about getting close to Lily and now, it seems like all that were just talks,Selene slammed the door hard and turned, facing Darius with an unhappy face, the look he gave me showed he wasn't really concerned about my finding out about his little lie with Lilly,âWhat do you think you are doing? Haven't we already agreed on all this?â, Selene asked with a fierce voice,Darius hissed and walked past straight up to his bed and sat down, he turned, giving me a stare that could make any common wolf back out from his approach,âWhy did you just barge into my room like that?â,
Darius POVA few days later, the palace had become too calm as all everyone did was work while I kept attending to meetings and dealing with other matter from neighboring wolf packs,Selene and Lilly both seemed to leave the palace in peace as they were both the ones who had kept being stressed, everything was then back to normal, which became too normal,I walked through the palace alone as I looked around with Lily and Selene nowhere to be seen, it was as if they had both decided to give up, which definitely I know might not be entirely be a good thing,I kept on with the movement, when I thought came to my head, it was an old transition, and it was done by our forefather's,A gathering where both all the maid, guards, and others come together to eat and dine with one another having well splendid time,I walked through the palace only to stop and turned facing an old picture of my father old portrait. It brought to mind old tradition that are really extinct,Guard, guard, I called o
Darius POVI was still trying to figure out why Selene suggested that Lily should work with her in planning the upcoming event. The Selene I know would never want to have anything to do with Lily, talk more of involving her in a planning activity thatâs supposed to be done by her alone. I suspected there was something or she was hiding something from me. âWhatâs Selene up to this time?â I asked myself as I walked back to my room. She was mad at me for not sending Lily away from the palace the last we had an argument and today she wants to work with the same Lily she wants out of the palace. I didnât want to ask further questions when she made the suggestion because I was trying my best to avoid any argument with her before the event. I just nodded in agreement even though I was skeptical about her reason. As I walked through the hallways, I saw a group of maids gathered whispering amongst themselves. âAlpha Darius asked some guards to make an announcement that there will be an even
Selene POVI got to my room with an unhappy face after Darius had successfully got me angry, the look on his face shown he was distressed about Lilly, I could clearly see the change in his behaviors.Lilly had been laying unconscious for a week now, although she isn't dead yet. I wish I could just strangle her with my bore hand until she runs exhausted.Darius still hasn't remembered who Lilly is to him, but, he's way of caring for her seems usual, it's like he had remembered and kept it to himself. Lilly is supposed to be dead if not for that use of poison that doesn't seem to be working.âHow could he find such a healer? I can't let things slip from my hand this time!â I thought and rushed out of the room, headed straight to the kitchen.Furthermore, I arrived in the kitchen only to meet other maids already on duties, the look on their faces as they set their eyes on me shown they weren't pleased with me.Furthermore, I chuckled and walked into the kitchen and began looking around f
Dariusâ POVAs the Lukewarm water poured on my body from the shower washing away the soap I used to scrub my body, my mind flashed back to all the dreams I had before Lily was poisoned. âCould there be something about Lily that Selene is hiding from me?â I thought. I walked out of the bathroom a few minutes later. I cleaned my body with a clean white towel I placed on the bed before I entered the bathroom. I walked to the closet and grabbed a blue robe with a simple design. My eyes fell on the plate of food on the medium-sized table in my room as I wore the robe. I uncovered the plate and took three spoonfuls of the food and covered it immediately. I needed to go check on Lily whilst I waited for the guards to return with the healer. I walked briskly to Lilyâs room with my robe flowing behind me. Conversations in hushed tones were reduced within the palace walls ever since Selene threatened to punish anyone who mentioned anything about the poison. As I opened the door, I was surpr
Dariusâ POVMy mood had been down ever since the doctor told me that nothing could be done to save Lily. My mood was lifted when Lucas broke the news about the healer who could cure Lily of the poison. It was as though a heavy weight was lifted from my chest.âGet me Claudia and Luke. I need them to escort this guard to the healerâs town.â I said to Lucas. âWhat about me and Damien?â He asked, looking at me in confusion. âIâll be needing the two of you around the palace. Luke and Claudia are the ones I can trust after the two of you.â âI have heard you, my lord.â Lucas answered as he turned to leave immediately. âAre you sure about what you just said young man?â I asked the guard again as I looked at him closely. âYes, my lord. Iâm very sure.â He answered as he bowed his head. Different thoughts ran through my mind as I reminisced over everything that had happened for the past few days. From Alpha Lucien coming to threaten me and Lily battling her life for days.I was still conf
