Maya stood by the window examining the distance between the window and the ground outside. Her eyes darted left and right to see if there was any warrior in sight, and indeed there was. Earlier this morning there was less of them, but as the blue sky had turned grey with twinkling stars, there was more than seven warriors in sight. There was no way she could successfully scale through the wall of the window without being seen. She groaned hard. Perhaps she should try running away very early tomorrow morning.She groaned hard again. "Another night in this place," she said in dismay, and heaved gravely. "It's just one night. It wouldn't be that bad." She said trying to reassure herself. She turned away from the window, and immediately her body stiffened by who she saw resting his lithe frame on the wall. Her breathing quickened, and her knees buckled, as her eyes met his."What do you mean by one night left?" He asked her with a blank expression on his face.She swallowed. She was quite
"Why?" Grey asked her, with a rare puzzled look on his face.Maya looked away from him as she shrugged. "How am I supposed to know?" She asked him. After all, the salutary had not come to see her. He had only come at the right time when she fainted."Did he check on you?" Grey asked her, as he recalled the salutary saying he was going to come check on Maya to know if she was alright, and to confirm whatever presumption he had of her.She looked at him, and hugged her arms to herself, shaking her head. "No," she said. She would not tell him about the bully she got from the omegas."Well then," he said, as he shrugged his shoulders a little. "Do you want to have dinner now?" He asked her.She stared at him wondering why he was bothered about her not eating. It felt as if he heard her as he eyed her from head to toe. "You look extremely thin," he said to her in sarcasm.She frowned at him. "I'm not thin. I'm lean, okay?" She said."Dinner?" He asked her, playing dumb to her words.She wa
"You know, tonight reminds me of the first time we met, right at the sphere of this waterfall," he whispered softly with a smile on his face, and his arm entwined with hers, as they walked towards the waterfall.She giggled and whispered into his ears "I had sent a flaming spear to kill you, remember?" He grinned. "But, you didn't. You were mesmerized by my eyes." "Maybe," she replied with a happy tone. They got to the sphere of the waterfall, and he held her hand, and brought it to his lips. She smiled at him."I'll never get tired of seeing your beautiful face, my love," he said to her."Even if I turn old, wrinkling and grey?" She asked him."You'll look even more beautiful in my eyes," he said as his lips lingered on her hand."Oh, Verne," she laughed, and as he let go of her hand, she wrapped her arms around him. "I love you, always, now and forever.""I love you more Alyssa. More than you can ever imagine," he said to her as he placed a kiss on her forehead."Emperor!" Someone
Maya regained herself and began to struggle in his arms. "Let go of me!" She yelled out as she tried to break free, but, Grey didn't relinquish his hold on her. His grip on her waist tightened more than before."Stop annoying me," he said in a brittle tone."I don't want to be here!" Maya yelled, fighting him off. "I want to be anywhere but here!" She kept yelling.In furious annoyance, he swung her over his shoulder like she was just a bag of feathers, and walked in the direction of the pack house. "Let go of me!" Maya kept yelling as she let out her frustration on him. She kicked, scratched, hit, and clawed his skin.Grey held onto her, bearing her onslaught, as he continued walking without halting a second to make her stop the fuss she was making.He was furious at her for actually going on with the plan that she had formed in her head. She has only been in the pack house for a day. What pain has she gone through to decide to run away? He hasn't even been cruel to her. If anything,
Maya looked in the direction of where the water came from, and she was shocked to see Cora. Cora smiled mischievously. "Oops," she mouthed feigning surprise as she placed her fingers on her mouth. "I didn't see you there. My bad," she said pretentiously.Maya could already imagine strangling her and making sure she was lifeless. "I'm very sure this place is not for garbage or..." Maya began to speak, but Cora interrupted her."Of course, this place is not for trash," she said with an evil smile. "Trash like you," she added, and Maya stared at her, as she struggled hard to keep her cool.Cora walked up to her. "You don't belong here, omega. Take your stinking self out of this place," she ordered, and Maya's eyes blazed with fury, as she clenched her hands to her side, as she stared hard at Cora. "Becoming a Luna doesn't hide the stench of an omega written all over you." Cora said in despise.Maya chuckled dryly. "Do not forget that I can simply wait for the alpha's return, and report y
