ALLANI walked back to my room with different thoughts rushing through my mind. "Was I the one that just said that?" I asked myself as I walked in the direction of my room. Not long after, I was standing in front of my room and then I inhaled deeply before tilting the doorknob to open the door. As soon as I tried to walk in, I noticed an approaching footstep and I waited to see who it was and then my gaze fell on Sonia as she walked towards me. "What was she doing here again? I told her what she wanted to hear already. What is it this time again?" I asked myself as I waited for her to catch up before I walked into the room."Why did you just leave? You didn't even wait to hear what I wanted to say. You just left the room just like that and didn't let me finish talking. That's not how this is supposed to be. We were both supposed to sit and talk about this. You and I, together." I watched her as she gestured every part of her words. I tried to gather as many thoughts in my head as I co
SONIA I scoffed at him and took my gaze away from him for a moment as I tried to reason what he had just said. "Why did he keep mentioning that to me?" I asked myself and then took a deep breath as I tilted my head back to look at him. Just as I opened my mouth to talk, a knock came on the door forcing my attention away from him to the door as I immediately turned to look at the door. He waited for the person to knock again before he answered the knock and the door opened slightly with a guard peeking through."Good day, young alpha. Good day, lady Sonia! I hope I didn't interrupt anything?" He asked in a low tone as he remained there at the door. Levi nodded his head slightly as he beckoned for him to come into the room. He walked straight to the center of the tool where we stood and bowed to greet us before he cleared his throat slightly to talk. I only looked away as I tried not to pay attention to whatever he was about to say but I just could not keep my mind out. I didn't know w
ELARAI hurried to the visitor's room and shut the door behind me. I tried to take my mind off the fact that Alpha Theo was coming over to the pack. My heart raced faster as I stood there at the back of the door before I wiped my face with my palm. "This is the worst time for him to pay us a visit. I don't even know what to or how to stay away from him for the number of days he was going to stay at the pack." I asked myself as I slowly walked around the whole place, with heavy breaths.I sat on the dusty bed and buried my face in my palm for a moment as I tried to think of a way to go about this. "Perhaps I should just offend the alpha so that he will lock me up at least for the period of time, that they are going to stay and then I will get released." I thought for a moment and then I started to shake my head as other ideas came into my head. "What if he doesn't punish me like that? And he chooses to do something else either?" I asked myself and then took a deep breath as I looked aw
ALLAN I walked straight to the alpha's room and not long after, I was standing in front of his door. I knocked on the door and his voice came immediately. Not wasting time, I opened the door and walked in to meet him seated on the table going through some documents. “What are all these documents?” I asked myself and then heaved a sigh before I bowed to greet him.“Good day alpha, you sent for me!” I said in a low tone, and he raised his head slightly to look at me, clearing his throat before he talked. “I needed your help with this. I hope you weren't busy when I called for you?” He asked and I shook my head instantly. I had the urge to tell him what I was doing before I came here, but he didn't even let me decide in my head before he beckoned on me to come and sit beside him.I looked carefully into the papers he slid to my front and I just raised my head slightly to look at him as I expected him to explain what it was about. He inhaled deeply after a moment of silence before he ti
ELARAAs I went around my usual kitchen chores, my mind was all over the place. I couldn't stop thinking about the words the Alpha had said to me, the threats. What if things actually did go south? What if he actually gifted me to Alpha Dale like he said he would? What if Alpha Dale actually accepts and goes along with what the Alpha had said? I know life here at the pack isn't really the best and I can't wait to leave and escape from it all but life at Alpha Dale's pack, as a maid and his personal bed warmer? That's like another kinda hell. The fact that Alpha Dale would be arriving here soon wasn't really helping. How do I act around him now when I know any little mistake on my part and I'd be gifted off to him? I feel so scared and frustrated right now and I can't seem to shake it off. The sound of cars fast approaching jolted me back to reality and my heart skipped a bit. Alpha Theo must have arrived. I was still fretting about how to react to that when I heard footsteps approach
ELARAI rushed back to the room, panting as if I had just run a hundred meters without stopping for once. "Why did he have to give me that look? What was he trying to say to me with that look? On his face? Is he even aware that it was against my will to be assigned to that pretentious alpha in the first place?" My whole emotions were all over the place as I couldn't seem to bring myself to peace. I didn't know what to do and for the fact that this had to go on for three days, it was already beginning to get tiring and frustrating. After a moment of pacing around the room, I finally caught my breath and walked straight to the bed to sit at the edge. Many thoughts rushed through my mind and then I heaved a sigh as I tried not to think too much about it. "But what in the goddess's name was he doing here? I am not aware of any feast or gathering that is going to happen so what brought him here?" I asked myself and then not long after, a thought crossed my mind, forcing me to stand up fro
