ALISHA’S POV “Do you still love me?”It had to be the most ridiculous question I’d heard in forever. Lucien was asking me if I still loved him.The man who killed me in my previous life had the audacity to ask me if I still loved him.Had he lost his mind? Cause that had to be the only logical explaination for whatever made him feel I would still have the tiniest ounce of feelings towards him after every single thing he had put me through.I looked up at him and smirked, noticing how he stared at me with curious eyes. Like a fool, he was obviously impatiently waiting for an answer from me. And I wasn’t going to satisfy that burning curiosity of his by answering him.“Do I still love you?” I repeated his question with laughter. “Why don’t you try to figure that out yourself? Guess. Guess and try to figure out if I still love you or not.”Immediately, his expression changed, the look of curiosity on his face quickly twisting into one of anger. I could hear him let out a groan then ball
ALISHA’S POV “Alisha, are you sure about this?”I let out a deep exhale as I heard my wolf whisper her concern to me. I didn’t need to ask- I could already tell what was running though her mind. She was worried about my rather sudden decision.“Isn’t denoting Lucien to Omega a rash decision?” She continued. “I really think this would cause dissatisfaction among the pack members. You know how they all feel towards the Luna. They respect the Luna so much so hearing she has suddenly been demoted to Omega would only provoke them more and cause them to be even more dissatisfied with the Alpha. We don’t want that, do we?”“I know,” I replied her with a sigh. “I know this would make them only despise the Alpha more but it needs to be done. I have to show Lucien the lives of the omegas and the warriors. I need to show him the mistakes he had made in his previous life and change it. But first, I need him to experience it all firsthand so it can serve as a reminder for him.”“But the Pack memb
ALISHA’S POVKane’s eyes widened in horror as what could be his new reality quickly flashed in front of his eyes.He had talked so much about how the Luna deserved such a lowly position and how horrible her life was going to be as an Omega. And suddenly, I was letting him know his life could be just like that if he dared to utter another word.“A-Alpha Lucien,” his expression had completely changed now. Compared to before, every bit of excitement had vanished from his face, leaving buds of anxiety and nervousness. “I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were in a bad mood. I’m sorry for saying- I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have.”I let out a hiss and shook my head. He was unbelievable. But at tat moment, Lucien was even more unbelievable to me.“Actually, I came here for a reason,” he went on. “I wanted to ask you something else.”Taking my silence as a cue, he went on. “When would you strip Calum of his title? He has been Beta for so long now, don’t you think?”I felt a fresh wave of anger making it
LUCIEN’S POVWith every single second that passed with me in Alisha’s body, I was only getting angrier and in more awe over how she really could be.Her confidence was baffling. The fact that she knew who I truly was and yet, didn’t hesitate to treat me so poorly. She didn’t even care that I was in her body. She didn’t care about how all her cruel actions towards me were going to have indirect consequences on her own body and yet, treated me so lowly.For the first time in literally forever, I was treated without the respect I naturally deserved. I was grabbed by guards and was dragged out of my office.Just the thought was infuriating and I immediately turned to face the guards who had their grip on me. If only they knew who they were holding, they wouldn’t dare to lay even a single finger on me.“Let-“Just as I was about to yell at them in an attempt to get them to loosen their grip around me and stop treating me like a prisoner, I felt their grip loosening, the two guards quickly
ALISHA’S POVI knitted my eyebrows as I watched Calum walk up to me, boiling in anger. I could finally understand what was going on. His anger was directed towards me, the Alpha and not Lucien, the Luna he could see.“What is this about, Alpha Lucien?” He immediately demanded as he walked up to me. “I heard you punished the Luna by demoting her to Omega. Alpha Lucien, regardless of what she might have done, don’t you think that’s too harsh of a punishment? She is the Luna and even if she wasn’t the luna, think about our family’s long standing history. It is unfair and a taboo for us to be treated like this without any ounce of respect. I’ll like you to reconsider your decision and have that punishment revoked.”My heart softened as I listened to him patiently. He was still my brother after all and despite all that had happened, he hadn’t lost the compassion he had and felt towards me.“Is that all you have to say?” I asked him calmly. I didn’t want to interrupt him and would only want
ALISHA’S POVI immediately took a staggered step backwards, sending my gaze to the floor so Calum wouldn’t notice how shocked I was.He wasn’t a fool and had never been one. He was always quick to catch up on things but never did I imagine he’ll be able to guess I wasn’t the Alpha.“What?” I looked up at him, trying my best to keep a neutral expression on. I was suddenly conflicted- stuck between acting surprised and clueless. “What do you mean by that? Of course, I am your Alpha. I mean, why would you even think I’m not the Alpha?”“Because the Alpha I know,” he went straight to the point. “Is nothing like this. He’s an undeserving and insensitive person and that’s not who I am seeing right now.”I was supposed to get mad and take offense at his words but I couldn’t. He was completely right.“You see what I’m talking about?” He spoke up again, this time with a scoff. “The Alpha I know would never remain silent after I uttered such words. He would flare up and because of his ego, woul
