GREGOR
"Ten minutes past the hours of seven. It must be time for dinner." I said as I slowly took my gaze off my wristwatch. For the moment that I was off the books, my mind wandered to what had transpired between me and Arianna. "I am not hallucinating at all.
At least not when I could still remember how she behaved before and how she suddenly changed." I said slowly as I looked over the ceiling. I tried to take my mind off the whole issue but I just could not get my mind off it at all. It was as if the more I tried to stop myself from thinking about it, the more I thought about it.
"What suddenly changed? How did she just become a new person overnight? Forgetting all that had happened in the last years of her life. Was she joking or trying to fake amnesia?" Many thoughts and questions crawled around my chests forcing a slight scoff out of me. I heaved a heavy sigh as I looked at the door. I forced myself to stand up from the chair that I sat down. Just then, a knock came on the door and I was jolted from my reverie.
"Your Highness, I came to inform you that dinner is served. Luna and the children are waiting for you." The maid said in and I nodded, not uttering a single word as I looked away from her. She bowed her head slightly as she walked out of the room. The door made a sharp thudding sound which signifies that the door had been shut.
As I tried to clear out the front of my desk, I could not help but think of the fact that Arianna could really not remember what was going on. Something to make me believe that she was actually going through amnesia, she had never disobeyed me.
I hurried down to the dining table. I noticed that she was already sitting, her eyes focused on the food that was in front of her. I heaved a sigh and as soon as my feet made a thudding sound on the ground, her attention was caught and she tilted her head slightly to look at me in the eyes for a while before she smiled slightly. I gave her a deadpan face as I walked to take my seat on my own side of the dining table.
"You must have a lot to study! Dinner has been served since." I only gave her a skeptical look as I totally ignored what she had said. I tilted my head to look at my twins as they looked at me with all the excitement in their faces.
"Daddy! We have been waiting for you for so long." Jamie said as he tried to frown his face. I chuckled slightly as I looked away from him to look at Julia who was trying to copy his brother's facial expression. "Aren't they just cute and adorable?" I thought and just as I was about to talk, Arianna's voice began to echo and I was forced to remain quiet as she talked.
"Daddy had a lot of work to do. Perhaps it escaped his mind that it was time for dinner. You just have to forgive him, my precious little darlings." She said while making a baby face at them and they laughed. This was definitely something that she did not forget. How she loved and catered for her children was second to none. Even though there was a nanny to take care of them, she still spent quality time with them. It was so adorable but I still could not bring myself to accept the fact that I was married to her.
"Yeah, my cute little pups. You knew Daddy would always be there for you both." I said, ruffling my finger through their hair and they both squeezed their noses, as they had fun. I tilted my head to look at Ariana and I caught her staring deeply into my eyes. I didn't know what to do at that moment. I felt like questioning her for looking at me like that but there it was, there was nothing I could do about it.
"Your majesty, it's getting late. I am afraid the twins will not be able to eat this food if it gets later than this." Amber said as she walked into the scene unnoticed. I nodded my head sharply, tilting my head to look at my pups and then back at Amber. She bowed her head slightly as she tilted her head to look at Arianna who had already started to eat.
"Something is definitely off!" I thought and as if the twins knew what I had in mind, they began to hum, calling the attention of their mother. She didn't waste any time, tilting her head to look at them before she talked.
"Oh, my babies, do you have any problem?" She asked in a soft tone as she looked puzzled and surprised. She looked at me and I, in turn, tilted my head to look at Amber as we exchanged a surprise look. I was sure that at this point, she already knew that something was up with Arianna.
"Nothing at all. Amber, Feed the pups and put them to bed. Luna is quite tired and stressed to feed the kids right now." I rapidly said, trying to give excuses for her sudden change in behavior. "What exactly is going on?" I asked myself as I placed the fork on the plate. She looked at me keenly like she was expecting me to say something to her. I anticipate being in the room with her. She needed to be asked a series of questions because this was messing with my thinking.
"We want mummy. She does it better!" They both said simultaneously and I was forced to look at them. It was only a matter of time for them to know that something was wrong with their mom.
"Oh, I am supposed to feed them?" She asked and I placed my palm over my head, trying not to let my anger override me.
