The elders were seated in the study room as the clock struck noon. Eli ran his fingers in his silver streaked hair as he waited impatiently with the rest for the alpha. He didn't want to be here because he had a guess what the meeting was all about, but, he knew better than to disobey Grey. Grey strode into the study room, and walked over to his seat behind his desk. The five elders were seated separately. Two in front of Grey, and the rest on the grey sofa, rested against one side of the wall. They stood up to greet him in respect "Greetings, elders. I had a few things to take care of," he said, explaining his lateness without really tendering an apology. "Do sit," he added. They were quite surprised as they sat down, because Grey never explains himself. Eli mentally shook his head. He had a eerie feeling it had to be with Maya. That castrated omega, he said to himself. "To the reason why we're gathered here," Grey began, as he sat down, placing both hands on the table. "Last tim
"Why do you look like you've got something stuck on your tongue?" Grey asked with an unreadable expression on his face."Can you read my mind?" She inquired out of perplexity and curiousness.He raised a brow. "And why would I be able to?" He asked her, peering into her eyes, and daring her to say the word.Instead, she shook her head. "It's nothing," she said looking away. If he could read my mind, it could only mean I was his mate also, but that was quite impossible. I can't feel his vulnerability or his mate bond, she said to herself.That's because, I've put a wall around me, Maya. That's why you can't tell we're mates, he said in his head as he looked at her. "Come on," he said, prodding her into the stables. They stood before a wide range of horses, and Maya stared at them all. She and Gwen had only been outside talking about the horses without seeing them. "Which of the horses do you fancy?" He asked her.Maya walked in front of the stalls each horses were in. "Which of them is
Maya stared at the slender, pouting lips before her with an incomprehensible look on her face. "I just asked a question. Who the fuck are you?" She demanded in a pissed off tone.Maya shrugged. "Maya... Maya Caesar," Maya said simply."I don't give two fucks what your name is. What are you doing in here?" She asked, eying Maya from the crown of her head to the sole of her feet. "And wearing Grey's clothes," she inquired, with pure rage in her eyes.Maya was beginning to think the woman before her was closed to Grey, and that was why she could call him by his name without regard or fear. Maya got exasperated by her presence and her demanding questions. "I think you should ask the alpha himself. He's in a better position to tell you," she said to her.She moved closer to Maya. "You better give me an explanation on why a mere rat like you is in Grey's room," she said through gritted teeth.Maya stared hard at her. "Could you please leave? I need some peace," she said, her brows narrowin
"That was weird. I wasn't expecting that," Grey said, as he walked over to the closet."What were you expecting?" She asked, watching him take off his peacoat."Questions," he replied modestly."Questions like?" She inquired, a bit curiously."Who is Vivian?" He said with a shrug as he hung the coat. "Is it important?" Maya asked, and he could feel her eyes on him.He turned to her. "You'll be seeing her everyday," he answered."Why?" Maya inquired."Because she's a part of the pack, and she's always here especially during breakfast and dinner," he said, as he began to take off his sweatshirt, and Maya looked away, staring at her fingers."Why haven't I been seeing her?" She asked, bit by bit, getting to know who Vivian was, despite the fact that she had played uninterested."She went to see the world. What she calls an adventure. She's been touring for two months now," he said, as he carelessly threw the shirt into the laundry basket, and approached her."Hmm," she said with a scoff
The sun rays filtered through the little space along the tightly closed curtains, and rested on Maya's face. Maya fluttered her eyes as she stifled a yawn, forcing her eyes opened. She laid on the bed motionless for a little while. Her mind drifting back to the dream she had last night."Stone her to death!" The crowd was yelling."She deserves to die!" The crowd ranted more angrier than before. There she sat on the ground, tears rolling down her cheeks as she felt suddenly powerless."Shamelessly frolicking with the emperor when she's not part of us!" One lady from the crowd said, her voice at the top of her lungs."What are we waiting for? Let's stone her to death!" They yelled, and picked up stones, angling them at her. They lifted their stones high, and casted them towards her. She closed her eyes bracing up for the pain that would associate with the impact of the stones, but none was forthcoming.She opened her eyes, when she heard t
A few minutes later, Maya got out of the bathroom, and noticed that Grey was no longer on the bed, and neither was he in the room. "Where has he gone now?" She muttered as she held tightly to the towel wrapped around her body.Shrugging off the thoughts of Grey, she went over to the closet to quickly get dressed. A knock came on the door, and she guessed it to be Gwen or some other omega, because, Grey never knocks when coming into the room. "It's open," she said as she reached for a cashmere turtleneck dress. Cora walked into the room, holding a mop and a bucket, along with Gwen, who was holding a dustpan and a long handle brush."Good morning, Luna," Gwen greeted with a smile while Cora scoffed as she went over to the windows to undrape the curtains."Morning, Gwen," Maya replied to Gwen as she ignored Cora. "How was your night?" She asked, returning her smile. From her rampant thinking, Gwen only got her dressed whenever she was to meet the elders.
Maya recovered from the surprise, quicker than Vivian had expected. She picked up the glass of juice in front of her. "Good for you," she said, as she sipped from the juice, ignoring Vivian.Vivian glared at her, pissed off by the fact that the shock she was expecting to register deeply in Maya did nothing to faze her. "Listen here," Vivian began, unable to hide her detest any longer. Maya placed the glass of juice back on the table, as she stared at her. "You're too little for me to be competing with over Grey," she said to her, and Maya kept staring at her aloofly. "You're nothing but a piece of crap trying to reach for the top. Trying so hard to fit where you don't belong," Vivian said with a nasty smile on her face, hoping to get into Maya.Maya smiled. "Tell me something I haven't heard," she replied as she forked more sauced meat into her mouth.Vivian dropped her fork, and folded her hands, propping her elbows on the table, anger seething inside of
Grey had gotten back to the pack house and had discovered that she was not in the house. He had made inquiries, and Gwen had told him where she was. He had immediately came to the river to find her seated with her legs pulled up, and she hugging her knees. He wondered what was going on with her, as she turned to look at him with an hurtful look on her face. "Are you okay?" He asked her.Maya chuckled dryly as she sniffed. "Is there a need not to be?" She asked him, sarcasm evident in her voice.Grey knitted his brows in exasperation. "I asked a question," he said, his eyes intensely on hers. "Gwen tells me you've been here since morning. I only want to know what's going on," he said to her."It's nothing," she said, slowly getting up to her feet.Grey grew more irritated. "What the hell is wrong with you?" He demanded in a pent-up anger.Maya grew furious, the anger, hurt, and pain from this morning rolling back in. "What is wrong with m
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