ADRIANI was calm, happy and somewhat excited. Why? Aria was safe and healthy. Veronica's threats were useless! As long as she was clueless about Aria's location, I was contented. Gregory had assured me that much and I trusted him, every word very astute. Because of all these series of fortunate events and this good news, I suddenly realized how weak and so tired I have been. It was time for dinner. And today, the king of Cosmos would be present at the dining table. I walked with my head held high, holding every soldier's gaze who showed surprise at my presence. Even Veronica was surprised. Her eyes enlarged for a slit second before she masked it up with a gentle smile. A maid hurriedly served me different dishes on different plates as though I starved myself for days. I started with the drumsticks and the little pepper sauce on the side. I enjoyed the flavour that bursted in my tongue and hummed. "I see you drank the portion. Finally!" She clapped her hands. She smiled brightly, h
ARIAIt was nightfall, the sky was almost at its darkest. Ferris had gone to a gathering with her friends. She wanted to have fun and also use the opportunity to find out what she could about our pressing matters. Gregory had a night duty at the palace. It was only I, alone at home, in the cottage. I had eaten in the darkness. I widened my vision and was able to see my surroundings. I had a bath and dressed for bed. It was only a dull ache now. I sighed out as I stared at my naked self in front of the mirror. My once upon a time flawless body was decorated with two scars now. All caused by an arrow of Veronica's. Just as I snuggled in the warm comforters, I had a slight noise by the main door. It was too early for Ferris to return so what was happening? Or perhaps she forgot something? I waited, with my eyes staring at the roof for Ferris intrusion but it never came. It wasn't Ferris. Ferris would have used her key and gotten access to the house. Same went for Gregory. So who was a
ARIA"Arhh." I moaned out as Adrian pounded harshly into me. "Huh huh huh." I breathed out loudly as I pushed my arse back to him, making his cock push deeper into my wet cunt. I reached down my clitoris and pinched my bud between my fore and middle finger. My parts were all wet with arousal and the feeling was intoxicating. And the sounds our lovemaking made, so pleasing to the ears."Uhmm." I cried out. My eyes blinded with passionate tears as I battled to flip. I wanted to look at his eyes fill with pleasure because of my wetness and warmth. I wanted to feel the power it came along with. I wanted him to know how he made me feel, how vulnerable I was to his passion. I was his slave and he is my captor in this passionate romance. "Fuck, Aria. Your cunt is so tight and wet. It squeezes my cock so tight and well." Adrian bent down and bit my ear playfully as I wrapped my legs around his waist, meeting him thrust for thrust. I came without warning, I shattered unexpectedly, my eyes bri
ADRIAN. She was snoring so loudly. Yes. Tis good that she's asleep. The seeds Ferris had provided indeed worked. At first I had doubted if Ferris knew what she was doing. I scoffed at the pumpkin skin she had grinded into fine pieces. She assured me it had no peculiar taste and it dissolved well with other liquids. And true to her words, Veronica had gulped down her wine without so much as a wince. She suspected nothing and now, the witch of the wild west was asleep. I eased off the bed and walked out of the chambers. The guard at the door looked at me questioningly. I shrugged it off and acted natural. "My queen is asleep. Guard here with your life. I have urgent matters to attend to in the study." The guard looked pleased. The dull head loved how I spoke about Veronica. He fell for it. They all thought the portion was in my veins. Bloody fools. I walked away freely and entered by study. Gregory was already there waiting for me. I bolted the study door quietly after giving the att
ARIAI honestly didn't know what was wrong. I thought I was healing nice and well. What was happening then? I had a fever, worse than I have ever experienced and the lack of appetite that came along with it as a bonus was the major part. I could hardly sleep for two days now. It wasn't from my recent near death wound. The skin around it was dry and it only pained when agreessively pressed down on . Or was my body finally taking a toll on me? This morning, I woke up with extreme weakness and tiredness. I could hardly lift myself from the bed until I gathered momentum for long minutes and my breakfast, just water. "You need to eat, Aria. You have to try. Look, you have been getting paler and paler, surely you know what I must mean. You're so white, you almost look like a dead body!" Ferris always hammered on my white complexion, thanks to the vampires and now that I was pale, I understood what she meant. There was almost no difference between a corpse and I. I really tried. But today
ADRIAN"Heard about the feast. Why didn't I hear about it much sooner, from you?" I had just gotten dressed immediately after waking up. Didn't have time for a bath and most importantly, I was avoiding Veronica like she was the plague herself. If I was to take a bath, she would have woken up and gotten naked with me in the tub. That, I didn't want to happen. I also didn't want her to suspect anything about me, with how I have been acting so it was better to do it this way. I turned towards her with a smile. The gown had eased down from her chest, exposing her breasts. Not again. I allowed my eyes to linger on it, not because I wanted to see her very small ugly breasts which I couldn't help but to compare with Aria's, but because I wanted Veronica to think I desired her a little bit. She smiled. My plan was working. She bent her head low, her hair coming over her breasts before she looked up. "I see your eyes know what beauty is." She giggled as she stopped a little too close to me.