ARIANNA Dinner came to an end sooner than I thought. I could not feel more embarrassed by the whole actions that took place at the dining table. I wished I could talk to the goddess of the moon one more time. "This was more of a punishment than a blessing. How do I navigate through a new life completely?" This question usually popped up in my mind each time I was alone. Not to fault the moon goddess but she didn't do it right when she woke me up in the body of a completely different woman. Now, I have to live two different lives - that of Arianna and also mine. "The kids want to see you before they sleep. I tried to let them know that you were stressed out but they said it was the only thing that was going to make them sleep." Amber's voice suddenly jolted me from my reverie as I stood there in the corridor. I rapidly nodded my head. Many thoughts rushed through my mind as I walked away from where I stood. I made sure to memorize the way that led to the room of the twins and in no ti
Allan's POV"What is all this that's growing in my face?" Pete asked as he stood there in front of the mirror and I was forced to look at him even if I could not see what he was talking about. There was a moment of silence in the room and then he tilted his head slightly to look at me, causing our eyes to meet."Why did you give me that look? What is going on with you?" I asked immediately and then he shrugged, turning his whole body to look at me. He looked like he was trying to arrange the thoughts in his head before he inhaled deeply to talk."I really should be asking you that. Since Elara died, you have been acting strange. You are no longer yourself. You act like you weren't involved in the plan before we killed her. And more, we made it look like suicide. Don't tell me that you are affected by her death!" His voice was stern and I just could not help but lower my head slightly as many thoughts rushed through my head."Why can't you see beyond what is in front of you? You are ju
ALPHA DALE "Have I told you how much I don't like being disturbed when I am trying to figure out a plan? Maybe you need to leave me for a while to think since you cannot do it yourself, then allow me to do it for you." I angrily scolded, Marie, my wife, and Luna of my pack - the Bannock pack. She had just ripped off the throat of a maid for spilling water on the floor and the whole of her room was covered in blood when we had guests in the house for the mourning of Elara which I was directly involved in. I just could not let myself leave her to clear her own mess by herself. While trying to cover our tracks, she was trying to make it visible."Are you really going to shout at me because of what, one dead maid in the room? You are unbelievable right now and I am so pissed at your reaction towards this...." I didn't let her finish before I yelled at her to keep her filthy mouth shut and she did without asking any questions."Are you dumb? Marie we have guests in the house and a dead b
ELARA As I dragged my feet through the flight of stairs, finding my way back to the room, I could not help but wonder how the day went. It was a no-brainer that they had all been suspecting me from the way I acted. "The moon goddess would have allowed me access to a few of the memories of this lady that was housing my soul," I said to myself and it was just then I found myself standing in front of the door to the room. Just when I placed my hand on the doorknob, the door opened as if it was touch-activated. "What are you doing out here?" Alpha Gregor's voice echoed sharply and I was jolted back to reality. He pulled me in rapidly and I could see the anger in his facial expression. "Do I just tell him everything? That I was not Arianna, his wife and I was just an occupant in her body." I asked myself as I looked away from him. It then struck my mind as I stood there before him. "But how did he know when I touched the doorknob?" I asked myself as I raised my head to look at him."But.
PETE "Come on to the bed. Relax and take a deep breath and everything is going to be fine. Do you need me to calm Mom? So that you will be assured that it's all going to be fine?" I asked Allan who had been acting like he was a baby for the past thirty to thirty-five minutes. "Did he think that I agreed to kill my step-sister over nothing?" I asked myself and then looked away from him. The silence in the room spoke a lot of volumes, and the only sound I could hear was that of his heart beating extremely fast like he was racing on a track."Do you need some time to yourself? Perhaps you will just be fine by yourself. Seems my presence is making things worse for YOU right now. You should be fine." I paused for a while to see his reaction but he remained the way he was. He stayed that way and didn't change at all, not even uttering a single word. I didn't waste time to take that as a yes. I stood up from the bed and walked away from him trying not to turn around to look at him. The doo
ALLANThe morning came faster than I thought it would be. I stayed there on the bed uninterested in anything at all. "Why is all this happening to me?" I asked myself as I stared at the ceiling. I just hope that I hadn't made any wrong decision to go to her father's pack.My mind wandered off to what happened yesterday at the training center. How Helen walked out on me. My heart skipped a beat immediately as the thoughts ravaged my heart. I turned on the bed and covered my head with the duvet, trying not to think about the whole issue. Just then a knock came on my door and I shook my head, bringing off the duvet from my face. I really was not in the mood to see anybody so I was not responsible for the knick at all. It was not long after that the knock came again and I was forced to get up to go and open the door."Good morning, young alpha." The guard greeted me as he bowed and I gestured in response to his greetings. "Why was he here?" I asked myself and just when I wanted to talk,
