*Omario POV*The ceremony goes smoothly. Mom and Terrence have really outdone themselves with the planning. To my relief, Floyd seems to be getting on well with Mom and Terrence. We have the biggest show up of guests in the history of Lily town kingdom. We have Alphas and Luna’s of packs who have never come to our kingdom before because they hated Dad’s greed and leadership. Some are here to satisfy their curiosity about my inferno Luna while others are looking for trading opportunities with us. All our servants and retired ones have also come in numbers. I have no doubt that they are here mainly for Abi. We also have, unfortunately, those who still act naive and ask me about Olivia, pissing my gorgeous mate off.Abi looks exceptionally beautiful today, I keep suppressing the possessive feeling that rises inside me when other Alphas look at her. It gets worse when we shift into our wolfs for the ceremony. Everyone gasp at the blazing Nina and all I want to do is hide her away. It’s
*Abi POV*I wake up the following morning to find Omario nowhere to be seen. Nina starts stirring up, she’s gotten too fond and attached to our mate. “He must be working,” I try to hush my agitated wolf. “It’s too early to be working!”she cries. “It’s seven o’clock, Nina.”She has no idea what time I woke up when I was a slave.“That time for our morning glory,” she says, sulking and I roll my eyes and leave our chambers. Mother Luna Nala is already having breakfast by the time I get to the dining room. I can’t help noticing how at peace she seems and it warms my heart. “Morning. Where’s Terrence?” The two of them usually have breakfast together. “He left with your man very early this morning. Come have breakfast with me,”she says warmly. This woman has a way of pulling me in. I take a seat opposite her. “Where exactly have they gone to?”She narrows her eyes at me. “Did you and Omario fight again?”I shake my head. “We didn’t. He was just not there when I woke up.”She lau
*Omario’s POV*Terrence and I are racing back to the castle. I’m still impressed at how fast he gets and I can’t shake the feeling that he actually holds himself back to let me lead. He probably knows that he is different, but I wonder if he knows who he really is. If he knows, has he told Abi about it?Thinking about Abi completely messes up my thought process. I’m addicted to that woman. I can’t wait for her to hear what we accomplished today. “I know you miss her, but you gonna at least talk to me until we get home otherwise I’m never accompanying you again,” Terrence complains. I didn’t realise that I have been quite for a long time. “Terrence, you realise that as my Beta, accompanying me is part of your job, right?” I ask but the truth is, Terrence can never in a million years be answerable to me. He is, by the virtue of what he is, the ultimate Alpha here. “Yes, but there’s three of us. You could have taken your pompous bestie.”I shake my head. He has never liked Floyd and
*Abi POV*Omario storms out, leaving me fuming. He does not get to be angry when he sent his stupid friend and ex to terrorise my friends and had her scent all over him. “I will lead by myself, I don’t need him!”“You do. You would literally die if he were to walk out for good,” my stupid wolf responds. “Shut up, Nina!”“You are jealous and it makes you nasty.”I ignore Nina and open the documents he give me. My whole ‘I don’t need him’ attitude completely shutters. He spent the whole day calculating just how much is needed to compensate my friends. Each one has the number of years, approximated hours of work they put in and the amount they are owed. It’s a thick document with over ten thousand names. I choke when I see the last pages. He made adjustments to the castle’s expenditures, cut down officials salaries and has already paid everyone without collapsing bankrupting the kingdom. My heart sinks at the reception I gave him. There is just no way he would have send Floyd and Oli
*Abi POV*A week later, I am doing my best to ignore the noisy elders and enjoy my life, but it’s not only them who are talking. Olivia seems to be perpetuating the notion that she is the Omario’s rightful mate. My lack of getting pregnant is apparently the proof. Teresa tells me that she is getting more followers, which I shouldn’t care about, right?I’m standing on the balcony in deep thoughts when Omario joins me. He kisses my neck before coming around to inspect me. “Why the long face?”I shrug my shoulders and he sighs. “You do know that we are in this together, right? and besides, I’m not ready to share you with a pup yet.”I force a smile. He is right, but I can’t ignore the speculations going around. We are together in this but he is not the one being whispered about. Luna Nala says that’s how fucked up our society is. A woman always takes the blame. She thinks I should let Nina send them all to hell, but I can’t do that. “Cheer up and come running with your man,” Omario
*Omario POV*My mate is completely drained by all the rumours about her. I can’t help but feel guilty that no one is questioning my fertility but hers is the talk of the kingdom. The crazy part is that we have not even been mated for four months. They don’t even know if we want pups or not. I have, in very colourful words, told the elders to leave us the hell alone, but that has not stopped everyone from talking. Terrence tells me that there are women who are already preparing and fighting to be our surrogate. Then, there’s Olivia who is taking advantage of the whole situation. I now have old friends from school asking me how certain I am that Olivia is not my rightful mate. Abi keeps a lot to herself but I can sense her unhappiness. It was worse when she had her periods. She spends a lot of time with Titan lately and I’m sort of relieved because nothing I say makes her feel better. When Titan suggests that a time away from the kingdom would be good, I jumped at the opportunity and
*Omario POV*I catch up with Abi at the garden and wrap my arms around her waist. She untangles herself from my embrace and face away. “Please don’t touch me,” her cold voice sends chills down my spine. “Abigail, it was before we were mated,”I explain, the distance between us scarring the living daylights out of me. “I told you months before you slept with her that you were my mate. You refused to listen and got her pregnant,” she accuses and my heart sinks. “Babe, I know. We have gone through this and you forgave me,” I remind her softly and she loses it. “So, I must just shut up?”I sigh. “Babe, please calm down. I know that you are angry and not thinking straight and I understand that…..”“You understand nothing!” she yells and the dull pain on my chest intensifies. “Babe, please,” I plead but she shakes her head. “I want to be alone.”I nod and leave her sitting on the bench. Time alone to think might be good because she is too angry for us to discuss anything right now. T
*Omario POV*I quietly drive to the city and completely shut out the woman who is forever complaining next to me. We get to the city and I intentionally choose a fully furnished two bedroom apartments in a low economic area. The idea is to keep a low profile but the other is to prove my suspicions. There is a lot going on here but the top on the list is the pup Olivia is carrying. Titan stopped liking her years back, but he would be pulled to our pup and that’s not the case here. It’s the wolfs nature to protect their offsprings regardless of circumstances. In this case he even threatened to kill the pup if I rejected Abi. “Eew! You must be joking! I can’t stay here!” Olivia cries. “Why couldn’t we move into a hotel?” she adds. I ignore her and head to our apartment and open it. The place is decent but full of dust, but little madam is completely appalled. She is qualified but thinks it’s beneath her to find a job and work. Now that her aunt is no more, she is too broke to maintai