ADRIAN"I am Maddock, King of the Kingdom of Ver."The relief that washed through me from head to toe was indescribable. I felt like screaming my lungs out in happiness. The heaviness I felt all through these moons slowly started to ease off. Only one thing would bring the strong Lycan king to my doorstep. He was here for us, support. How did he know we needed him?The first thing I did was turn around and confirm our privacy. The guards were still behind the gate and the only ones still high above the hill was Maddock and I. His eyes were straight, emotionless but he was calm as he stared at the surroundings."My kingdom is honored to have you. Let's go in, for a talk." I offered even though I strongly hoped he would reject it. I didn't want Veronica even seeing him. She would begin to suspect. I was relieved when Maddock shook his bead at my request. "I strongly suggest against that, given your circumstances. Let's ride to the village." We rode in silence at first until we arrived
ADRIAN"Why...why am I seeing a lot of foreign faces?" I tried to sound as unbothered as possible. The training for the position of the puppet King had started this morning. I had been so excited I would finally see their treacherous faces. I needed to see how many loyal men she had but now, I was shocked to my bones as I stood on the balcony to the western wing with Veronica. The guards, even Gregory was amongst them. He sat by the hay and kept to himself as he played with his word. Gregory was definitely not Veronica's loyalist. Veronica hummed as she bent her head sideways with closed eyes, so the wind could brush through her curls and light purple gown, a bright smile on her face. "Oh Adrian. It will be good. I can feel it in my bones." Truth was I felt like smashing her head on the rail in front of me. She avoided my question. I gritted my teeth and begged myself for patience. Veronica was toying with me and the most annoying part, she was deeply enjoying it. She couldn't kno
THREE YEARS LATERThe door opened without warning and all of us looked up at the rude intrusion. We were having a lovely get together. Finally after years, Morris graced the Cosmos kingdom with her appearance but of course, she was here with Maddock and her pup. Right now, we were having a lovely breakfast on the balcony, takng tea and enjoying different flavours of cookies, having fun, sharing stories. The twins governess had a very angry expression on her face. Her white gown was stained with what appeared to be various stains of liquid, maybe tea or pomegranate juice? I sighed out and placed my head in my gummy hands. Good heavens what did they do this time? I was even almost afraid to ask. This was my what, third governess this early year? Everyone knew about the twins reputation. Some experienced governess straight up declined and asked for indulgence. It was almost difficult to get my children a governess because of their escapades."Not again." I groaned lowly. There was so mu
ARIAEverything happened in a rush. One minute I was laying down completely satisfied with a smile on my face and the next I was surrounded by multiple maids with towels in their hands. Adrian lifted me off the bed while the white sheets were removed and replaced with disposable ones. All through these months, at first, I was excited for the pup that grew in me, then I became impatient with it and the heaviness and now that it was finally time, my body shivered with fear. This was real. I was going to give birth. Now. I groaned and twisted in pain. This wasn't like the menstrual cramps that occured during every moon blood flow. This was far worse. It started like a normal pain, just cramps before my lower abdomen became achy and the cramps increased with time. I screamed so loud, my head was everywhere. This was unexpected. I groaned and writhed from Adrian's hold."Its best you let her walk." It was Ferris's voice but I was yet to see her. Or maybe I saw her but hardly knew it was h
ARIASEVEN MONTHS LATER It's been several moons of bliss. Cosmos kingdom has been molded into a kingdom we have always dreamt of. The castle walls were renovated, we had more guards, more successes, refined maids. We joined forces with the lycans some moons ago so we had some lycan men in our lands and some of our men found their own peace and happiness in the Kingdom of Ver. As destiny would have it, some of our men were mated to Lycan females and vice versa. We had formed a strong bond and a really good ally. I had formed my own cabinet as Luna and took some of the matters off Adrian's desk and everything went smoothly as it was supposed to. Not of recent though, all I did these days was sit by the window, enjoy the fresh air and scenery."Luna, do you need anything else?" It was Francis, the old man's son. He has been with us for about six moons now. He was trained first before I chose him as my personal guard. He sure did look like his father, just a better and stronger version
ARIA"My Queen, you need to wake up." I rolled between the sheets and peeked one eye open. The room was bright, had too much sunlight . I closed my eyes immediately and snuggled more into the covers to sleep some more but that voice still spoke, loudly this time. "Aria. You need to eat. You've been in bed all day." I groaned at the intrusion and opened my eyes at its full length this time. Sure enough, the curtains were drawn back and the room was filled with the sun rays, bright and hot. Probably afternoon. My eyes landed at Ferris and yes, she looked liked trouble, with her hands on her waist and a towel tied around her waist. The maids were behind her, each looking down at what they held in their hands, towels. Ferris stood in front of them, her eyes narrowed to slithers at me. I giggled and stretched my body lightly, groaning loudly as I did. My whole muscles protested and ached at the action. I stilled as the events of yesterday night came flooding through my head. Indeed ye
