He knew me, not me, but the one in me. How? How did he get to know? Who was he, even? Was I being held hostage? No, that was not happening.The simple plan was to get to work and do my normal thing, what was this?!"And...who may you be?" I raised my brows, fear was gripping me eventually but I tried to look unshaken on the outside. He frowned deeply, and right before me his eyes changed back to the normal 'brown' eyes I had seen earlier. The change was quite scary. He let out a sigh and faced the wheel, "What a shame. You don't even recognize me." "Can you just answer the question?" I raised my voice a bit, getting impatient as my fear continually increased. He turned around to coo me. "Hey...easy. It is not like I am going to eat you up or something, you just have something I need.""And...what is that?" I pressed further and then he smiled broadly, rather than finding it attractive, I found it terrifying and annoying. "Not so soon. It's one step at a time, Kierra." "Don't call
But how was that even possible? The cologne I had perceived when I entered my apartment was that of Jordan and this guy's own did not smell anything like it. To some extent, I was quite sure that Jordan had brought that book there.And now, it seemed like he knew who Jordan was and judging from his impulsive reaction, he was not on good terms with him."You know who Jordan is?""I said not to mention his name!" He snapped again not even wanting to hear the word at all."Okay, fine. But what do you know about him? And how did this book come about? How much do you know about me? And what do you want from me?""A question at a time, young lady." He cooed and I frowned."You will not call me that.""Whatever. Every answer you get comes at a price."The moment he said that, I remembered Jordan saying the same thing to me, in Italian. What really was with this give and take principle?"Okay, fine! What do you want?" I did not even hide my desertions to know anything and I had this feeling t
"How dare you?!" Jordan roared, He had appeared in the room all of a sudden. "And how dare you come into my territory?" This guy also replied, his face darkening the moment he saw him. I could really perceive some sort of strife from Jordan's brother."You have something of my own, Judah." Jordan responded, in a calm manner. Oh, so this green eyed dude was Judah by name? "It's not here so get the hell out!!!" Judah yelled at him.I started to feel some headaches and I just had to chip in. "Guys! You are shouting, I am here please." There was some quietness for a while, the Judah started again. His eyes were gradually turning green and from the little time I had spent with him, I could tell that that happened whenever he was about to probably cast spells or maybe he was angry.I knew something good would not come out of them being together within the same room but I could not think properly to do something before it gets out of hand."You came into my own space and stole my posses
"And what the hell were you doing around Judah? Huh? Why would you give up your abilities for some meagre information?" Jordan started to scold me the moment we landed. He really choked my thoughts then I could not think so fast so I could reply to him. I opened my mouth to speak and all that could come out of it was, 'I am sorry'. I rather said apologizing."I said stop being sorry!" He asserted firmly. "I blame him instead, but you could have easily sensed he was using you." He pointed that out. It was very funny how I saw what he was doing clearly but just decided to ignore it.Nevertheless, I was ready to take the blame and I was doing that out of fear, Jordan was actually very scary. And I could not still get why he was so mad when it was me involved.I sat down on the couch in my living room and that book, was still on the table there. He just stood, staring at it but doing nothing. I reached out for the book and then stood up and walked up to him."It's yours. I am sorry I re
The look on Karima's face was an indelible one, one I would never forget. "What did you just say, Mira?" She raised her brows. I nodded reassuringly, "Yes, but it was nothing. Dude just had a few questions to ask me and then.." my voice trailed off.I could sense how badly she wanted to leave what she was doing and come over to me, but then I had gotten what I wanted. The look on her face said a lot already, that she knew who Judah was and the kind of person he was."But...I hope you are okay, you are not hurt anywhere?" She inquired and then I smiled broadly. "I am fine, Karima."The reaction said that there was trouble lurking somewhere and as it was, it was a matter of urgency. There were so many confirmations to her true identity. Any normal person would have asked me to go to the cops to file a suit against whoever kidnapped me but she was not doing any of that.A few minutes later, she called me to the kitchen counter to eat. We were both silent throughout and on my part, I j
"You will not defy me, Kierra!" A woman with strange white hair yelled at me and I shivered, nevertheless, I still felt Stony somewhere in my heart. She was dressed in a cream-gold regalia, with a jade hairpin holding her hair up. "I will do what I want, mother. It's not fair on them all." I responded to her. "What do you know, child? Don't meddle in this." Her tone became quite softer. "Mother, they are good people, I promise, and they need me. I can't stand the sight of those innocent people being slaughtered because of me.""They deserve it!" She yelled again angrily and her eyes glowed like flames of fire, so brightly. She exuded so much energy that each time she raised her voice to yell at me, I would feel almost blown away. Compared to her, I was very little in terms of abilities and aura. "Lady Kierra, please..." I heard a different voice pleased so gently and turning to the direction where it came from, I saw that it was Madison."Stay out of it, Maddie." I grunted. "You
