"What?!" Loki and Arianna questioned together. "Yes Alpha, our future Luna is pregnant and going to give you an heir soon." The doctor repeated joyously.Loki felt like his heart had been ripped, his mate is currently pregnant with someone else's child. Was that the reason she had refused to let him come close to her? Was that the reason she didn't want to see the doctor? Had she been lying or even cheating behind his back? His inner wolf growled in anger and he felt the rage go throw him. He balled his hands into fists and Lew his claws spring out and cut through his skin, making it bleed. The pain served as a form of escape from the bitter truth."No, that can't be possible. It just can't!" Arianna nearly screamed, tears gathering at the edge of her eyes."Why can't it be? Stop acting so virtuous!" Loki yelled at her and she flinched. This was the first time he had ever raised his voice to her and it felt hurtful and scary."Please excuse us, I want to talk to the doctor alone. Plea
Arianna ran with tears in her eyes, not minding that they blurred her vision. She searched around the castle and when she could not find Loki she went outside the castle, to the direction of the packhouse.She saw him going towards the packhouse and she ran after him, overtaking him and standing in front of him with her hands stretched out so she could block him."Arianna, get out of my way now." He ordered, trying his best to maintain control. "No. I won't get out of your way until you listen to me." She pleaded."I said get out of my way before I make you, you're currently carrying a child so I don't want to be rough with you so kindly get out of my way before I make you." He barked."I won't. You can do whatever you want to me, push me, hit me, scream at me or even call me all sorts of names but I won't leave you alone until you find out the truth." Arianna said, her tears nearly choking her."What truth? If you're talking about your whole affair with Cassuis then I'm not intereste
Arianna walked out of the examination room with a thousand thoughts in her mind. She was worried sick about what the test results would reveal. She joined Loki in the waiting room and he told her to sit down but she couldn't because she was far from calm.All her confidence from before seemed to have vanished into thin air. She had been so sure that she was not pregnant but now she had doubts, not in herself but in Cassuis.The thought of that morning still bothered her to no end and she wished she had at least told Loki then maybe none of this would have happened.The doctor had said that it would take about two to three hours for the results to arrive but for Arianna, it felt like forever.She paced up and down and Loki saw just how worried she was, though he wanted to believe with all of his heart that Arianna was telling the truth, there was still a lingering doubt in his mind that just had to be cleared up. Connor, his wolf, reminded him that before Arianna was his mate, she wa
Arianna and Loki both thanked the doctor before leaving her office. As soon as they were out oxf the doctor's office, Loki grabbed Arianna in a hug. "I'm really so sorry Arianna, I should have trusted you but I went ahead and said all those mean things to you because I was angry." He apologized and she smiled, snuggling into the embrace."It wasn't your fault, I too would have fallen for it if I didn't have faith in myself. It was a well concocted plan and no one certainly saw it coming." Arianna assured."Who could have been lacing your food with banana leaves? Who would want to break us apart so badly and why does it seem like Cassuis is part of their plan?" Loki asked."I really don't have an answer to any of your questions but there's one thing I'm sure of, whoever laced my food is the same person that tried to kill me. But let's not waste time thinking about it now that we've found the truth, we have to get to the bottom of this and fish out all the unfriendly friends." Arianna s
Arianna and Loki walked into the palace together and Loki took a seat as soon as he arrived in the throne room. He called a guard. "Go get Cassuis, the cook and the doctor and bring them here immediately." He ordered and the guard left immediately to do as he had been commanded."What are you going to do?" Arianna questioned. "I'm going to do what any Alpha would do to protect his Luna from harm. Take a seat beside me." He said and took Arianna's hand, directing her to sit on a smaller throne just beside his."I don't know but this feels too fancy for me." Arianna said with a small smile. "Then you'd better start getting used to it because I'll never let you leave my side no matter what, deal or no deal." He said and Arianna wanted to say something but paused when she saw the guard enter the room with the three people he had been asked to summon."Cousin, please calm down. None of it was Arianna's fault, it was all mine and I'm ready to take responsibility." Cassuis began, unaware tha
Loki sighed at finding out the truth, he almost couldn't believe that the people he trusted most had decided to betray him so badly."If you really love me as you claim then why didn't you let her tamper with my food, what if she had poisoned, what if something bad had happened to me?" Arianna questioned Cassius."I'm sorry, I didn't really know what she was going to do. She just told me she would make sure to give you something that would make it seem that you were pregnant and that everything would work out in the end if #I just played my part out well." Cassius revealed and Loki didn't want to hear anymore."Enough, I've heard enough. Why would you work together with Lilith to betray me? How can you even claim to be in love with my mate, is that even logical?" He questioned, completely infuriated."I'm not going to apologize for anything, she's not your mate, she's mine. She's just like my Sabrina so she's my mate." Caasius argued."For the last time, I'm Arianna, not Sabrina and I