Author's POVThe look on the doctor's face changed as Darius stared at him, He could tell that the doctor didn't bring any good news from his side. âCome-on, doc, tell me, were you able to get the cure?â, Darius asked with my eyes wide open.Lucas, unable to stay calm after hearing the Darius' words and seeing how worried he was, then tapped the doctor on his shoulder.âWhere you are able to get the cure?â, Lucas asks curiously,The doctor sighed deeply. âNo I wasn't, finding a cure for her is very hard, who so ever poisoned her surely needs her deadââIt's a very deadly poison, and she's only alive due to her wolf side, she's a forceful lady, else other's would have died within secondsâ.âWhat the hell are you saying, doctor? How useless can you be, huh? All I asked was for you to find out a cure for her Poison and yet, you came back here empty-handed?â, Darius asked angrily in a loud voice.The rage in Darius began to come out as he immediately held the doctor by the neck and pushe
Darius POV,The thought of what the doctor said filled my head, not being able to get a cure for Lilly, I could see her just laying unconscious unable to say or do anything.I stood staring at her with Selene standing there worried also, the look on her face shows she was worried about Lilly, which wasn't normal. I turned facing the doctor with an unhappy face.âCan't anything be done at all? I'm sure surely that something can work," I asked with a worried tone.Although the doctor had repeatedly said that no nothing can be done and even finding a cure would be very difficult because it's a rare poison, I had hope that she'll be okay.Selene seeing my state, then walked up closer to the doctor with an unhappy face.âCome-on doc, how sure are you that nothing can be done to treat her Poison?â Selene asked with a calm voice.âIt's just like I have to the alpha ma'am. Currently, nothing can be done, but I do believe that with more time, hopefully a cure can be foundâ, The doctor replied,
Seleneâs POVI was glad that my plan worked out when I heard the maid scream out loud. I quickly tried to compose myself so Iâd not look suspicious to anyone. I smiled inwardly when I saw Alpha Darius rushing to the kitchen. I had secretly ordered one of the maids to pour the poison I got from a neighboring pack in Lilyâs drink. The poison will destroy her organs one after the other, and destroy her blood. The seller had told me that even the best healer wonât be able to cure her. âWhatâs the dose? I mean how much could kill her in no time?â I asked the seller as he handed me a small bottle containing a black liquid.âHalf of the content will destroy her in no time. You can use half of it and keep the remaining for future purposes.â He replied with a devilish smile on his face.I had secretly set out of the palace on the day I caught Lily in Dariusâ room to the neighboring pack. I lied to Darius that I was going to visit a friend. I decided that the day of the event would be a great
Dariusâ POVâHelp! Someone help!!â The screaming continued as everyone began to rush towards the direction where the voice was coming from.My heart began to beat faster as the screaming continued. When I saw the person who was screaming breathlessly, I figured she was one of the palace maids.âWhat is the problem? Why are you causing commotion in the middle of a party?â I asked as I walked closer to her. She bent down a little with her hands placed on her knees as though she was trying to catch her breath. âIâm sorry my lord. Itâs Lily. I donât know whatâs wrong with her, she just collapsed in the kitchen.â She said as her voice trembled. âWhatâŠ? She collapsed? What happened to her? Why?â I questioned her as my heart began to pound loudly. âI have no idea what happened to her, my lord. We were doing the dishes together when she collapsed.â She replied, her tone laced with fear. I began to look at the maid suspiciously as I wondered how Lily could have just collapsed without any
Darius POVâYou must be out of your mind, how dare you come into my palace and threaten me to give up as an alpha and offer you my throneâ, I spoke with an angry face.âWhat? Is it so hard?â, Lucien asked with his eyes wide open.I looked at Lucien with an angry face and walked up close to him, turning into a half wolf with his eyes becoming red, his growl was so fierce and loud that even Lucien took a step back.âDon't you dare threaten me," I stated with a fierce voice.Lucien shifted back again and smiled as he stood facing me. âIt's not a threat but rather a warning and I suggest you control yourselfââIt wouldn't be good for your people to see you like this and in this form, they might get petrified of youâ.I sighed deeply hearing his words as all he said were true, although the rage in me to tear him apart was growing, my wolf side was about to come out.I turned back facing the wall and calmed myself down.âI'm not going to repeat myself again, if it's war, you want to wage, go
Author's POVLilly including everyone else was shocked with Lucien calling out her name. Everyone turned facing who stood confused and shocked at the same time.The thought of someone who she had never met calling out her name and staring at her like there both were familiar with each other.Darius chuckled and called out to Lucien who smiled and looked away from Lilly, drawing everyone attention back to himself.âWho are you? What do you want?â, Darius asked with a serious face.Selene eye's had been on Lilly wondering why Alpha Lucien had called out her name, knowing fully well that they both have never seen each other before.Lilly walked up close to Lucien, staring at him without even blinking for once. âHow do you know my name? Who are you?â.Darius roared loudly with his wolf side, with everyone except Lilly and Lucien to withdrew themselves backwards.âHahaha, why are you already getting worked up when I haven't even started? No come-on Darius, you shouldn't lose your temper eas