The mating ceremony's bustlings were finally over with everyone going back to his normal life.
Lauren had been all over the place with her newly acquired position as the soon-to-be Luna of the pack. She even flaunted it at me but I just looked at her expressionlessly with only me knowing what I was actually thinking. My mind had been so occupied with the stranger of that night. I finally remembered everything that happened that night and had been replaying it in mind and it seemed like memories of that night would never leave me. “Lena!!!.... Lena!!!” My uncle's wife called all over the house but I was still lost in my fantasies that I didn't even hear her or even my name. I felt something hit me on my head. I wanted to start refuting but I looked up to see a woman holding a long rod. I cried out in pain “Aunty good morning… afternoon…. Sorry good morning ma”. I didn't even know when I started stuttering “So you have been here and I've been calling your name since without receiving any response whatsoever “ “I'm sorry ma I didn't hear you” “You bastard!! How dare you pretend right before me in confidence”. I just bowed my head trembling. “Am I not talking to a human you bastard, you dare to snub me in my own house”. It wasn't even her house in the first place but I just kept mute instead. “Slappp!!” my face stinged once again from her heavy slaps. “You good for nothing bastard what is your main purpose in this house other than to frustrate me!!” She held her head dramatically making it look like I was the problem and then she eyed me suspiciously “ I've been observing you this days and it seems like you're off” I just mopped at her oblivious to what she was saying She came closer to me and I drifted away in fear. “Come back here let me check something” she said irritated at my behavior. And then I came closer and she checked my eye so closely as if she wanted to enter my eyes. “Lena who impregnated you” What did she mean by that. How!!! “Am I actually pregnant!!!”. I knew I was finally done for "You useless and shameless child, you want to bring shame to my household!" My uncle shouted as he gave me a dirty slap which sent me sprawling on the floor. I started seeing stars on the ceiling. The slap was too hot to handle!!! "Who is responsible?... Who is responsible for your pregnancy?!" His wife asked with so much contempt. "I don't know, it was a mistake, I do not know him." I explained in tears. How could I possibly tell them that I slept with a man from a bar I didn't even know it's name. It would obviously sound ridiculous to them. I would definitely look more like a joke to them. One month after the mating ceremony and my one night stand with the stranger, I found out that I was pregnant! I did not know what to do or who to tell since I was not close to anyone in the Pack. I felt that I could hide it which I did for some time until my baby bump begin to show. My Uncle's wife immediately alerted my uncle who decided to force the answer out of me. But why did they care so much about it even though Ethan had already declared me not worthy of being his wife but of course I couldn't speak out else this vicious family would definitely cut my tongue off. I only had the choice of cursing under my breath in tears. "You slut! What will Ethan say when he hears you are pregnant! How could you even be so stupid to get your useless self pregnant before my wedding.p Maybe he will decide to cut off his engagement with me!" Lauren spat out disgustingly. As usual she only cared about herself and her engagement. "It will not happen!" My uncle said and then turned to his wife. "Take her to the doctor tonight, and make sure that the abomination is taken out!" He ordered and walked away. An abortion !!! My mind screamed Nooo. Tears trickled down my cheeks as I looked up to my uncle for mercy. My Uncle's wife looked at me with disdain and hatred. "Get ready, tonight we are going to see the doctor and I will make sure that nonsense is taken out of you in the most painful way imaginable." She said and walked away dragging Lauren along with her. I was scared, I did not want my child to be killed. Though I still don't know the father, I had already formed a bond with the baby and I could not bear the thought of my baby being killed and so I decided to run away. That night, as my Uncle's wife and I was going to the doctor's office, I distracted my Uncle's wife and I ran away. I knew that they would send people to look for me so I ran without stopping. I didn't mind at all. After running for a long time, I decided to rest a little bit to enable me to catch my breath. I tried to recount all that had happened but I had not even rested for up to five minutes when I saw a group of people coming towards me holding a fire touch. I was surprised that my Uncle's guards had caught up with me so quickly but then one of them spoke and I knew it was not my Uncle's guards. Even their dressing confirmed it. "Who are you?" The voice asked. My heart started beating so fast. I knew instantly that there were rouges. I did not wait to find out what they wanted from me, I started running away and when I tried to look back, I saw that they had started chasing me too. I'm doomed I never thought that my life would end up this badly. First it was my parents dying, then me becoming a slave to my own uncle and worst, my mate rejecting me in front of the entire pack. Now I