CHAPTER 009
ALICIA’S POVPain and the cold, stench smell of blood, those two things were the first thing I felt as my eyes opened. I hissed out as I tried to seat up, my entire arm coursing with pain at every angle I tried to use it for.My eyes found the chair at which I had been tortured, and I started boiling immediately. After the helmet that they put on my head, blocking my vision, the guard had started from tugging down on the chairs used to hold my hands, pulling it as another person whipped me badly.My heart sank in fear as I heard the sound of the door, looking up at it immediately. My fear intensified as the sound continued, more of someone unlocking it. I managed to stand up on my feet and rush back, ignoring all the pain I was feeling for that moment and trying to find somewhere to hide.Although I was angry, I still did not want to go through the same thing twice. I managed to hide behind a wall locker, my heart racing steadily in my chest.“Alicia,” I heard someone call out, a feminine voice to be precise.“Come out, it’s me, Mia. The lady who talked to you while working.”Phase two, the chair. Was she here to tell me about a new phase I had no idea about? I gulped down, trying better to hide myself. My ears picked up on her getting close to where I was hiding, “come out, I’m not going to hurt you.”My mind was whirling with various questions. How did she get in here? Was she not just a maid? Why was she here? Was she here to hurt me?My heart started pounding more and more as I felt her closer, trying to think on what to do. No one could be trusted, not in this fucked up place. Not even their fucking gardener. I peeped out from the place I was hiding, watching her as she turned her back on me and in that moment, I ignored all the pain I was going through and rushed towards her, wrapping my arms around her throat.She let out a scream, immediately scratching my hand which made me almost want to lose my balance. I quickly got a hold of her again, this time, pulling her with me as my back hit the wall harshly.A pain shot up through my spine, adding to my numerous body pains and I shut my eyes at the impact.“Who are you! Why are you here! What do you want from me!”“It’s me Alicia, it’s Mia. I was the one who told you Ab…“I know, but why are you here? Are you here to warn me about a fucking phase three again! Or what!”“No…no…no…” she quickly let out, “I was sent here by the alpha to check on you and bring you out. He asked me to come and check on you because you’re hurt…“Are you working for the alpha? Have you been asked to spy on me? Why did he pick you and not the head maid?”“I…I…a…do…I don’t know!” She stuttered out.I clenched my jaw hard as the realization hit me. I tightened my wrap on her throat, making it now harder for her to both breathe and talk. I should have fucking known when she was spouting everything she was saying. I was a Luna once, ordinary maids do not know anything about the alpha, not even the littlest.“Tell me everything or I swear I’ll kill you and submit your head to him.”Deep lines edged my forehead at the sound of her whimpering, and my empathetic self kicked in immediately. I would not really cut her head off, it was just a threat but I need to know. Suddenly, I felt a wet liquid drop on my hand, and the splatter of some on my leg.I looked down only for my eyes to widen and my grip instantly loosening from her throat, “what the duck, Mia!” I yelled out.“I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry.” She said with her crooked voice, more tears still rolling down her cheeks.She instantly went on her knees as I looked up to her again, clasping both of her hands together and her gaze lowered to the floor, “I have an elderly mother, and a sick young sister. This job is all I have, if the alpha finds out that I failed, he might kill me, or even punish me. Please!”I let out a deep sigh, falling to the ground slowly and weakly. Why was this life cruel to the good ones? Why did we have to face so much trouble and yet the bad ones have to walk unscathed?She was a victim, a good person, and I was too. And yet the hardest cruelty of life had to fall on both of us. Why? Why was the moon goddess always playing tricks on us? Making us suffer for what we had no idea on!“He only asked me to spy on you and ask some questions to know if it’s the try…“It’s the truth! I know nothing about any of this Mia! I don’t know how the mark got there or anything! For the past few days of my life, I’ve been suffering! I’ve lost my child, I’ve lost my home and yet something I have no idea on is being pinned to me!”Anger rose in me, shutting out my entire pain as I stood up again and faced Mia, “take me to him.”“What?” Her eyes widened as she hurriedly got off her feet, “you can…“I said take me to him!” I yelled in her face.She nodded quickly and started walking, dragging myself at her back and following her. The entire hallway was devoid of people. For the past years and days of my life, I have suffered, taken everything that’s being said to me, both the good and bad.Not anymore. Not again. I would stand up for myself now and put whoever the bloody people tried me. We got to the front of a door and Mia stopped, looking up at me,“This is his study, but I can’t follow…I cut her off and opened the door, both heads in the room snapping towards me. I only stared at him as I walked towards him. He was out of his chair immediately, walking out of the table to meet me. We stopped right in front of each other with our eyes boring into one another.And I did the most stupid thing I could say I’ve ever done in my life.I slapped him, then muttered the word, “coward.”CHAPTER 010ALICIA’S POV.Before he could recover from the impact of the first slap, my anger doubled right within me, causing my hand to connect again with the left side of his face, “how dare you!” I yelled out.Tears burned at the back of my head, the stinking smell of the blood that had stuck on my face, either from the helmet because it was hard on my face or from what they did annoyed me. Even when I was with Walter, it never got this bad.He would beat me some days, but never torture me to the point of drawing blood. Scars were his utmost priority, and he always made sure I had them.But this bastard left me on a chair and allowed these measly guards who wouldn’t stand a chance with me when I was Luna, beat me and do whatever they liked.“I’ve told you, and I would continue to tell you,” I blew hot in his face, stepping closer and bringing my hot face near to his, “I have no fucking idea what you’re talking about! I don’t know how the ducking mark got to my wrist!” I shoved my
CHAPTER 011ARTFOLD’S POV.“Here we are, if you want to change your mind and enjoy my torture instead, you still have the time to do that.”I watched the way she took in the entire thing, the way her eyes widened and gauged it as if she could read every possible entrance and outline of the towering walls of greenery that she was about to enter. The maze. If there was one thing I’ve learned from being the alpha and also witches, she would not survive the maze at all.I had no idea what it did to them, but the maze was one place they never dared to enter. And if she was one, she would die inside. Maybe if she died, the mark would leave her and my memories of my dear mate would return.“Can I do this tomorrow? And start?”“Nope,” I replied immediately, making sure the ‘p’ sound popped out. “You start now. Since you badly want out, I’m badly giving it to you too.” She turned to me, her tattered and bruised body making my heart worry a little. What if she actually died in the maze? What
CHAPTER 12ARTFOLD’S POV A knock on the door disrupted what I was doing, my head snapping towards it with creased lines of annoyance on my forehead before calling out to whoever was there to come in. Two guards marched in, stopping in front of my desk and bowing both their heads at me,“Your highness, we were asked to come and report.” One of them said,The lines on my forehead deepened and my eyes squinted with curiosity, lifting my left brows for them to continue, “what report?”“About the lady in the maze. She’s not out yet. The beta asked us to come and tell you that.” Realization set in as my mouth formed an ‘o’, leaning back into my chair. I clenched my jaw, rubbing my hand on my forehead. Since yesterday afternoon that she has gone in, she hasn’t been out. Although I didn’t care much, I gave her two days and when the time passed, I would go there to search for her.But a certain someone was so worried about her, and has not been able to concentrate on his work since morning.