ARIAI moaned out my orgasm weakly , my body shaking and my eyes becoming foggy. This was the what? Fifth orgasm I was experiencing? Adrian never stopped for a moment to even take a breath. He fucked me like a starved Alpha that has just been released from its confines andd he kept taking and taking from any part thag he could. He latched his mouth on my left breasts and sucked on my pink rosy nipple. I arched my back weakly, my nails digging hard into his shoulders. All this felt so good. Adrians cock was still in me, his cum leaking out of me, staining the sheets as he sucked my breasts and massaged the other with his hand. He groaned and pressed in deeper into me, his cock becoming alive. "I can't stop, Aria. I can't...I want more." He groaned as he plunged deeper with his semi erected cock inside me. I writhed and wound my legs around him with difficulty, the pain shooting down my legs but I could bare it, Adrian was much deeper this way. Adrian was pounding into me in no time
ARIAI don't know how Adrian managed to calm me down just enough for the mating ceremony to take place. No, I didn't get to suck his cock. A loud knock had interrupted our sacred moments and we had to get ready for the mating. It was like a beast was unleashed and it now had to be calmed down. I found out that I wasn't ready for whatever it is, the mating ceremony. I wanted to lay in bed all day with Adrian's cock in my mouth while I rode out multiple orgasms till I was all dried up. In my opinion, I never accepted his rejection and even though I felt the intense pain of separation, I don't think it was to the maximum but Adrian remained thick in his decision and so did the minister apparently. The minister advised for another mating ceremony and another marking. At this time, I had a lot of Adrian's mark on my neck. I looked at the new minister with annoyance as he readied the bowls and sterilized his knife. Adrian stood beside me, his arm around my back in support, one I didn't n
ARIAThe physician gently proded my stomach in examination. He was at it for several seconds now. Even though Ferris had assured me I was still with child, I held my breath and still waited for his confirmation. I watched as he scrunched his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes on my healing branded mark before he looked up at me. His fore and middle finger pinned down on my arm for seconds before he smiled brightly at me. The answer was confirmed. I looked at Adrian immediately, who stood proud and tall with his feet apart in a different shirt than he was earlier. He appeared to be fancily dressed in his tight black breeches and brown boots. His eyes were dark as it caressed down my naked skin. That look, I knew too well. One of longing and need. "Congratulations Alpha Adrian. The Luna is with child." The physician lifted his hands and nodded his head with courage, that same bright smile still on his face. "Cosmos, shall be having an heir in due time, soon, I believe."Adrian had a very p
ARIAI sat on the bed with my feet dangling by the side, my palms caressing the sheets whike my eyes looked around the chambers as I patiently waited for Adrian with a beating heart. I wondered how he would react to my injuries. Some rumors, I heard, long ago, that Alpha's don't appreciate women with scars. Is that why Adrian wasn't by my side when I awoke? No one cared? I sighed. All good things, I hoped. I looked down at my flat stomach and lightly touched some parts. A gloomy feeling clouded me. I knew I had lost my baby. The branding, the stiches, the hard labor, the weakness and hunger, no. My pup was long gone. Even though I didn't recall any bleeding, I ruled that it was probably a memory I couldn't recall. My heart twisted in pain. I craved for a child, desperately. I wanted to birth Adrian a pup, a male, give him security that his line shall continue but somehow, I keep loosing my unborn pups. I just got to know about the pregnancy for a short while and I secretly was grat
ADRIAN"My lord. The clan head awaits for your arrival." Gregory's voice sounded farther than he was to me. My head was clouded with thoughts. Even as I held the pen loosely around my forefinger, I had barely gotten anything done this entire morning. My right palm cupped my cheeks as I stared into space. I had been thinking about Aria. It's been a fucking week and there was no improvement from her. This wait was the most difficult thing I had ever done. Being as impatient as I was, a week ago, I held the new physician by his collar, dragged him to my chambers and demanded he give me an update about her health while holding a dagger at his side. I was that desperate. The poor man had shivered in fear at my obvious act of monstrosity before raising his hands up to his face and begged for mercy. It took several minutes for the shit head to calm down before he took a good look at her. He didn't give me the news I wanted but at least I got relief. The physician confirmed her pregnancy w