SONIA"Congratulations to you. I am so happy to hear this and above all, I am so happy for you. I can't believe that you finally got to change his mind to marry you. I can tell you this for sure that it was a really hard-fought battle and thanks to the moon goddess, you came out victorious at the very end." I only watched her while she said all of that. I didn't utter a single word to interrupt her or let her have the slightest idea that I was not happy with the fact that he had changed his mind to marry me. I didn't know how to go about it to her at this point so I just kept mute. Not long after, she noticed that I was not giving her the same energy that she was giving me, then she paused for a moment, tilting her head to look at me before she started to talk again."What is going on? You don't seem happy about the news at all. What is it? Did he give you a baseless condition to meet up with? Did he talk about anything that you were supposed to do before he proceeded with the marriag
ALLAN"I was just talking to your son about you and then your call came in. I hope you weren't listening to our conversation?" He said and laughed afterward. I stood there wondering how he could just switch between two different people within minutes. I stood there for a moment as I acted like I didn't know what he was talking about."How have you been? Running the pack all by yourself and everything there is. I just hope you realize soon how much you need a beta in your pack. That was exactly what Levi and I just finished talking about." Even if I wanted to take my mind off what he was talking about. I just could not help it when he mentioned my name. I tilted my head slightly to look at him as he talked and I only wondered what my father was saying at the other end of the call. "If only he knew how he had been talked about a while ago," I said to myself as I took a deep breath before I looked at what I was doing."No. Not at all. Both of them are actually doing well and they are alr
Elara's POV As I stood there in front of him, I couldn't bring down the pace of my heartbeat. He spoke like he knew what was going on. As if he knew that I knew what was going on with him and the head maid. I didn't know what else to do so I just kept mute and waited for him to talk but he also kept mute. I heaved a sigh as I didn't know what to do. My heart was beating fast and I couldn't do anything about it. I exhaled rapidly and just then, he stood up from the bed and walked towards the center of the room before he talked."You think you can just stay quiet while I talk? What a nerve you have developed. I don't know what it is but I have made up my mind to find out exactly who you are and if I found you wanting, I would not hesitate to kill you. You know some months ago, you suddenly went missing in the pack and then you came back, giving me a flimsy excuse. You didn't even think for once that I might punish you and out of the goodness of my heart, I accepted you back into the pa
Allan's POV My life in this pack had been so dry and full of traumatic experiences since the call off of the wedding. I tried to get on the good side of my parents but they both made me understand that the only time they would ever be happy with me was when I went back to marry Sonia. I had already made up my mind never to marry her, especially after knowing the reason behind them trying to arrange the whole marriage stuff. I tried to make excuses for them but I could not make any excuses for them at all. I wanted them to be themselves while I was myself. "You know what. I don't care if they accept me again or not. I don't care if they talk to me or not forever. They can choose to give birth to another son and fix a marriage for him or her but as for me, I cannot allow myself to be used as a bounty for some selfish goal. How can you call me your son and do all this to me? It's not done that way at all." I said to myself loudly like I was having a real conversation with myself. I hea
Sonia's POV "You know you are a cursed child right? You don't deserve me as your father. You are an illegitimate child. I don't know what it is that you are thinking but from today, I never want you to greet me or do anything that is going to concern me. Since you think that you are old enough to pull this off, you should be old enough to cater to all your needs as of today." His exact words when he found out that I was baking out of the marriage with Allan. He had since not talked to me. I didn't know how best to make him understand that I was not cut out for that kind of marriage. I didn't know what to do so I have since tried to take my mind off everything he said to me. I didn't even know why it all came to my mind this morning and I had to even sit outside my room, lost in thoughts.I suddenly felt a touch on my shoulder and I quickly looked to see who had the effrontery to touch me in such a manner. As I looked up to see who it was, my gaze fell on Eli as she stood there with a