ELARA I woke up suddenly to the sound of a knock that came on my door. "Who could it be this early morning?" I asked myself as I reluctantly raised my head to see the door. As I tilted my head to look at the door. The knock came in again and I knew I had to stand up to open the door.As I walked towards the door, I felt weak in the bones, and just as I started to turn the key in the keyhole, the knock came but stopped abruptly as the person noticed that I was about already open the door. "This better be someone better or else, I am so going to be mad and yell at them." I thought before I opened the door. My gaze fell on Luna as she walked as she stood there right in front of the door.I could not deny the fact that I was kind of surprised to see her standing there as she had a straight face on. I quickly lowered my head and bowed to greet her. "What was she doing here?" I asked myself but nothing was coming to my mind. She cleared her throat slightly before she talked."Why are you s
ELARA "Who the hell do you think you are?" I heard Pete's voice from afar and I walked up to him. I saw him arguing with someone I was completely unfamiliar with. "But who could this be?" I asked myself and then turned to look at him with a pale look before I talked."Why are you having this argument with him? It doesn't speak well of you. At all." I said in a low tone, trying to get him to calm down but his stern glance at me was enough to make me understand that he was not ready to listen. "And what made you think that you have a say in this, step-sister?" He asked and I looked at myself in utter shock. "How did he know that I was his step-sister? Did he just call me his step-sister? But I am a sister to Allan and not him. The moon goddess must have made him know one way or the other." I thought for a moment as I stood there shocked and unable to believe what was going on. "What? Why do you look so shocked? Should I have called you my sister? No... because you are not. Sometimes
ELARAI involuntarily slapped myself, forcing me to open my eyes immediately to see what was going on. I realized that an insect was crawling on my face. It was then I came to know that I slept in Alpha Gunther's private office. "How did I even sleep? How did I sleep here?" I asked myself in a low tone as I stood up on my feet immediately. I looked around and from the way things were in the room, it looked like the sun was already up and shining. I was sure that they would all be looking for me in the pack right now. "What do I do?" I asked myself as I walked around the whole room.My gaze fell on the cup that sat there on the table where they had their discussion. As I saw the cups, my mind wandered back to the discussion that they had last night. "What could it be that they wanted to achieve? Who is Alpha Larry? Where has he been? Could I have seen him before?" I asked myself all these questions and soon, my thoughts were occupied again with the fact that I was stuck in the private
SONIA"That was when I started to have a rethink about the whole thing and that was why I asked you to meet my father and talk to him about the fact that you don't want this. That you never wanted it in the first place but you are too much of a coward. Right now, I am not scared of what might happen. I am ready to go and tell them that I am no longer interested in the arranged marriage and I will also tell them that you are not interested in the marriage." I explained slowly like I was counting my words as I spoke them. He only stood there and watched me as I talked. "I am so enjoying this whole drama and the way it is going. The only thing that I don't like about this is the fact that he keeps quiet most of the time. Where is the proactive Allan that I used to know? Talk to me like the man that you are Allan? Don't be such a coward." I thought in my head before I heaved a sigh and the only thing on my mind at that moment was that since we were no longer interested in the whole marri
SONIA"Wait!" I said to myself but my body was not responding at all. I shook my head slightly before I continued to talk to myself. "What if he doesn't want this at all? What if he pushed me away from in after all that has transpired between us since the beginning of the morning?" I asked myself as even if I had all these thoughts in my head, I could still feel myself moving towards him. "Oh Moon goddess, how can I stop myself from all this?" I asked myself but nothing was coming to my head. As I stood there, a thought suddenly crossed my mind. "He mentioned my name in his sleep during the middle of the night," I recalled immediately but didn't show a sign that I cared about the fact that he mentioned my name. "It doesn't mean a thing." I tried to convince myself as I stood there before him. "Could he have been dreaming about me? Why did I just remember that he called my name in his sleep? Was the moon goddess trying to prove us a point here?" I asked myself but not long after thos