LUCIEN’S POVMy mood had been revolving around constant displease for days now so I should have at least gotten used to it.But I refused to. Especially when I was welcomed to a new disrespecting or annoying situation every single day, pushing me to be even angrier than I was the previous day.My eyebrows were permanently knitted, my blood boiling in and I was doing a terrible job at hiding my emotions. Not like I was trying to hide it anyways- I had no reason to pretend I didn’t hate the situation I was in.No one could pretend they didn’t hate the situation I was in. After all, it was far from being fair.It was the weekend and i was spending it in the Omega’s camp, working like my life depended on it. Under normal circumstances, it had to be the most bizarre thing ever but Alisha had instructed the Omega Consul to ensure I worked like a lunatic. Too terrified to even dare to refuse the Alpha’s orders, he was left with no choice than to let me work, annoying me even more with every
LUCIEN’S POVThe rest of the day went smoothly and it was finally time for me to return to my room.I was able to stomach all of the insults and comments about the Alpha from the rest of the Omegas and in return, remained on their good side. Indeed, they greatly cared about Alisha and didn’t fail to show it.“Luna Alisha,” I stopped in my tracks as I was about to head out of the Omega camp, hearing a now familiar voice. “Wait.”“Here,” one of the omegas than had been really friendly towards me said, handing a pastry over to me. “I made it and wanted you to have some. I hope you like it.”“Oh,” surpised by her kind gesture, I collected the pastry from her slowly. “Thank you, Bella. I would enjoy it.”“You don’t have to thank me,” Bella smiled at me. “It’s the least I could do for you in gratitude. You’re the reason me and Maya are no longer quarreling. If not for your intervention, things between us would probably still be so bad so I’m very grateful towards you.” “Oh?” Again, I was c
ALISHA’S POVA sigh of relief escaped my lips as I watched the sun slowly set, the day finally coming to an end. With a satisfied nod, I stashed the last paperwork I was working on away and rose to my feet, yawning immediately to give my body a good stretch.I was done with the office work I had planned for the day and I automatically knew what was coming next- the date with Lucien I had planned for the evening.A shy smile appeared on my face as I recalled how my day started. How I’d headed over to the office with the plan of doing nothing but work but much to my surprise, Lucien had showed up to ask me out a date later in the evening.The invitation had caught me by surprise I couldn’t deny, my blinking eyes and automatically sweaty palms making it extremely obvious. But at the same time, I found myself unable to resist saying no to him, a positive response quickly escaping my lips. Quickly, I rushed towards the mirror in my office to give myself a quick glance. Retouching my appea
ALISHA’S POV“Focus Alisha! Keep your guard up and anticipate your opponent’s next move! That’s the only way you’ll be at an advantage and you know you need to always be at an advantage if you want to mirror my father’s move. One thing we’ll never not do, is not see a move coming.”“Got it.”I nodded in acknowledgment, my concentration steady as I listened to Lucien. He was a good teacher, urging me to try my best to become even better every day.The atmosphere in the secret training room was charged with energy as we continued to train. Understanding his father’s techniques rather quickly, our movements were fluid and precise as we exchanged blows and practiced every day.“Time out!”With light laughter, he freed me from his grip and I immediately collapsed to the floor, finally catching my breath. In seconds, our laughter grew, the two of us taking as an opportunity to reminisce of how the past couple of days had gone by.With Kane and Camila temporarily out of our sight, we took th
LUCIEN’S POVCamila and Kane had escaped. My eyebrows were furrowed, a frown on my face mirroring the expressions of Alisha and Calum. We were all equally pissed, at a sudden loss for words at the turn things had suddenly taken.Regardless of how much I tried to think things through, it made no sense. Camila and Kane’s behavior was nothing but an attempt to prove their point to us all. To remind us of the fact that they were ready to betray us and the pack at large. “How did it happen?” I demanded from Calum. “What happened to the guards? How could such a thing happen?”“Unknown to us a whole lot of the guards were already on Kane’s side,” he explained, a grunt escaping my lips. “And the ones that weren’t were injured. Severely injured. It was a clean attack from Kane’s side. Well planned at that.”“Well I’m not surprised,” Alisha rolled her eyes as she commented. “That’s what happens when a criminal like Kane is allowed to roam freely for long.”Ignoring her comments, I let out a d