ELARAIt was a sunny day and I could not help but wonder why all of a sudden I found myself in the past. "What really happened?" I asked myself. It was as if the witch gave us that concoction to take, it affected us and took us back in time. I saw myself in the warrior place again and then I had to go through it again. I didn't know how to go about it so I tried to forget it and focus on the pressing issues that were on the ground. I heaved a sigh as my thoughts wandered off to the fact that Levi and Sonia agreed to call off their wedding. "How did this even happen? They were supposed to get better wedded by tomorrow. What is going on with them? I never knew it would get to this point in their marriage." I said to myself. I sat there in the middle of the room as I thought about how the mating ceremony was going to be. "I just hope that I find someone who is going to love me for who I am. Not judge me for any reason and I also hope I get my wolf too." I said to myself as I sat there o
ELARA"I was thinking of that too. I have a lot of things to talk to you about. The past few weeks and perhaps months, have been tedious in terms of events. Many things unfolding and your acting strangely is enough to talk about. But I don't think you are in the right state to talk right now." He talked slowly like he was trying to carefully select his words, or perhaps he was trying to count his words as they left his mouth."I am okay. I need to talk to you about something very very important. It cannot wait. I think I have dragged this for too long and it is starting to affect me, you, and the entire castle." I said, trying to sit up on the bed and he aided me. He arranged the pillow to support my back and I smiled slightly."I think I have an idea about what you are about to talk about. See, I have been having these dreams. Very disturbing and alarming. There were many people there but you weren't there. Your brother, Allan is there and also the daughter of alpha Gunther is there
KING GREGOR "Your majesty. We found your wife." The head of the guards broke the news to me moments after I gave him an order to find her wherever she went. I sat there in the room, facing the window. I reflected on the past few days, weeks, and months. Many things have happened within the past few weeks. Things that I really can't explain and I don't have the explanation of. First, it was the sudden changes that Arianna started to show. She acted so differently and I just had to ignore all of it. Then followed, was her sudden claim of memory loss. I don't know but I seemed to believe her.As if all these weren't enough to mess with my mental health, the dreams started to come up. Unexplainable dreams that could raise my doubt in ten folds. It would have been better if the witch were able to translate the dreams but she was of little or no help at all. Above all, the most surprising thing was my sudden likeness for Arianna. I never liked her before. The only reason I was involved wit
ELARAI opened my eyes suddenly and the first thing I saw was this magnificent creature. It looked like someone that I had seen before. No! I cannot be here. This was not how I planned this to go. I kept trying to make myself believe that I was sleeping and then the voice came at me."Elara! I suppose you know where you are presently. What happened to you? Why were you stirred off what you wanted to go and do? You begged for a chance and you got the chance but what did you choose to do?" I felt a sting in my heart as I recalled the day that I was begging the moon goddess for a second chance. A chance to go and avenge my death and that of my unborn child. "I don't know where to start. Perhaps it was as easy as I thought it was going to be. I thought it was going to be easy to carry out the whole plan I had in mind but it was tougher than I thought. There were a lot of constraints. The person whose body I woke up in had a life of her own and it just mixed up with the whole thing. At so
SONIA"No, you didn't do anything. As a matter of fact, we had just finished what we wanted to iron out. We were just about to step out of the room and come downstairs to join them for breakfast. How are you?" He ended his statement with an awkward question. His facial expression said it all. If only he could take back his words, he would not hesitate. "How had he always perceived Eli?" That was something that I had never asked him. I didn't want to sound awkward so I just kept mute and waited for her to talk. Many thoughts rushed through my mind and just when she wanted to talk, I could not afford her to tell him what happened the previous day, I cleared my throat slightly to talk and then their attention turned towards me."You know you don't have to be so formal right? We could go back to the way that we have been doing. The small plays and everything. Things might not be as you think they are. Right, Allan." I could not deny the fact that it felt extremely awkward saying all that
SONIAI knew for sure that it was Eli who was standing in front of the door. "What could she be looking for? Did the alpha send it to us? Many thoughts rushed through my mind as I looked at the doorknob and also the face of Allan as he also looked at the doorknob. I thought of ignoring the knock but not long after, the knock came on the door again and I had to heave a sigh. "Even if I needed this interruption, it was too quickly. She should have waited for us to finish all this before she came to knock on the door." I thought for a while.I walked towards the door slowly but hastened my steps as the knock came again and stayed frequent. I could not take my mind off what had happened earlier. I didn't know what to do or how to go about it. "Perhaps he might be feeling awkward and timid after the show or perhaps he enjoyed it as much as I did. Whichever way it is or however it is, I am not fazed by anything." I said to myself as I reached for the doorknob and quickly pulled it to see wh