SONIA"So what you mean to tell me now is that you left your only child in the hands of another alpha. How would you both even think of that?" I asked her in a low tone as I looked away from her. She inhaled deeply before she cleared her throat slightly to talk."You need to calm down and don't get this the wrong way. That's just how the tradition is over here." She tried to explain but I was not having it at all. I wanted to be alone all of a sudden and the one way I could achieve that was to keep mute and not respond to her again. There was a moment of silence in the room and then she inhaled deeply before she started to talk."You have an idea if he is going to spend the night there or if he is coming back today?" She asked me and I didn't say a word to her in reply. My mind was filled with different thoughts about Elara and how she opened my eyes to the fact that he never loved me. "What if she hadn't come into the picture?" I asked myself as I inhaled deeply before I tilted my he
ELARAI stood there quietly as I waited for him to talk. I didn't know when I drifted away completely from what was going on at that moment. My mind wandered to so many places and I just didn't know when he was talking to me. "Why am I even helping him? I can do this on my own right? I should do it on my own. Perhaps I still need him to help me with it because he would have easier access to the room than me. I thought for a moment and then his loud voice suddenly jolted me back to reality as I suddenly tilted my head to look at him while he talked."Don't tell me that I have been talking to myself. I really would be upset to know that you were not listening to me while I talked." He said and I shook my head slightly to disagree with what he had said. "There is no way I would lose this opportunity to get what I have always wanted, " I said to myself as I looked away from him for a moment before I cleared my throat to talk. I stuttered for a while, still trying to find the right words t
SONIA"Were you the one talking just now or did you have something else inside of you that was talking?" I asked her and she shook her head slowly like she was trying to think of what I had just said. I heaved a sigh, looking away from her slowly. She inhaled deeply before clearing her throat slightly and I quickly tilted my head to look at her as she talked."I still don't understand what you are trying to say. What exactly are you talking about? You sound like I have said something...." I didn't let her land before I immediately chipped in, shutting her up. She kept mute immediately to listen to what I wanted to say."You said a while ago that you wanted us to leave the pack and have a nice time out. But here you are, acting like you didn't make mention of any of that at all." I explained rapidly and then inhaled deeply as I took my gaze away from her. She stood there for a moment, not uttering a single word but the silence didn't last for long as she walked towards me immediately w
ALLANWe stood there quietly and all I could do was think about what I wanted to tell her. Without wasting much time, I went straight to the point. "My father seems to be moving in a funny way. Even when there are important events to attend in this pack, he doesn't attend." I took a pause as I remembered how it went back then when I had to beg my father to attend the last event here but he bluntly refused. I just wanted to know the reason he was here to even spend more than a day with them without any necessary event."I know, I might be sounding so strange and all but I still feel there is something that is going on between the two of them that seems to be fishy. It would be my pleasure for you to help me uncover what is going on between them." I finally tilted my head to look at her after I finished what I was saying and for a moment I kept looking at her, not knowing exactly what was going on because she was quiet and looking in a particular direction. For a moment I thought she w
SONIAWe walked out of the room and walked towards the exit of the pack. As we walked, she suddenly stopped me from walking and then I had to look behind me to see why she stopped walking in the first place. I heaved a sigh as she made a completely damp face before she talked."Aren't we going to tell your mother or your dad? I mean, they should know where we are going to, and if at all we aren't coming back anytime soon, then they would know where to find us." She said and I immediately rolled my eyes. "What was she talking about? Was she trying to get on my nerves?" I asked myself and didn't waste time before I gave her a heartfelt reply."What did you think you were doing? I don't understand you at all. I want to be away from everyone and everything. Why then do you think that I want them to know where I am or even tell them that I am going out? If you aren't ready to go with me, I can go and find that place on my own." I was so angry at her and for a moment, I didn't want to go wi
ELARA"Don't take this the wrong way, please. I have been having a feeling that I am not who they say I am. I don't want you to think that I am doing right by being here. I want to confirm my origin and know how to go about my life." I explained slowly as I looked away from him. For a moment, I didn't know what to do. I only lowered my head, wishing that I never made mention of that but it was my only way to get out of the whole thing. He suddenly inhaled deeply grabbing my attention I raised my head immediately to look at him as he shook his head before he talked."If I get you clearly. You think that you are someone else and not the person that you think you are?" He asked and I only nodded my head slightly. We went on to be mute for a moment. I knew he had a lot of thoughts in his mind. "How exactly do I even expect him to help me? He leaves today and he doesn't live here, neither does he come here often?" I thought and then took a deep breath. My heart raced faster as I stood ther
ELARA**********"Wake up!" I heard faintly from my sleep as I felt a hand taping me rapidly on my shoulder. I quickly opened my eyes tilting my head to look at who it was and my gaze fell on Lora. I scoffed as I sat up on the bed, heaving a sigh as I remained quiet."Don't you know how to wake when it's morning? Do I or my mother have to come and wake you up every morning?" She asked in a sharp tone as she stared at me with a straight face as if she was trying to stop herself from hitting me. "Well, it's not a new thing." I thought as I yawned, stretching my arms out as I did not utter a single word in response to what she had just said.I lived in a small house downtown with my stepmother and her only daughter. I could not recall the last time that I set my eyes on my mother as she ran away when things went sour with my dad. I had no idea how it all played out but from the stories that I heard, my dad maltreated her and subjected her to domestic violence. According to stories, she e
SONIAWe walked through the thick woods for minutes but there was no lake in sight. The excitement on her face a while ago had suddenly changed and I feel sorry for not listening to her. I didn't know what to do, whether to keep quiet and just continue with the journey or at least halt for a while to talk to her. The latter became consistent in my mind and I didn't waste time, halting my steps and turning around to look at her. Just before I tried to talk, she heaved a heavy sigh and started to talk, forcing me to keep mute to listen to what she wanted to say."I was just about to ask you to wait and let us think this through. We have been walking in all directions since and still have not come up with the route that leads to the lake. Are you sure we are doing the right thing? Perhaps we should retrace our steps back to the pack and ask for directions so we can get there easily without having to go through this stress." She spoke rapidly without any break in between her words. For a
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