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CHAPTER 026MIA’S POV.Anger burned brightly within me at every step I took. I could scent him even though he was still far away from me. I could feel every of the way he ran, his little heave in and out, the way he was trying to catch up with me. And now I could hear his voice. I hated him. I hated myself. I hated how everything was.And most importantly, I hated the moon goddess for what she was playing in my life. All my life, I have worked hard and hard and hard to make it to where I was now, A Royal maid. To anyone else, it could be just an ordinary title but to me, it meant the world. It worked wonders for my family, worked wonders for myself, and not to talk of my sister’s health.It paid everything for me, granted me access to everything. And yet, he was here, trying to ruin me in every of his own way.“Mia!” His voice came in next, and just like every other time even though I wanted to badly run away and not give him a chance, I stayed. I stopped and stayed rooted to the gro
CHAPTER 027ALICIA’S POV.I brought my eyes down after replying him and getting no response from him. I continued with plating my food and immediately I was done, I placed the plate in front of me and started to eat. I didn’t plan on paying him any response and it was not going to start now. Halfway into my food, he finally stood up, changed seats from where he was staying before and now to beside me, his eyes gauging every of my reaction, annoyance creeping into me at the way he acted before I finally stared back at him.“I don’t know what you’re hoping for, your highness. But it would be better for us to get this dinner done quickly and end it.” “Of course.” He replied instantly, his gaze leaving mine as he started to plate his food too. I didn’t know why I felt this way, angry, annoyed, irritated at everything. I was not supposed to be feeling this way at all, not to talk of the one feeling that was growing right in me and that I didn’t want to let out.I was officially jealous
CHAPTER 028ALICIA’S POV.I turned back with deep lines on my forehead and my brows pulled together in disbelief. Of all things that he could have said, maybe even a ‘sorry’, all he could think of was asking me a question that sounded like that?“Excuse me?” “I know it might sound foolish but what you said just now just implied you might actually be jealous of her. Are you jealous,” he said, stepping one foot forward, “of my ex mate, dead mate, Liana?” I scoffed out, my eyes widening into centimeters so large it could swallow him in. A mocking smile tugged the corners of my lips, “oh now, she’s dead! Now she’s dead! You can say that she’s dead now when all you’ve been doing all this while is imagining and reimagining her as if you want her to come from the dead and have her back!”“Now you’re discussing death with me, you really think that’s the right thing to say?” I scoffed out, shaking my head. I didn’t know how he got in front of me but there was no space again between the two
CHAPTER 029ALICIA’S POV.His teeth sank deep in my throat and my yelling pierced the air. I yelled as much as I could, pain coursing through my entire body. There was nothing romantic or heart touching in this mark that he was doing. It was pure pain, without him caring if I was in it or not. I grabbed both of his shoulders, trying to push him off of me but he has already held me in place. “Artfold, you’re hurting me,” I managed to say, squeezing my face tight. He seemed to enjoy what he was doing, the way he continued to sink it more into my skin, swiping his lips on that particular spot. Realization dawned on me instantly as I let another God-piercing scream from my mouth. Suddenly, his weight left mine and a sharp pain rang through my body the way his teeth folded off the spot, his body landing hard on the floor. I looked at the spot to see blood coursing out gently, not the amount of blood that needed emergency but still blood. I watched Callum as he approached me, his eyes wi
CHAPTER 030ALICIA’S POVMy eyes fluttered open, complicated objects forming in my front first before blinking over again, the purple color of my ceiling telling me where I was. I gulped down, a pang of hurt hitting me at a particular side of my neck and the memories rushing in like bare dust. I managed to quickly seat up only to meet the doctor and his pair of rimmed glasses that was always seating on the bridge of his nose,“I’ve been seeing you too much lately, you better fix that. I hate seeing patients.” He grumbled as he moved towards me.With one of his hands resting on my shoulder, he gently laid me back, bringing out some of his things as he started to check my pulse and everything else involved.“You’re fine. Thank goodness.” He muttered before taking everything he was using off of me. “I’ll ask them to come in now.”He didn’t even wait to hear my response or anything before walking out of the room, slamming or either banging the door so hard that it shook the entire room.
