The leather coat Karima got for me turned out to be so nice on me. I stepped out of the room and had breakfast with her, then we started heading to the resort in her car.I felt the strong urge to ask her who she really was, I believed that would answer every other question that I had for her. After raising what turned out to be a false alarm about a dying person, she did not flinch or scold me at all, as if she knew and understood what i was talking about.My head was filled with these thoughts that I did not realize she was talking to me."What did you say?" I asked her, after getting to realize that she was speaking to me."You look lost, Mira. What's the problem?" She inquired, looking at me and also tried to focus on the wheel at the same time."Oh, it's just...a few things bothering my mind." I let out, hoping to lead something but I decided to back down."Care to share them?" She asked nicely and alluringly. "No, I would not want to bother you. I will get it sorted out." I re
I was officially a lobby agent at Greenvile, and a part of me felt excited. Leo brought me a tray that had a chest badge with my name engraved on it, a journal that had my name also engraved on it and a pen, meant to be tucked in my chest pocket.I fixed it all on and I was good to go. I followed him down to where-heavens-know because he had instructed me to follow, claiming that the whole of team 2 were waiting for me. We finally got there, and it turned out to be Karima's office. The meeting started as soon as we got there, with Leo going to where Karima was."Good morning everyone." Karima started. "For our new team members, I am Karima and here is my co-team lead, Leo." She paused and gave Leo room to make any further statements of introduction.He made some corporate gestures. I guess some people eventually made it past that training, and I felt bad that I did not get to experience the last phase of the training."So, you new members will get a manual from me, on how things h
I left the dressing room with Leo and headed to the first floor. "We are sorry for just arriving, Mira was stuck with preparing for her assignment." Leo said to Karima before I could even say anything. He defended me quite well there.The rest of the team were already around and so we had to be on two straight lines and then walked out the moment a convoy arrived at the entrance of the resort.I swallowed so hard, to totally suppress my anxiety and it was working. "I can do this." I muttered quietly to myself as the climax moment was here.One of the guys stationed at the entrance of the resort opened the door so the VVIP guest could step out and I stepped closer to the door, ready to welcome him. Leo had mentioned to me earlier that we all used to get a profiling on our guests to know the kind of person they were but Karima did not do this time around. The reason, he too could not explain.Either way, I trusted my long period of rehearsals to not fail me. I was meant to bow at nin
I later got his profile and I diligently went through it on the computer in my allocated space. It was a general office for the team but her spaces were demarcated well. Only the team leads, Karima and Leo, had their own special offices.My space wasn't bad actually. It was well furnished and we had a kitchen room where we could eat lunch, make instant coffee and tea, too. Leo forwarded the VVIP guest's profile to me and I was quick to go through it.Jordan Reign, 30, he barely talks-prefers to listen and observe, that was very obvious at our first meeting. He prefers a perfectly quiet environment, loves nature...and I guessed that was why his suite was openly facing the ocean, with green trees around, it was also stated that he was cranky and short-tempered.He loved absolute order and efficiency, cigars, and classical music. His dislikes stated noise and disorder, unnecessary attention, I guessed he preferred staying in the shadows. He hated it when people talked too much, we had t
While Karima was out, I played so vigorously on the piano in her apartment. I had been on it for hours and I did not plan to stop anytime soon. At some point, I relaxed my finger muscles and played a solemn piece I had always played right from my learning days. I knew how to play it best! And so that was what I planned to play for Jordan Reign.After an extra hour of rehearsing, I took my fingers off the piano. If I stayed any more minute, my fingers could become stiff and eventually mess up the real performance. I glanced at the time and saw that it was 2 at midnight. I sighed gently and I looked around, standing up from the bench I sat on. My body was almost numb. It was my first time staying this long at her apartment, being there even. Her apartment's theme was a bit plainer than mine and I guessed she had a bland taste, but everything there was luxurious.I walked to her kitchen to get a glass of water as I was dehydrated, then as I gulped down the natural liquid, I heard some
I was woken up in the morning by Karima's call. I swear, if she had not called me at that time, I would have gotten late for work. Apparently, she was back at her apartment to prepare for the day. Immediately the call ended, I walked into the shower and had a warm bath, then I put on casual wears with sneakers then waited patiently for her to be done.I would have gone up to her unit but the trauma I had the previous day was real, funny enough so I just waited on my floor. She reached out to me when she was done and we headed down to Greenville Resort together. "Are you well prepared for this?" She asked and I nodded.. "I am." I replied amidst my various thoughts. Ugh... there was a whole lot on my mind but I was not losing it yet. The stuff with Karima's music box bothered me, combined with my unsettled tummy out of the nervousness towards playing for our dear VVIP guest.It was even the way Karima was selling me out. I had not worked in any organization before but she was sure
"He wants me to play again for him by 7 tonight." I said to Karima as we headed to the office. Midway, we met Maria, the female lead of the team one, the one that did not like Karima. Some way, I had found out about her name and some details from some of my teammates' discussion.Again, she had that contemptuous look when she saw us coming and this time around, she stopped to speak. "Here goes the so-called Iron woman, who gets everything done." Maria said in a mocking manner and a smirk appeared on Karima's face. She did not even spare Maria a glance and just walked past her, I did the same too, feeling funnily sorry for her.What the heck was that non-verbal, punchy response Karima gave her?The look on Maria's face was killing, like the other day I had met her. Jealousy and anger were written all over her bodly.She obviously hated the fact that most guests preferred Karima's services and by default, services from our team to Maria's team, even though they were the first team.It
The other guest was Harrison Louis, a government official, a VVIP guest too and from the discussions between others that I overheard, it turned out the guest were initially meant for team one, Maria's team. But they made a mistake during one of their services and the guest angrily requested for another team to serve him. "I even heard Karima was not going to accept it." One of them chipped in."Of course, it's wrong for her to. It's more like handing over a leftover, but she had to take it just for the guest's sake." Another replied. As we headed to the man's room with three of my senior colleagues and Rowland, I remained quiet throughout.We got to the floor where the man's suite was, only to see so many guards there, securing. I wrinkled my brows, was this really necessary? They had us all scanned with a machine before we were allowed in.I just watched calmly, to learn. I was the type that gained mastery just by observing, it was my wiring. "The agents are here already, sir." On
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