I woke up sweating like an animal ready to be slaughtered. It felt so real, super real. It was like those things were from my memories, but such had not happened to me before. I felt so so strange. My mum was definitely still alive, so what was that dream all about? As I sat up on the bed, Karima walked in. That moment, I remembered seeing her in the dream, with Madison. I sat up immediately, feeling so weird.She was not smiling this time around, rather she had a normal, straight expression on. "You are finally awake, Mira." She pointed out and I scrunched my brows. "What do you mean?" She walked closer to the bed side and subconsciously, I found myself shifting gently away, as if I did not want her to come close. She did not fail to notice that also and her expression changed."Did I do something wrong, Mira?" She raised her brows, looking worried. "No, I just.. it's nothing." I responded and she backed up. "Lord Reign is waiting for you in the living room. He has been waiting
After we had a few more discussions, majorly discoveries about my wolf. I believed all reports they gave me one after the other and I could not help but be surprised.I wanted to probe further but he strongly and indirectly countered me. I already got his message so I no longer bothered, then I remembered his burning forest. "How's the Eldrid forest now?" I asked."Why do you care?" Jordan just suddenly started acting grumpy. What was his deal, really? "Why not? I was there when Kai reported it to you, and by the way what's Eldrid forest?""The training ground." Karima responded and my eyes widened. "Really? Really? That forest where I almost died?" I raised my brows,not believing I had been so worried about the forest that almost had me killed. "That was my fault, I am very sorry." Karima apologized and I frowned. "Why are you taking responsibility for what happened?" "She has to, because she serves you.""You have overstayed your welcome, Jordan, you can leave." I said to hi
I had just driven with Madison outside the gates of the Royal family pack house when someone jumped out of nowhere right in front of my car. I had to match the brakes immediately and thankfully I was still at a very low speed so I was pretty sure I had not hit whoever it was.I alighted the car with Madison to see whoever it was that chose to die by my own car. "Excuse me, what are you doing here?" I asked, because in the first instance, someone looking badly treated should not be in the pack's territory, talk more of the Royal family house area.The guy's white shirt was quite bloody and I wondered what had happened to him. The moment he turned to face me, my jaw almost dropped. Adrien. I could not recognize him immediately. His hair, clothes, everything about him was just tattered. He was even barefooted."Mira." He called. "What are you doing here?" I needed to ask, because as far as I could remember, I was done with everything I had to do with him. I made sure his family's b
I did my findings and eventually came to the conclusion that Jordan was the one behind the whole thing. Guilt started eating me up again. I did not like the fact that he was doing these things despite everything I had done to him. It only made me seem more like a bad person..Immediately I found out about that, I headed to my parents room to see my father particularly.The moment he heard that I was the one at the door, he let me in immediately."Good morning, dad, mum?." I greeted, trying to be calm and not make it seem like I came to disturb their sleep because of something like that. After the whole greetings, I decided to get to the point."I need your help, dad." I started and he sat up properly, leaning his back against the bed's headboard. "Okay..??""It's about the Seventh Heritage Royal family." I replied."You have an issue with Alpha Adrien?" He raised his brows. They had found out about the whole thing that happened between us but they were not just saying anything, prob
I almost flared up the moment I opened my eyes to see my parents and then Jordan, in the room with me while I was laying on my bed."Please, leave." The words came even before I try to stop myself. Of course, I was still trying to recover from receiving over a hundred lashes of an invisible whip on my back."What are you saying, daughter?" My father asked, looking as confused as the rest of the people gathered in the room. "I just don't want him here, dad. Have him leave." I said it again and looking at Jordan's face briefly, it seemed like he could never believe what I was saying."I said leave!" I yelled again, startling everyone in the room. Then my father turned to him, "Could you step out for a while, Lord Reign?" Jordan did not say anything and just walked out of the room. I knew he was equally confused about the whole thing but what was the essence of explaining it to him?It was of no need at this point and I felt like everything had been ruined already so...My parents tur
