CHAPTER 020ARTFOLD’S POV.I returned to my seat, my head full of thoughts that I didn’t want to bother branching to, of the words we had both said to each other and the last word she said. I remembered what Callum said, in giving her a chance and letting the thoughts of Liana not haunt me again, and in that moment I realized that there was no chance again. She has figured it out, and her words, “I can’t compete with a dead person,” meant she was not even going to try, move an inch despite the fact that our bodies and souls wanted the both of us together more than anything.I was fucked up.And now I have to live with seeing her in my sight everytime and ignore the desperation to hold her near.Would I survive that? I had no fucking idea, but was it good? A part of me felt it was, I was never letting Liana go, or the thoughts of Liana. I loved Liana like she was my life, and I still love her like she is. Every day I wake up, I blame myself for putting her with that bastard and going
CHAPTER 021ALICIA’S POV.The walk with the priestess seemed more like a tortuous one for me. There was nothing to say to her, how to say it, I had nothing to do. We just walked in silence, my gaze finding her face once in a while and hers doing the same. I found something else to focus on, like the floor and the pair of good sandals I was putting on. My eyes traced all the fine lines of the sandal, then to the Marble floor, and everything else that was there to focus on. A guard approached us immediately we got outside, muttering some words to her which halted our walk before she replied to him. The guard bowed and walked away, and instantly she turned to face me, the first face to face we’ll do since we left the Alpha’s room, “I’m Mariska. You can call me that.” She said, grinning gently from ear to ear.“You already know my name so there’s no need to tell you that.” I retorted. The smile on her face deepened as she stretched her hand towards a path, picking herself and we starte
CHAPTER 022ALICIA’S POV“Mother?” I repeated his last word, exchanging a glance between the priestess and the gallant pretty man in front of me. I looked into the priestess eyes and the blue orbs reminded me of his own orbs too. Of course, she was his mother. They shared the same eyes and he was the same man that she kept hinting at Artfold that would take me if Artfold wasn’t interested. “This old lady can be very annoying sometimes, but that doesn’t deny that she’s my mother. What is going on? I heard yelling and the guard asked me to check here? Were you being overbearing again, mother?” I just stared at his face as the words left his mouth, unable to make a word in response at how gorgeous he looked. It reminded me of my own son, my pretty boy and how he looked as beautiful as this man right in front of me.Maybe if he had lived, I would have been able to call such a pretty man my boy too.“You’re staring too much,” he said gently, breaking every trance that I was in. I gulped
CHAPTER 023ALICIA’S POVA loud gasp escaped my lips as Artfold delivered another loud punch to Alexander’s face, this time blood spilling to the ground. Asides the blood spilled to the ground, I noticed a blood stain at the hem of his cloth, and also dried blood on his face. Something was definitely wrong from somewhere. Even before Alexander came in.“You fucking bastard! I’m going to kill you!” He growled out, another punch to Alexander’s face.I rushed towards them, grabbing Artfold’s hand before he could punch Alexander again, and giving Alexander the grace to use the little moment of distraction to escape. I squinted my eyes with concern and a little bit of fear, my brows raised high at how deep his black orbs were, even deeper than they used to be.“What’s wrong with you?” I asked gently. “Stay out of this,” he growled out. He stepped aside to get close to Alexander only to be blocked by me. Something was wrong with him. His eyes were pitch black, not even an ounce of whitene
CHAPTER 024ARTFOLD’S POV.I had no idea how any of it happened, how I shifted to my other side, how I got outside, not to talk of how I started beating up Alexander. One moment I was staring right at Callum and the next minute I was in her arms, being patted in front of everyone like a baby. My other side was not hidden to anyone, including every alpha from every pack. It was the main reason they all feared me, the main reason why I became the alpha king. But yet it was still something I didn’t want them knowing a woman’s touch can snap it out of me.Not even Liana's touch could do what she just did today. Liana only calmed me down, put the thought of it away, put me at rest. Even Liana feared it the times I shifted to the other side, everyone feared it. But a particular woman who had my mark on her has stepped right in front of me and calmed it all down. “The same woman you’ve pushed away.” My wolf growled deep in me.“Stay the fuck out my brain!” I snarled straight back at it, sh
CHAPTER 025ARTFOLD’S POV.I heaved a sigh for the umpteenth time, drumming my fingers on the table with the little patience that remained in me dying down instantly. Asides the fact that my stomach was churning with deep hunger, and growling every now and then, I was waiting for her to show up. And it was over thirty minutes and there was no sign of neither her nor the stupid girl I sent to check on her.I clenched my jaw at another loud groan from my stomach, shutting my eyes slowly and throwing my head to the rest of the chair, counting numbers in my head. I had planned this exquisite dinner to make it up to her after a particular someone claimed that my words were too harsh for her and I was pushing her off. A part of me felt that way too but another part of me felt guilty to Liana. I was breaking the promises I made for her, and I had no idea why. “It’s because of that mark. Get rid of it soon,” a strong part of me felt. I snapped my eyes open at the sounds of slow and silent f
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
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