CHAPTER 013ALICIA’S POVA low groan escaped my lips before my eyes fluttered slowly, the first thing registering on my brain, a pair of glasses sitting on the bridge of the nose of the male doctor whose eyes were wide open and staring at my face in curiosity. I fluttered my lashes close before blinking it open again, this time our eyes boring directly into each other and his eyes going wider than before.He jumped away from me, his hand flying to his chest, “you scared me!”I closed my eyes again, opening it back to glance through the room I was in. I squeezed my face to myself before managing to lift myself up to sit up on the bed. I was in a new room, one I’ve never seen before, a white blanket covering my body and, with crumbled brows, medical instruments all around me, “Where am I?” I turned back to the doctor and asked. “You’re in my clinic. You fainted after the alpha sent you to God knows where and you were delivered to me here. The alpha will be here soon, I already called
CHAPTER 014ALICIA’S POV.I smiled to myself in the mirror, the image of myself so surprisingly beautiful to myself. It has been a long time since I played dress up, that I was allowed to dress myself up and look as beautiful as I wanted to be. I tilted my head to the side, smacking the red lipstick I had applied on my lips together and batting my lashes to myself. I dragged the chair backwards and stood up, staring at my full self in the long mirror. The corners of my lips pinched upward to a nice smile that reached the down part of my heart, my hand slowly smoothing over the silk gown. I moved some feet’s back, trying to see my figure and an overwhelming sadness plunged over me.I remembered the early days of my marriage with Walter, how beautiful I used to look. He allowed me with everything back then, I wore the finest of dresses, used the finest and most expensive glosses and lipsticks. I wore the best of shoes, the best of good clothes. I had always had a good eye for clothes a
CHAPTER 015 ALICIA’S POV“Mate,” I repeated, the word sounding surreal and foreign in my ears.My entire body went into shock, my eyes boring deeply into his own without knowing what to do next. Alina's voice was still ringing in my head, urging me to go close to him, to touch him, and even to make him touch me. But it can't be. In my mind, this man cannot be my mate. I should not be having any other mates now.I cannot even be having any mates right now. It was a world that I didn’t want to be part of anymore, a painful and disastrous world, and even if I’m to do it again, not with someone who thinks women are sluts and has put me in a chair to be tortured.“Excuse me,” I said quickly, turning back on my heels and finding all the energy in me to make my way back to my room.My chest was heaving greatly as I slammed the door close, my heart beating fast and loudly in my ears as I turned the lock to prevent anyone from entering. My hand flew to my ears, pulling off my earrings, dashin
CHAPTER 016ARTFOLD’S POVShe smelled delicious, and even with the evidence of tears on her face, she looked just as beautiful as she was when she came out before. I stood at a spot, not knowing whether to go in or to just stand there as she was doing the same. It was taking everything in me not to move closer to her and touch her, or just whip her into my arms and put her right on the bed there. I clenched both of my fists, casting my gaze low as I clenched my jaw. My wolf was ranting right within me, fighting to be near her, to sniff her in, for me to sink my teeth into her shoulder and mark her again and again and again. She was the perfect example of sunshine in distress, and not even one part of her sunshine was dimming. There was something about her, even asides the mate bond that made me want to always be near her. I closed my eyes for a split moment, shifting all the thoughts to the back of my head and shaking it off, “it’s the mate bond. Just the mate bond.” I muttered to
CHAPTER 017ARTFOLD’S POVThe way her slender hand moved on my face, pulling my hair gently as I kissed her. Her fine and tight lips all over mine, our tongue swirling together, she was all shades of perfection. Even with her slender and bony body, the dress fitted more than I had imagined, the bones of her back sexier than any other woman’s body I had seen.A low growl escaped my lips as I threw my head to my chair, shutting my eyes and drowning in the thoughts of her. She was everything already, everything I might really need and without realizing she was starting to fill every nook and cranny of my brain. I want to feel everything again, to touch her again, to have my wolf groan in satisfaction of sinking my teeth into her and to kiss every line on her body. The mere thought of everything made my member rise, and made my wolf growl more than expected. I opened my eyes and heaved a deep sigh, throwing my head back to the mountain of fake paperwork I was pretending to do. Ever since
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