SONIAHe looked at me as if he were thinking of what to say and then the silence was really getting me uncomfortable. "What does he think he is trying to do? Why was he keeping mute like this?" I asked myself as I heaved a sigh. My mind momentarily wandered back to the times that I was staying in his pack. The whole ill treatment from him.I recalled the day that Helen almost killed his mother. The day he showed me that he was ready to go with her over me. I felt rejected at that moment. I felt like I was trying to fit in where I was not welcomed. I felt my rage increasing rapidly within me but I tried to keep myself at bay as I looked away from him slightly but brought my gaze to look at him. A thought crossed my mind to remind him about that night but another part of me wanted to completely let go of the thoughts and just go on with what was going on. I didn't want to waste any more time before I started to talk."What more do you want me to tell you? If all these are not enough fo
SONIA"What more sign does he want? Should I spell out to him that I am tired of this entire sham called an arranged marriage? Can't he see that I am no longer interested in being with him?" I asked myself as I slowly lowered my head. If I had wanted to say what was on my mind, I would sound very rude to him. I didn't want to make our last days together a tragedy so I shook my head slightly as I shook off the thoughts in my head.I tilted my head slightly as I looked back at him in the eyes. He looked like he was being held accountable or he wanted to be pitied. If all he didn't say anything again, I was just going to walk out of the room and head straight to my father's room to tell him the latest developments. I didn't know what else to do to make him talk so I just kept mute and waited for him to think about what was making him look at me that way but nothing was coming to my mind. I took out time before I looked away from him, all because I wanted him to talk to me. I did waste ti
SONIAHe also looked as if he was lost and didn't know what to do. That made me have the time to think of my next action. It was at this moment that I decided to let go of my initial decision so that I would know exactly what he had in mind to do."What do you think you are doing? I hope it's not what I think it is. Please let me go." I really should have kept mute because I didn't like the way I sounded at all. My voice suddenly started to break and he looked away from me. "He probably is thinking that I am not serious right now. I should have just remained quiet." I said to myself and placed a hand on my forehead. For a moment, I lowered my head and tried to convince myself that it was normal for me to act in such a way and when I was cool with it, I tilted my head to look at him and noticed that he was not looking at me. I wondered why he could not bring himself to look at me in the eyes but he still held on to my hands even while I tried to free herself from his grip. I wanted to
SONIAI didn't let anything bother my mind while I stood there in front of him. "Whatever the case might be, I was prepared to let him know exactly how I was feeling. I couldn't wait any more to tell him what I had in mind. I can't do this anymore. "Not anymore!" I yelled inside my head and just then his voice began to echo, forcing my attention back to him as I didn't know what to do.As I turned to look at him, he was still quiet and then I had the idea that perhaps my brain was playing a trick on me. We stood there in silence and I could not help but wander in thoughts as many of them ran through my mind. For once in my entire existence I felt like I didn't care about anything that happened at all. I was ready to let everything go just like that and focus on myself. I didn't know if it was the right thing to do but I wanted to just stay on my own and not do anything with anybody. I just hoped that he agreed with me or had the same idea and wanted to be free from all of this.He con
PETEI sat there in the middle of the bed, going through the letter that was just sent to me. I was caught in awe at the content of the letter. "Who could this bet that knew this much about me?" I asked myself and just when I became cautious of my environment, a knock came in on the door and before I could tilt my head to respond, the doorknob tilted and then the frightened image of Allan appeared before me. For a moment, I tried to decipher why he was looking like that but nothing was coming to my mind at that moment. "I am worried... So worried about us right now. What if..." I did not let him finish what he had to say before I quickly interrupted him, forcing him to keep mute for a while to listen to me."You keep acting like a lady. I am not surprised that Ariana, your sister was ready to throw us under the bus at the funeral of my step sister. You keep bringing me down every opportunity you get. We are in this together. You weren't only the one who had been having this dream and
KING GREGOR "Can someone explain what is going on here for me? What the hell is going on here?" I asked in rage as I tilted my head to look at the witch as she sat in her own corner of the dark room. The atmosphere was tense and so it was with my heart as it raced like it was about to explode. I could feel the rush of several hormones all around my body and all I just wanted at that moment were answers to the questions that I asked. "What is all this?" I asked myself as I tilted my head away from Lydia but not for long as I brought it back to look at her as she cleared her throat."I don't know how best to explain all you have told me. The weird dreams about some alphas that were different and also the true nature of your wife. But what I know for sure is that your wife is going through a phase and right now, you have to be there for her to pass this phase." She explained slowly and all I could do was nod my head. I could not believe that after narrating a story full of ambiguity and