CHAPTER 031ARTFOLD’S POVI didn’t know how to pull myself out of the floor even after she slept, even after she started making little snuggles. I felt so hurt by the way she treated me and just casted me off, and at the same time a part of me felt like I deserved it for the words I said to her. I finally pulled myself from the ground and turned back, slowly carrying just three steps from where I was standing to the door and exiting quietly.I turned to make my way to my room when a voice I knew too well stopped me, a part of me getting annoyed instantly. “Are you satisfied with yourself? Does the thought of putting her into pain satisfy you that much?” I scoffed and turned back to face Alexander, his face suffering more bruises than mine did. When Callum called for the doctor, I had no idea why he called for the priestess and also brought this jerk and dirtbag of a person here.He had come here to check on Alicia and when he heard what happened, he came onto me and started hitting
CHAPTER 032ALICIA’S POV.I woke up extremely early with no specific reason at all and had a long thought about everything I was doing. Walter treated me like shit, like someone he absolutely detested. He never cared unless he needed my help badly and during those times, he threatened his way into getting them. Everything I once loved was taken away by him. And I found myself in another man’s grasp, my second chance mate. First, it was butterflies cause of the mark and now it’s real because every single time I want to be near him, all because of the mate bond. But just like Walter, I was another second option for him. I took on Alexander’s words as I dressed, I didn’t want to be anybody’s second chance again. I wanted to be someone’s first too. Someone that they would look at with hope and happiness. The first person that comes to their mind when anything happens and they’ll like to share it with. I hated being treated like a second chance and I didn’t want any of it again. I need
CHAPTER 033ALICIA’S POV.“We’ll try again tomorrow,” the priestess said, her gaze offering me a reassuring look. She squeezed my arm gently, her lips pressed together in a straight tight line, “thank you once again, for giving this a try, Alicia. I promise to be of help as much as I can.” She said.I smiled back to her, her words weirdly settling in me. There was something about her eagerness to help me that I was yet to unravel but as long as she kept to the terms we both made to each other this morning, I was willing to let those ones go and just focus.She had been shocked when she saw me at first this morning, and had quickly cleared her entire schedule for the rest of the day to help me. I asked her various questions, asked her on her work. She had told me to scratch being her apprentice and just focus on getting my memory back. I asked her just once why she badly wanted to help me and she responded with a smile.A smile that had so much fear with the way her lips shook when sh
AliciaMonths passed by in a blink of an eye, and I wouldn't believe it if I was told that such a day would happen. I have always been blaming myself for a lot of things, I have always blamed myself for the death of my son knowing that all of that wouldn't have happened if I wasn't useless. It was not until now that I realized that most of the blame I put on my head wasn't entirely my fault, what could I have done in the situation where I was being used by Walter. I would have been able to maneuver things if I had the same intelligence that I have now but there are no such things. Being able to reconcile with my son is the biggest gift I can ever get and it only makes me happy. I felt my heart flutter uncontrollably as I thought of all that had happened. I felt lucky to have met my mate Artfold and even if the journey was unlucky I felt grateful, I wouldn't have grown this far without all those ups and downs. Now all that I know awaits me is nothing but joy, yes joy. Artfold and
ArtfoldI was happy knowing that Alicia is pregnant, she was having my child but I became sad again knowing that it will be hard for her to be able to escape from Walter and Liana.Although I wanted nothing other than to save Alicia and Jason, I still didn't feel connected and concerned about him like I do to the unborn child in Alicia's tummy.I wanted to save Alicia and only by doing Walter's biddings will I be able to get that done. It was now that I regretted all my past decisions, I had always been trying to be kind. I have always wanted to keep both Walter and Liana hoping that they would be able to change but it seems that I was wrong about that. I knew that all of this would have been avoided if it weren't for the fact that I was trying to be kind to them. I wanted to give them a second chance but they didn't plan on giving me a second chance which made me angry. If I was to be given a second chance I will make sure I end the life of the both of them without trying to give th
Liana My heart was filled with turmoil seeing that the person in front was none other than the son of Alicia. I knew that Walter must have kept something that can be used against her but I didn't expect things to be like this. It wasn't until months later that we both decided to put things into action, we have been looking forward to these days but we have been cautious wanting to be sure that there is no mistake and today is the day, there is no way I would be losing to Alicia today. She is not a fish under my chopping board. I knew that she must have been captured by the man who was sent to bring her easily because she knew that he had something to do with us. I could only say that she is unlucky to fall into my hands because there is no way I am letting her go scott free. When she was brought back I noticed that she was pregnant, and I couldn't help but feel jealous. I wanted nothing at that moment other than to make her lose her child. Although I knew that she was pregnant, I