Grey's eyes scanned Maya's body in his shirt. His gaze was on her finely shaped legs. He had not expected to come back to the house to find her in his shirt, especially not after she had rejected putting it on. "Turn around," he said in a drawl, without realizing it.Maya tried to keep her breathing steady, as she slowly turned around. She feared he would do the abominable to her for putting on his shirt without permission. Grey held his breath. He could hardly take his eyes off her. He was enthralled by how hot she looked in just a loose fitting shirt. He threw caution to the wind, as he walked towards her in slow and majestic steps befitting the bloodline of a royal. Maya began to hyperventilate. She had no idea what was in his mind, or what he was planning to do to her. Who would save her from the clutches of this man? Grey inched closer to her, bridging the gap between them. Her back was pressed against the table. "I'm sorry, I didn't..." She began to speak, but Grey cut in, as h
"What did you just say?" Grey demanded in a low menacing tone.Maya shuddered, as she took a step back, without Grey advancing towards her "I meant that Gwen is a nice girl, and she doesn't deserve been lashed at in that manner," she quivered as she spokr to him."You do not tell me how to speak to anyone in my pack." Grey spat out in a low fury. She had no right to interfere in his way of handling the pack members.Maya swallowed hard, before facing him squarely. "I'm only correcting your manners," she said to him, and Grey's eyes darkened the more. His eyes blazed with fury as he approached her ferociously."And who the hell do you think you are to correct my manners?" His voice loomed condescendingly over her.Maya shook as she retreated the more, and she hit the bedstand, and fell on the bed. She gasped, as fear took over her, unable to look at his face. She shivered, unable to presume his next move.Grey grunted hard. "You drive me mad," he murmured beneath his breath.She and he
Dinner was quite uncomfortable for Maya despite the fact that Grey was barely looking at her. On the table was just her, Grey, and Zing. She tried her best to feel at ease, but with Grey's presence, she was failing. When she felt full finally, and unable to eat much anymore due to the knot tied in her stomach, she pushed her chair backward, and stood up.Grey dropped his spoon. "Have you taken your medicine?" He inquired, and Maya realized her drugs were not on the table."They're not here," she said to him."Cora," Grey called Cora, who was walking by at the moment. She stopped immediately. "Yes, alpha?" She answered."Where's the Luna's medicines?" He asked."I didn't serve..." She began to speak, and Grey shot her an hardened look, forcing her to stare at her feet."Get them," he said, and she nodded and walked away. "And you, sit," he ordered Maya."You're not the boss of me," she scowled.Grey clenched his jaw, and inhaled. "Sit," he said through gritted teeth.Maya stared at hi
Maya was rushed over to the salutary who attended to her while the rest of the pack house were in a frenzy. ** Five days later ***Grey held Maya's hand, his eyes not leaving her face as he hoped and prayed that she would open her eyes soon. Gwen was sitting at the opposite side of the bed, with her hands clasped in prayers. She has already told Grey all about Vivian. She had been the instigator of the lie that spread out in the heavens, just to get rid of Maya.It's been five days since Maya was in coma and she feared for her life. Grey had never left Maya's side since she was brought into the salutary's cabin. He was disoriented and too worried about her to worry about himself.He prayed fervently, every now and then for her to open her eyes. He prayed to whoever he hoped would answer. The Salutary had no idea if Maya would ever wake up, but yet, Grey did not lose hope.His heart, body and soul was wrenched in pain and the pain of losing Maya and the baby, hurt him the more.All of
"I didn't tell you who I am. How did you know?" Grey asked the witch."Who doesn't know the legendary Dark emperor who has now reincarnated into an alpha? I know you too well and I know what brought you here," she said. She had white streaks in her raven hair.Grey stared at her and waited for her to continue. "You're here concerning the apocalypse and the possible solution to it," she said and Grey nodded. "The ancestors have told me of your coming already," she added."You have been told all your life that light and darkness do not go hand in hand. It is an unbalanced force of nature, but you've been told lies all along," she said and they all stared at her in amazement except from Grey who was shocked."Light and darkness go together, alpha. That's why the mystical lake was placed in the demon world to prove that even the purest streak of light can be found in darkness. The child said to be born to initiate the apocalypse, is the wrong prophecy. The child is being born to unite the
"All these, are the reasons why I was hostile to Maya. I could not tell her about it and that was why I was being subtle in our separation until maybe I get a solution to it all," Grey said."Have you found anything?" Zing asked.Grey shook his head. "I went to meet the heavenly emperor. Someone stole the ancient book about the mystical lake in the demon world. The book holds invisible writings on how to merge the three worlds together using the lake as a connection. What this person is not aware of is that, this could destroy everything," he explained further."Who is this person?" Zing asked."I do not know. The heavenly emperor is pretending not to know. He only told me that the Heavenly mirror and the staff of light are tools in causing this destruction and these two properties of heaven are missing," Grey said.Zing narrowed his eyes. "They're with Maya," he replied."Not anymore. They were taken away from her," Grey said.