Soon, it was time for my parents to return back to the pack. The truth was, I felt so burdened even to be relieved of my duties, I guessed I had gotten quite used to the throne and so leaving it now did not make me feel any good.If I could be feeling this way, I wondered how it was for those leaders. And so I could not blame any fight over the throne or other official positions in the world generally. It was just so crazy.I was letting go of those royal duties anyway so I was allowed to dress my normal way. I put on baggy jeans and wore a black shirt, and now a pair of black heels with my hair packed into a ponytail.Madison was literally grinning from ear to ear majorly because she was happy that this young lady here would no longer go in and out of depression. The whole depression thingy did not just affect me only, now thinking more about it, I believe those around me were even more affected.Adrien came and added to the whole stuff, and I already made him my mission. The long l
"Alpha Adrien told me to give you a note." Maddie said to me while I had dinner. "Bring it." Instructed immediately and even I was surprised at the immediacy of my response."I would rather you finish your dinner, Lady." She replied softly but I was bent on having her bring the message. "It is alright, Maddie. I want to see it." I urged, putting her in a spot where she would have no choice but to obey me.I was not being assertive or authoritative but then, even I could feel the aura I was exuding at that moment. She went on in and then came out again with a black, medium - sized box and I was super curious as to what was in it.I had her excuse herself and was left alone at the dining table, so I opened the box and then saw a diamond - pendant necklace that he had gotten me once before alongside a note and some pictures.I took the note which stated that: "You left your necklace behind, so I brought it. Reconsider, my love, based on the good old times." My heart wrenched, readin
A few days had passed, and we had returned back to the pack the day after the day I went with Jordan into the Altar forest. I did not realize how heavy the burdens of the Silver Claw pack were until they were laid on my shoulders.It was quite hard for me to make the decision to become the acting ruler of the pack even though the council of elders were not pleased with it despite the fact that we had made an excuse that the Alpha and Luna were out of the pack for vacation.The only reason why they consented to it was majorly because Beta Harold the third was there with me, and then he also handed over my father's letter to them with his seal, saying that he was a leave to rest and so he was handing over the pack to me for a while.Apart from the fact that the elders were not so cool because I was a female, they had different plans too and I still found it quite hard to accept that they were not involved in Giovanni's recent plans and actions.One morning, a memo was passed across the
I woke up in Jordan's arms, feeling so warm in his embrace. "You are awake, Mira." He said and then I opened my eyes fully. "I am..." I drawled, and then I remembered what happened right before I passed out. I had been passing out too much lately and it was so concerning."Where is he?" I raised my brows and Jordan did the same, looking just as confused as me. "Don't pretend not to know, about Judah." I frowned at him and he smiled, then caught me unawares by planting a kiss on my forehead.The moment he did that, I somehow wanted something even more and different from him. I jerked my body upwards, towards and then deemed it fit to give him a warning first. "I want on my lips too." I said that and dropped a peck on his lips.He was supposed to be surprised but he did not look any surprised. He only smiled softly and then I got off the bed fully. "Giovanni?""Sorted." He replied. "Annatoria will handle him properly." He assured me again. I checked the time and realized it was a
It turned out that there was no one at the door. Jordan had gone to check while I went to the kitchen to turn off the gas cooker. Giovanni was still on the floor though."There's a letter." Jordan raised and then I headed to where he was. Carefully, he unsealed the letter and then it turned out to just be a little symbol drawn on the paper.I raised my brows, feeling so disappointed about the whole thing. Jordan did not say a word, instead he turned to the seal side and then stared at it. I could tell that he recognized what seal it was, it did not look ordinary also."Do you know whose seal it is?" I did not bother to ask. "Judah's." He responded swiftly and my heart literally skipped a beat. I had not heard that name in a very long while.Judah? Of all people?Okay, suppose he is the one, what was the symbol in the letter for? I asked Jordan for it but he did not respond. "I will tell you about it later, Mira. Firstly, I need to move Giovanni away from here." He was speaking as a
I became even more confused. What did he mean by the throne rightfully belonging to him? He was not even part of the Royal family so how did this come to be?"What are you even talking about?" I inquired, expecting to clear the air on the confusion he had just caused."His grandfather once competed with your grandfather over the throne." Jordan said and I was shocked that I did not know about that but he knew.Even at that, the story was not clear. Competed? How? I knew Giovanni was just a few years older than I was so his grandfather and mine would be around the same age range, but then... competed over the throne?"How dare you speak down on my lineage? Why would my grandfather fight with someone like her greedy and cruel grandfather over the throne?" Giovanni flared up. "If there would be someone from the greedy lineage here, it would be you. Because the last time I checked, you have no point of the Royal DNA in you, so how could my grandfather be the greedy one?" I raised my brow