"No. Don't do that, I'd rather you kill me instead." Lilith countered. "I think that will be the best punishment for you." Loki concluded and told the guards to take her away. She cried and pleaded with Loki not to separate her from him but he turned a deaf ear to her pleas, she even tried to fight off the guards but she was overpowered and taken away to her room."Doctor, am I to believe that you have a hand in this?" Loko questioned. "No Alpha, I swear that I didn't have a hand in any of this. I was merely giving the diagnosis that I thought was correct, I really didn't know that the symptoms she experienced were induced by cellulose instead of actual pregnancy." The doctor pleaded and Loki had reason to believe her, her name had not been mentioned in the conspiracy."Please Alpha, forgive me. I promise I did not do any of it intentionally, I was blackmailed. I promise it will never happen again." The cook pleaded and Loki kept a cold frown."I won't punish you because you had no ch
"Come with me, I wanna show you something." Arianna said and pulled Loki with her who followed her without question. She took him to her room and closed the door.As soon as that was done, she turned to face him and attacked him with kisses.He was first shocked but kissed back, wrapping his arms around her so he could deepen the kiss. He couldn't help but wonder why she was feeling so romantic all of a sudden but this was an opportunity that he was not willing to pass up because it didn't come everyday.She broke the kiss so she could get some air but when she wanted to kiss him again, he stopped her."What's wrong?" She questioned, confused, wondering if she had perhaps done something wrong."This doesn't feel like you, you usually aren't so touchy. What's going on?" He questioned and she turned away, faking anger."I can't believe this, I stay away from you and you accuse me of just using you and when I try to get closer, you push me away and tell me that it isn't me. I don't under
The Eclipse festival is one that is celebrated every year in the werewolf world. It is a festival in which the werewolves prepare and partake in a celebration in honour of the moon goddess, Diana. It is believed that on this day, the blood moon, Diana fights all the evil; punishes all the sinners and sends all the blessings to her children to make them happy and prosperous. The moon, symbol for her, issues her victory over evil due to her purity by turning into red when evil is being vanquished. It is also believed that on the day of the blood moon, the goddess blesses all women with fertility and if any She-wolf is mated on that day, she is sure to conceive.It is a grand festive occasion for them, where every Eclipse is thought to be their national holiday of wolves, fully packed with delicious food, amusement, and entertaining games. The working schedule has been strictly restricted on that particular day, as the pack becomes one big united family.She knew this, and she would use
Lilith was worried. Her attempts at getting Lyra to open up about what she was planning had failed.Lyra had refused to directly tell her what she had planned but only told Lilith that she would carry out her master plan during the Eclipse festival, which would be taking place in a week's time, and that didn’t really leave them much time.Lilith told Arianna and Freya of her findings, and this got them equally worried."She seems to have grown quite suspicious of me, or maybe she's taking extra precautions, but whatever the case may be, she refused to reveal the nature of her plan to kick Arianna out of the pack. She only told me she would put it into motion during the Eclipse festival, which is only a week away, and that really doesn’t leave us much time to try to figure out what she's planning," Lilith said."There's no need to try to figure out what she's planning, Lyra is way too devious, so it would only be a waste of time trying to figure out what she's planning. We'll have to r
Arianna helped Freya with all the chores as soon as possible and went to her room to freshen up for the night. Once she was done with all her personal hygiene and ready for bed, fully clad in her nightdress, a crazy idea came into her mind.She had been concerned about not being able to spend enough time with Lokj lately because of all the unforeseen battles she'd been fighting.Having had to put up with the evil Lyra and the fickle-minded Lilith all day, she thought it would do her good to spend the night with Loki-just to talk a little, sleep in his arms, perhaps do something really unplanned.A flush spread across her cheeks at the thought of it. Getting out of bed and into Loki's room without overthinking the decision, since she knew that if she had, she'd change her mind, as quiet as possible. Already knowing how hell awkward it would be if someone had to catch her snooping around his room at this late hour.She knocked gently on his door, and at her second rap, she heard his voi