As soon as she was gone and out of his sight. Grey mounted the stairs. He got into the study room and in a fierce anger, he threw away every thing laying idly on the table over to the floor.He groaned in pain and hurt as he flung the desk in disarray. With that done, he crumbled to the floor, finding it hard to breathe as short gasped of painful tears gathered in his eyes and threatened to surface.•"Maya, you don't have to go. This can be settled," Gwen said to Maya in a pleading voice, outside the pack gate.Maya shook her head. "This cannot be settled, Gwen. I believe in Grey a lot and I do love him, but, this is the last straw that I can take. I do not know what has gotten into him, but, I cannot handle it any longer," she replied in a tear filled voice."Maya," Gwen began to say pitifully so she could stay, but Maya stood her ground, declining to stay back in the pack house.Just then, Zing showed up. "What'
Vivian is taken to the salutary by Grey while Maya still stood speechless for what has just happened. She could hardly believe her eyes. Can a push cause a miscarriage? She pondered. But, if she had not done that, she would have been the one on the ground with blood flowing down her legs.Grey got to the salutary's cabin and instructed the salutary to take attend to Vivian urgently. "Grey," Vivian called him through gasps as he turned to leave.He turned to her. "The salutary will attend to you. I'll be back," he said and with that, he walked out of the cabin and headed back to the pack house.Gwen walked down the stairs and saw Maya frozen in a spot. She was puzzled. "Maya?" She called her attention and Maya turned to look at her with an horrified look on her face.Gwen was shocked by this until she noticed the small stain of blood on the floor. She became confused as she approached her friend. "What happened?" She asked her.M
"Who is this person?" Grey asked him.Heavenly emperor stared at him. "It's for you to find out," he replied."Do not give me that, emperor. You're the heavenly emperor, right? You should know about this person that's about to cause a massive destruction in our worlds," Grey said, getting angry all over again.The heavenly emperor stared at him. "The emperor is all seeing, Verne. But, some things are hidden and without the heavenly mirror, it cannot be seen," he replied.Grey stared at him and exhaled. "How do we stop this?" He asked."Firstly, we cannot pair with each other because you're a demon emperor," the heavenly emperor replied."Enough of that nonsense, emperor. If we do not pair together to save our world, we'll all perish, irrespective of who's a demon or a god," Grey said, making a point and the heavenly emperor stared at him."Fine. Just for the sake of the worlds, I'm willing to put aside our differences an
"The both of you can go to hell for all I care," Vivian scoffed and without waiting to eat breakfast on the dining table, she picked up her plate and walked away in anger.She was walking towards the stairs when Grey was coming down the stairs. He wanted to ignore her, but he saw Maya walking down the stairs from the corner of his eyes."Where are you going with your breakfast?" He asked her."Is it not Zing and Gwen? They were speaking rude to me and warning me to stay away from you. That's why I'm heading to my room to eat my breakfast," she replied with a pitiful look on her face."What impertinence," Grey ranted as he walked away from Vivian and headed over to Zing.Maya was surprised by his sudden demeanor over Zing and she walked down the stairs, heading over to the dining table."Zing, what right do you have to talk to the mother of my child in such a manner?" Grey demanded in anger.Zing rose up as he scoffed. "A
It bothered him a lot. He turned to Athon. "Let him be buried immediately," Grey said and Athon nodded. "Do you perhaps know the reason on his death?" He inquired."I think I do, my Lord," Athon said as he walked over to the shelf. "One of the books on the shelf is missing, my Lord. It is the only book concerning the mysterious ancient lake," he replied.Grey was puzzled. "What has a book got to do with the death of the Mountain demon?" He asked him.Athon explained further. "The book withholds the secrets of the lake, my Lord. It is an ancestral powerful book that was discovered by the first demons," he said.Grey was still not getting what he was saying.Athon took in deep breaths. "Alpha, this book is said to consist of secret and invisible writings that no man can read. These writings when exposed, leads whoever is in control or possession of the book to the merging of all three worlds. The heavens, the earth and the demon world. I be
"I heard about your debts, Alfred," Grey began as he leaned back in his seat. "But, I must inform you before helping you out on this," he continued and Alfred was keened to what he was saying. "Your wife is responsible for your huge debts," he dropped the bombshell.Alfred was shocked. "What?" He exclaimed softly, puzzled and confused.Grey nodded. "I am not aware of how she does it, Alfred. But, to my best of knowledge, she collects money in your name because of her mother and I do not know what she uses them for. You should speak to her," he said."I'm quite shocked by this," Alfred said and his expression said it all. "So, Lisa has been doing this without my knowledge?" He asked himself, still stunned."Do not quarrel with the naive woman, Alfred. She has been doing all That because of her mother. But, that's by the way," Grey said as he tapped his index finger on the desk. "Get those payments from your wife, settle those people she g