"This is just an antidote to suppress any pain she might feel. It's a mixture of natural oil, apple cider vinegar, garlic, cumin and lemon juice," the salutary explained."Alright," Grey said."What happened to me?" Maya asked him.Grey smoothened her hair as he patted it gently. He didn't want to keep anything away from her, but at the same time, he didn't want her to worry. But, he had learnt the hard way about keeping something away from her. "You slipped into unconsciousness due to food poisoning," he finally said."What? Why?" She was shocked and alarm."Do not worry too much about it. It's what I'm going to find out," he replied to her.Just then, beta Zing walked into the cabin. "Grey, I got your message this morning," he said to Grey, and then turned to Maya. "Luna, are you alright?" He asked her, and Maya managed to nod her head."Call for a pack meeting immediately, Zing. My own people are turning my enemies,"
"I...I...I... didn't do it," Cora stuttered, her face was drained of all color as her heart thudded against her chest like it was ready to fall out.Grey narrowed his eyes and stared at Cora, and then finally rested his eyes on Reina. "State your claims," he said to her."I.. saw Cora coming out of the kitchen after Gwen and the other two omegas," she began as she pointed at the two omegas Gwen was standing beside. "After they had finished preparing dinner," Reina stated."I..." Cora began to speak to defend herself."Did I ask you to speak?" Grey demanded in anger, and Cora's body shook in fear as she immediately kept quiet. "Go on," he urged Reina."I asked her what she went in to do there and she asked me to mind my business," Reina further explained.Grey turned to Cora. "Did you or did you not enter the kitchen after dinner was made?" He asked her with fiery eyes.Cora swallowed. "Yes, yes, I did," she replied.
"Bring her down," Maya ordered the gammas weakly."Why?" Grey asked her as he squinted his eyes due to the sun rays. He continued. "She's responsible for your poisoning. She is sentenced to death by hanging for attempted murder," Grey stated.Maya swallowed dryly. "I'm alive, Grey. There's no need to take a life for mine," she said to him.He disagreed. "She crossed the line, and must pay for her sins. A lot of accusations are leveled against her," he explained to her.She turned to him and placed her hand on his chest. "There are other subtle ways to handle this matter, Grey. I'm sure you can think of something other than ending her life," she coaxed.Grey smirked. "After all, death brings more peace than they deserve," he said to her and she managed to smile. His anger had blinded him that he had forgotten his motto. He turned to the gammas. "Take her to the dungeon. I shall announce to you soon what her punishment would be,"
Maya woke up the next morning in Grey's arms. She snuggled closer to him, enjoying the warmth his body radiated. He stroke her hair lovingly which made Maya realize that he was awake."Good morning, Mi vida," she greeted, and her voice sounded muffled on his chest."Morning, love," he responded absentmindedly, until he grasped that she had said something else aside her greetings. He pulled away from her, and turned to face her, their eyes leveled on each other. "What did you say?" He asked her curiously."What?" She inquired with a small smile on her lips."You said something after your greetings. What's that?" He reiterated more detailedly."Oh," she exclaimed softly as she feigned as if she had no idea what he was talking about. "I called you mi vida," she replied.He raised a brow, but he could feel a tingling sensation in his heart. "Mi vida? Really?" He questioned and she smiled and nodded. He continued. "That's new," he add
"Tell me," Maya urged her as she noticed her silence."She's serving her punishment, Luna," Gwen replied, finally looking at her as she spoke."What punishment did Grey give to her?" She asked, a little bit worried.Gwen shrugged. "She's to be whipped every morning for fourteen days and she's to live by bread and water alone after starving for that fourteen days," she explained.Maya gasped. "Isn't that too harsh?" She asked.Gwen shrugged again. "I really do not know, Luna. But, one thing I'll say is Cora deserves to be punished for her cruelty towards you," she said, and Maya opened her mouth to speak, but Gwen shook her head, stopping her from doing so. "I know you want to defend her, but don't. The punishment might be too harsh as you think, but her disrespect and disregard of you, would have gotten her hanged the moment the alpha found out," Gwen added, and Maya sighed."Do you really think she's responsible for it
"Are you heading somewhere?" Green eyes asked her. "No," she replied as she headed to the living room. "I just wanted to leave the comfort of my room," she said as she plumped on a couch."Alright, I'm heading to my room," he responded."Okay," she replied and with that, he walked away, and headed to the gammas quarters.•"News of your dealings with the nightcrawlers pack has travelled round, Grey," Zing said to Grey as they stood in front of the arena, watching the horses."How brilliant," Grey replied with an hint of sarcasm in his tone.Zing chuckled. "They must be cowering in fear by now," he said.Grey shook his head and smirked. "I doubt that, comrade. Rather, they would begin to think of ways to bring about my downfall," he replied."Why would you think so?" Zing asked. "The Nightcrawlers pack is like a lesson to other packs. They should be cowering in fear," he insisted.Grey dis
"Can you not see that I am about to retire for the night?" Grey asked Vivian.Vivian frowned. "I can see that clearly," she replied."Such impertinence, Vivian. Can you not see it's late? Whatever you have to discuss can wait till the morning," Maya said to her."Stay out of this, Maya. Nobody involved you in this discussion," Vivian replied, getting angry."You don't have the right.." Grey began to speak as he advanced towards Vivian, but Maya stopped him, by a gentle pull of his arm.Maya turned to Vivian. "He is my husband, Vivian. I have every right to know what's going on. His business is my business," she replied.The way Maya called Grey her husband, got Vivian more riled up. "You have every right to know what's going on in his life?" She asked, walking away from the table sinisterly. "Would you really like to be aware of everything going on in his life?" She asked."That's about enough, Vivian," Grey warned her.
Days turned into nights as the weeks rolled by. Maya was already completely healed from the poison she had the last time. Grey refused to reduce Cora's punishment, and Maya alleviated it by sneaking in meals to her, which made Cora wonder why she had just decided to hate Maya without a just cause and without getting to know her. But now, it was too late for her to make amends of her mistake as judgement had already been passed on her.Vivian was barely in the house anymore and no one bothered about her. After all, she was just a nuisance disturbing the pack house. The elders were also hardly coming into the pack house for they now considered it an abominable place that has been defiled by the presence of Maya who had made Grey allow Gwen and green eyes at the table that was meant for superiors and their subordinates only. This, Grey did not worry about. What he was worried about was the unusual text he got from that unknown number, and he had immediately called Nick who had
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