ALISHA’S POV“I-I’m fine, Alisha.”I didn’t want to hear a single word of defiance from Lucien and since he was refused to listen to me, I simply regarded him with nothing but silence. How could he say he was fine? He had played hero, jumped in just as Kane was about to attack me and gotten stabbed right in his stomach.“Not a single word from you Lucien.”He was clearly bleeding yet he dared lie to my face to say he was fine.“Alisha-““Stop talking,” I hissed at him when we finally got to the infirmary. “Just stop.”He must have finally sensed the firmness in my tone as he immediately pressed his lips together, allowing me lay him down carefully on the bed. With him finally cooperating, I was able to get the first aid kit to tend to his wounds. My hands moved with precision, gently cleaning and bandaging the injuries on his side.My touch was gentle, every touch reminding me of the guilt within me. He had gotten injured because of me. All because of me.It was only a graze wound
LUCIEN’S POVFor the years I’ve known Camila, drama was never far from her.She loved the attention, loved the chaos- every bit of it and just particularly loved went things went haywire as to her, they were simply doing “her way.”So it didn’t surprise me much when I heard she was outside at the pack festival, creating a huge commotion.Despite her actions of the past few months doing nothing but disappoint me, I was still disappointed by how far she was willing to go. How unreasonable she was willing to be just to express her displeasure. And of all the places to express such foolishness, she chose the grand Moon Pack Festival.I exchanged quick glances with Alisha, reading worry all over her face. I could only imagine what was running through her mind considering the fact that this was not how our day was supposed to go. But she remained on her feet, eyes fixed on the maid as she tried to get more information from her.“What’s this about?” I took a protective step forward, having A
ALISHA’S POVI stared at my image in the mirror, simply fascinated with what I saw in return.Had Lucien always been that handsome?I held back a giggle, staring at my face more closely until I could take in every single feature. I was particularly dressed up with my hair carefully styled, my outfit delicately chosen. After all, it was finally the pack’s moon festival.The pack’s moon festival had always been a big deal since forever. It was an opportunity for every member of the pack to put on their finest dresses and mingle. It was the day to show off and for some, the day they even found their mates.I wasn’t one of the lucky ones to find my mate on such an auspicious day but I was one of the ones that dreamt of spending the day with my mate. For years, I never got to live that dream but finally, it was becoming a reality.Color spilled on my cheeks as the thought crossed my mind, my eyes traveling towards the mirror to give Lucien’s image another quick glance. He looked absolutel
LUCIEN’S POV“What is going here?”It wasn’t a question directed towards either of them. But a question to myself as I tried to figure out what in the world was happening right in front of me.Alisha might have kissed Camila a couple of times to prove her point to her but she had never gone as far as trying to actually sleep with her. And I trusted Alisha to never go that far. But what was suddenly going on?She barely had any clothes on as she sprawled across the bed. Her legs were spread, her arms parted and her eyes, closed.Her eyes were closed!“Would you leave?” Camila hissed, uselessly trying to cover up the exposed parts of her body. “Don’t you realize what you’re interrupting?”Ignoring her, I gave Alisha a closer look. Her eyes were still closed and by the bed side, was an empty glass of water. And right next to it, was a sachet I immediately recognized.It was the same sachet Camila had in her hands few moments ago. The only difference being the fact that it was now empty.
LUCIEN’S POV A couple of days had passed and I had to admit, it had been nothing but bittersweet.Just like Alisha said, we were able to locate the secret training center she had in mind, leading to us immediately beginning our training. It was a hidden location, free from prying eyes and as a result, we had been able to spend days and days training.It was productive and for the first time in a long while, I felt useful. I felt productive and it was really nice to feel in charge of something important again. Though the weight of our packs future was still partly on my shoulders, training Alisha and seeing visible effects of my training on her gave me the strength and determination to hold on.However, as nice as it felt, the feeling was short lived, lasting only when we were together. Though my plan was good, it wasn’t enough to help completely deflect the rumors, especially since the duel wasn’t to happen until about a month. As a result, she still had to keep contact with Camila,
ALISHA’S POVI stared at the envelope in my hand, my hands almost trembling. I had a dozen thoughts running through my head and twice the amount of emotions flooding my veins.How could Kane send me a letter? How dare he? After illegally breaking from the prison, he dared send me a letter? He wasn’t hiding?I exchanged quick glances with Calum and Lucien, equal bits of confusion on their faces. His confidence was baffling. The thought of whatever the letter could contain even more worrisome.“I knew he wasn’t going to stay still,” Lucien commented, shaking his head. “I just knew it. And now what? A letter. The audacity. It better be a letter of apology alongside him announcing his withdrawal from the pack. He’d better be banishing himself from this pack and promising to never show his face again.”“As if. He’ll never do that.”I agreed with Calum but felt too weak to utter any word in agreement. Instead, I let out an exhale, my curiousity growing and without wasting another second, I