"I know, and that's why I want to stop working with her. I feel really awful for what I've been doing to the both of you. Lyra doesn't seem like she wants to change, so I'm willing to do the right thing without her, even if it means going against her," Lilith said, and Arianna burst into laughter without even realizing it."So you expect us to really believe that you want to betray your own sister just for the sake of doing the right thing? It seems you've gone daft or something. You seriously can't fool us with such an incompetent lie," Arianna said.Lilith knew that it was time for a little change of plans."Okay, you're right. I'm not going to betray Lyra because I want to do the right thing, but because I want my revenge on her. She's only insulted me ever since she arrived, treating me like her underdog. I swear that it really makes my blood boil when she talks about claiming Loki. She has no idea how much effort I've put into getting Loki but failed.I've failed so many times th
That evening, they were all gathered at the dinner table for dinner."I thought I told both of you not to leave your rooms?" Freya asked with a not-so-polite stare."We just decided to come down for dinner, we'll go right back," Lilith answered while Lyra just frowned."I would have sent your food up to your rooms. Please do not make that mistake again, both of you aren't allowed to leave your rooms," Freya said, and Arianna thought that Freya overdid it because she knew Lilith and Lyra were smart girls, and with Freya acting like this, they would very well figure things out sooner than Arianna wanted."What is the matter, Freya? Why are you asking them to confine themselves in those rooms and not leave?" Loki asked."I'm surprised that you're asking this, dear. You're well aware of the things that took place today. Lyra suffered a terrible anaphylaxis-didn't the doctor say it was life-threatening? We barely recovered from the shock when the news of Lilith being poisoned hit us like a
Lilith paced up and down her room. The encounter that they had just had with Freya was certainly unprecedented and unpleasant. They had planned to manipulate her into believing their lies but she had managed to somehow turn the tables on them.Lilith still remembered her words, they were clear warnings and though they sounded ambiguous and playful, Lilith knew something was up.Freya had never spoken to them like that before, ever. Though she had explained what she meant, her choice of words had been scary and Lilith was so sure that though her tone had sounded sweet, it felt like it was laced with poison.She reasoned everything carefully, putting every single detail of what had transpired into consideration and Lilith froze on the spot as the realization of what was going on finally hit her, they had been caught!Freya had found out the truth and Lilith knew that Arianna was the one that must have told her but why hadn't Freya reacted? Why hadn't she questioned their actions yet? O
Freya walked out of Arianna's room feeling tense, she wondered if she would be patient enough to go ahead with their plan. For all she knew, it would take everything in her not to slap her and yank at her hair the next time she saw that imposter Lyra.Freya wiped away the tears that had gathered at her eyes, threatening to fall. She was just headed to her room when she saw the traitorous pair. She took a deep breath and balled her hands into fists.Lyra and Lillith were just about to begin their little charade, completely unaware that Freya had already found out the truth."I'm sorry Princess Lila, Freya questioned you because of me." Lilith apologized, fake tears brimming at the edge of her eyes."It's OK Lilith, and when did you begin calling me princess Lila? I thought we were friends, Lila is just fine." Lyra said, the corner of her eyes fixed on the older woman that stood metres from them but could still see all the drama they were about to put on."I'm sorry but not everyone k
Freya gasped and instantly turned back to stare at Adrianna in disbelieving wonder. "Arianna, do you know what you're saying? That's such a huge allegation." Freya exclaimed, still not able to believe her ears."Believe me Freya, I want to believe it's a lie, but it's the cold truth." Arianna said, to which Freya had nothing to say, as if mulling over what she had just told her."How did you find this out?" Freya asked. Arianna signed in and started to recite every little thing that had happened that day between Lyra and Lilith."When this fake princess Lila came, I was so enthusiastic about getting acquainted with her. Actually I wasn't having anything to do-the reason being Ziya has gotten her mate a few days ago, so she's on an off.I was so shocked, seeing Lyra lie terribly about me to Lokj in disguise as Lila. She said I hurt her for no reason, extending it to hurting herself so Lokj may believe her and get mad at me.First, I was deeply hurt, but I did not take too much time to
Freya sighed as she walked down the halls of the castle, genuinely worried by how suspicious she had grown the last couple of days.She didn't know what to believe anymore, but one thing was for sure-the Lila she raised was different from the one that came back. She was like a totally different person, and it baffled her.Though she wasn't the perfect daughter or perfect princess, at least she stayed true to herself. Though at times she could get really childish, she was really transparent-a good person at heart. She was very loving if only you'd take the time out to get to know her.First, Freya had tried to ignore these changes, but the hoard of events that had taken place recently was just too condensing to ignore; she knew she had to find out what was happening and fast.As such thoughts ran across her mind, Freya collides with Arianna. Thankfully, the collision was mild, and neither of them lost her balance."I'm so sorry Freya, I really didn't see you there." Arianna apologized.