Estelle POVWe walked inside the quarters with Felix, heading to the dining room, and we sat down.“Adrain explained everything to me; how are you feeling, Estelle?” he asked. I shrugged my shoulders.“I don’t know,” I said. He sighed.“Did you gather anything?” Aurelian asked.“No, except something fishy going on between Adam and Yasmine; they talk in codes; sometimes I won’t see them, and when I do, Yasmine is all shaky; they are probably fucking, but if they are, there is nothing to be so secret about,” he said. Adam is weird; he is hiding something, and I don’t trust him.“We can’t trust them,” Aurelian said. I looked at him, shocked. I thought Adam was his person. He looked at me.“Being king means you can’t really trust people fully; they will always want your spot. So, of course, I don’t trust him; he could betray me anytime and any day, but let’s not be obvious; how come you didn’t get anything?” he asked.“The pack is mute; they are not saying anything like someone commanded
Estelle POVWe got to the hospital, entering her ward, and Natalie was alone, carrying her pups in her hands. She was crying, looking exhausted, but as we came in, she looked up. I noticed she no longer has that attitude she always puts up, and I didn’t know how to behave around her. I am not used to her not being mean.“Congratulations on your pups,” Aurelian said blankly because nobody was making an attempt to talk. She cleaned up her tears, smiling.“I’m sorry for calling you all, but I have something to say. I don’t know if it will help,” she said, her voice hoarse from all the screaming.“Tell us,” Aurelian said. He doesn’t even care as she just gave birth, but again, if only Natalie had pity for herself and respected herself as a woman, maybe he would have been a little kind to her.“Kion was the man who approached me with pictures of Red. He told me what to do, and I did it. He didn’t ask me if I wanted anything, and I didn’t ask him for anything; I just wanted to see Red miser
Estelle POV“Is he sleeping?” Aurelian asked as I walked into our room. I smiled.“Yes,” I said.“Good, now I have you all to myself,” he said, pulling me to the bed. It’s been one week since Natalie died, and we buried her. Not even a single person in the pack attended. Even Alpha was so bored all through the process, but we were there to comfort Bryan, who cried all through with his son Damien in his arms. After the burial, we had to move Damien to the quarters because he cries sometimes when he is too far from his brother, so they stay together in the same room. I, along with Maven, have been taking care of Ajax while Bryan does everything in his power to stay away from Ajax while taking care of Damien.He has no choice but to take care of Ajax too, or even care for him a little, because Ajax is his son, whether he likes it or not, although not biologically because the test results came out and they had to separate fathers, but still, Ajax came out of Natalie, his mate. Nobody is i
Estelle POVI felt hands on my head, and I sleepily opened my eyes, and it was Aurelian. Immediately, I saw him, and my eyes opened.“You are back,” I said, trying to sit up. He sighed, nodding his head.“Where is Ajax?” he asked.“He is sleeping,” I said, looking outside. It is late at night.“What happened? You’ve been gone for three days,” I said.“The attack was to distract us; they took alpha Conrad,” he said. I gasped, sitting up.“They took him?” I asked, shocked.“Yes, gone. No scents, no trace—nothing was left to pick on and track him,” he said. My eyes watered, not alpha. “Just this evening, his body came. He looked like the bodies in the pictures,” he whispered, and tears fell down my eyes.“He is dead,” I said. He nods his head sadly. He wasn’t sad for Alpha, but for me. Alpha didn’t deserve to die this way; he wanted to be alive for his mate.“I feel terrible; we couldn’t protect him,” I cried. He hugged me close.“Don’t feel bad, Estelle; I am sure he was thankful for t
Estelle POV“What happened?” Aurelian asked as I was drenched in sweat. I breathed out repeatedly.“Kion,” I mumbled, looking up at him.“Kion, what did he do?” he asked. I shakily explained everything to him, and the more I explained, the more angry he got. He licked his lips.“Kion is really going far,” he said, but I was concerned.“What would happen if I fell for his tricks in the dream?” I asked. He looked at me, and he was looking more serious than ever.“Everything that happened wasn’t a dream, Estelle. Your body is here, but your soul is with him; everything he did is not a dream but a reality; it’s just a mind trick for you to give in to his demands,” he said. I was scared. I can’t have anything to do with Kion; it would kill me.“What do I do in Aurelian?” I asked, tears falling from my face.“Don’t worry; anytime you sleep, I will be with you. He can’t take you if you are with me,” he said, and I breathed out, relieved.“What do we do? Before he gets out of control,” I said
Estelle POVWe all looked at her, silent, shocked, and processing this newly acquired information.“What do you mean?” Aurelian asked after finding his tongue.“Her master sold Aurora to Adam,” she said. “How? When? Aurora never told me this,” Aurelian said, conflicted.“Aurora was a slave to her master, a personal slave, and also a favourite slave. One time, Adam came to meet her master and saw Aurora. Helpless and timid, he fell in love with Aurora and asked the master to sell her to him, but her master refused. After the master refused, Adam left but started seeing Aurora in secret. Aurora fell in love with Adam because of his kindness towards her, but Adam was just trying to get into her head. But it was too late; he was already in her head and wanted her to come with him. One day Aurora went to visit him in their secret hideout, and she met Adam with a slave. She screamed at him, hurt, but he had beaten her up and screamed at her,” she said, catching her breath.“Then Adam was o
Estelle POVWe stayed in the conference room in silence waiting for them, according to her they are close to the palace and we are just waiting. Honestly I am scared, I don’t know why she is smelling death but I don’t want anybody on this table to die. Right now my senses are high and alert. A soft knock brought me out of my thoughts, I looked at the door and a guard walked in followed by Adam and Yasmine. I looked at them, they seemed normal, Adam looked all quiet and composed as usual and Yasmine glared at me as she walked in. I guess things have not changed with her.“Good morning,” Adam said, bowing a bit. I was almost convinced everything Zira said was a lie. He is always composed, never showing his emotions, how did he stay beside Aurelian all these years knowing in his heart he doesn’t like him and he wanted him out of his throne. How could he pretend that much?“Good morning Adam, please have a seat,” Aurelian said, calmly and gently and they both took their seats.“You didn’t
Estelle POVI flutter my eyes open, blinking repeatedly. I looked up at the white wall, and I wondered where I was. What happened? I can’t remember anything. I looked around me, and the beeping sound was the only one I could hear. Nobody was here, just me, and from the smell and white walls, I was in the hospital. The door opened, and Maven walked in.“You are awake,” she said, walking to me. I noticed her face; it was swollen.“Why are you crying?” I asked, my voice hoarse. She ignored me, helping me up. “I will get the doctor,” she said, and she left. I sat down, trying to remember how I got here. I feel like I am missing something very important. A few minutes later, the door opened, and Maven walked in with a doctor. He came to me, smiling. Then he checked my body and did some other silly things, which I don’t know if there is a need for because I am perfectly fine. “Do you remember how you got here?” he asked. I shook my head. He nods his head, moving back.“She hit her head ha