ArtfoldWalter's threat had put a huge deal on me, it wasn't because of his threat but because his threats were mainly directed to Alicia and I had already promised to always be by her side and help her accomplish things but it felt like I won't be able to complete it with the way things were. I felt uncomfortable but there was nothing I could do about it. I could only let out the news that whoever can find Walter and Liana will be greatly rewarded. I added Liana to the wanted kiss because I knew all that is happening isn't happening behind her, I knew that she must have a hand in it. I could barely go home to comfort Alicia because I don't know what to say or do. I felt like I would only make her become sad if I kept on trying to comfort her. I feel useless and I could only hope that the packs out there who had sent out their warriors in search of them would be able to find them as soon as possible. I was shocked to hear from Callum that Alicia had been kidnapped. It was like h
Alicia I felt that there was no need for me to keep Liana locked up and that was mostly because of the feelings I had for her. I couldn't bring myself to hurt the only family member that I have. I knew that she wouldn't care about our family affairs if she wanted to hurt me. What was I saying? She doesn't care about our family affairs, she didn't even try to save me when I was being tortured by George, and although I was hurt by her but I still didn't hurt her. I don't plan on getting revenge because I know that there will be no other chance for her to hurt me. After returning home that day I started to feel uneasy, it was like something bad would soon happen but I shrugged it off by mind. I knew that it would be useless for me to be worried about something that I am not even aware of. It wasn't until three days later that I realized the reason why I was being nervous. It turned out that everything was all because of Liana and Walter. They escaped, the moment I heard that I fel
LianaI was shocked by what had happened, I had thought of taunting Alicia with the fact that I had sex with Artfold but it turned out to bite me back. Alicia fainted immediately and when I was still in shock, I was held down by the maids around me.It was the first time they will show their true colors and strength, they didn't act like they were maids, and they acted like warriors. It was a pity that the maid's that were given to me by Artfold after he had released me didn't act out of the ordinary, they only went forward to help Alicia up. If it were normal I would have thought that it was nothing other than the fact that they had betrayed me because they were worried about Alicia but I knew that they weren't worried about her just because they felt like that but they were worried about her because it was their duty. I had some doubts about them before and I even planned on trying to find out if my doubts about turn was right and it wasn't until Alicia's maids showed their fang
Liana After being tortured, I was taken to the other cell in the dungeon and I was locked up by Callum. I had expected that Artfold would visit me in the cell to condemn me for what I had done but he didn't. I was confused not knowing what he meant by that but no matter what the case is, I didn't care about it anymore. All my mind was on what was happening and what he was up to. I stayed in the cell for a whole day and surprisingly Callum didn't come to torture me after that day. I had thought that I will be subjected to a lot of torture but it seems that I was wrong about it. It wasn't until the second day that I was finally visited by Artfold, and just when I was about to ask what all this was about I spotted Alicia from the corner of my eyes, she stared at me for a while before shaking her head slightly. “Do you have your memory back?” I asked even though I knew that she must have recovered her lost memories, I knew that there is no way that she wouldn't have recovered her
Alicia I vaguely heard a voice telling me these things will be alright but I still couldn't place my hands on things but I still believed it. I know that I will be able to make things work out for me now that everything is getting back together. Although I still couldn't remember anything except for the fact that I had killed the man named George. I had thought that I would be filled with grief and indignation for the rest of the days but it turned out that I was wrong. I realized that I didn't feel the way I had felt when I had just killed the man named George. It wasn't until I heard from Artfold that he deserved that, and that he isn't a saint, and that I was eliminating the danger for the people that I realized that I must have made the right choice. I felt that things were starting to make sense but it was then that I faced the most horrible thing I hate the most. I was starting to feel myself getting estranged from him and I didn't say a word to him knowing that I could sti
ArtfoldI thought that everything would be settled once Liana and Walter, who were Alicia's past, were released but I didn't expect that things wouldn't go the way I wanted. I had calculated a lot of things but I failed to calculate the fact that I am part of Alicia's present. The witch had told me that everyone who had any type of relationship with Alicia needs to be around her to be able to recover her memory. After releasing Walter and Liana, I realized that whenever I tried to meet Alicia she always told the maids to find excuses for her. She makes excuses just because she didn't want to see me, and I was confused about that because she hasn't regained her memory yet and even if she does there is no need for her to blatantly ignore me like this.I could still vividly remember the time when I crossed paths with Alicia in the pack. She took a detour just because she didn't want to meet me. I have always been trying so hard to make sure I find out why Alicia is like this but to no