am pregnant with the child of a stranger and currently being chased by rogues. How worse can my situation ever be. *****************************Adrian's PovIt was obvious that the woman in front of me didn't recognize me as her one-night stand.There was no way I was ever going to forget her after that special night we shared.During this past month, my wolf has been wrestling and I was worse.Ever since that time we spent together her scent has been implanted in my nostrils so there was no way I was ever going to miss it.The moment I moved closer to her she shifted back uncomfortably.Her body was shaken up with fear.She looked even leaner than the last time I saw her."Who are you people? what do you want?" She said as tears began to roll down her eyes.I felt something burn in my heart when I saw those tears.My curiosity perked up as I wondered what could have happened that forced her into this state.She looked too fragile and sickly not to mention the scent of fresh wounds I was getting from her."Who hurt you?" I groaned staring at her with an intense gaze."Please let me go I promise not to ever show up in your fac
Adrian's povI closed my eyes before I turned to her gaze.She had a frown on her face with her hands on her hips."What do you want?" I asked harshly."Is this how you speak to your mate," she said with a straight face."I'll come back and check on the patient. Good day, lady Claire." The healer bowed before she disappeared into the hallway."So are you ready to talk? Who is she? why is she here?" Claire grumbled."You're asking too many questions. How do you expect me to answer everything at once." I said to her."Stop trying to change the subject." She fired back."Why are you being so noisy? We both agreed that we are not going to interfere in each other's life." I reminded her.I was beginning to be tired from all her rambling.This arrangement was because the elders wanted me to breed an heir so that they could have their own become the Luna.They claim that it is because they are worried about my bloodline but I know they are just a bunch of greedy people hungry for power.Alt
Lena's povI blinked my eyes continuously when I heard him say those words as if they were nothing."Was this a dream?" I thought to myself.After I woke up from my slumber that felt like an eternity I was perplexed to see myself in a place I was not familiar with.Initially, I thought my uncle's men had taken me back to that awful place I called him.One glance at the wonderfully decorated room I realised there was no way that my uncle or my aunt would let me sleep in such a place.After finding out that I tried to run away they might even want to kill me for being a disgrace.I knew I acted impulsive but I had to take that bold step for my child.I was done being their puppets."I want you to be my Luna," Adrian said again to me.Even though this was the first time I was meeting him he had this lingering familiar presence that I was unable to shake off.Something was binding us together and I wanted to be closer to him.Our eyes were locked in each other's gaze and it felt at that m
**************Adrien's povI really can't wait to introduce her to the pack, although I'm the Alpha of the pack, I am bound by rules that I ought to follow.To the neighbouring packs, I am a bloodthirsty demon who has no empathy for anyone who threaded my path, I am the only person who knows how deep the pains and anguish which laid in my heart.Emotions could be a weakness to any leader or ruler so I learnt to kill my emotions at a very tender age. I went to the room where she stayed and saw that she had fainted, I was angry and told the pack doctor to attend to her case, considering the fact that she was pregnant and such things were not necessary for her condition.She woke up and I looked at her feeling very concerned."Are you alright??" I asked her as she looked at me, she was relieved to see me although she was very scared.I saw her place her hand on her stomach as she sighed, I looked at her as I pondered on who would have caused such commotion on her arrival. She looked l
**************Lena's povI was surprised by the level of treatment that's being laid out for me. I was a slave in my former pack and I was used to a life of pain, rejection, and maltreatment.The huge transformation came as a shocking secret to me, till now I'm still unable to comprehend the elevation of status, from being a slave who was always carrying out other people's duties to being a queen.I had maids at my beck and call. I had many maids who were assigned to carry out every of my chores which was looking so alien to me.I was reading through a book when I noticed the presence of a young lady adorned in royal apparel, jewelry, and ornaments designing her body as she stood by the door looking at me disdainfully. Maids were clustered by her left and right, her mouth brought forth cold words"Don't be happy that you've succeeded yet, watch your back " she said and left the roomI wondered what had happened or if I had encountered the strange lady in any form, I realized that I
*************Claire's pov I couldn't imagine the life I have been brought down to, I, who was a princess that was respected in the whole pack was brought down into the level of a mere slave.I went into the room and saw them packing my bags, I and Adrian shared the same room as he was my betrothed and we were required to have babies as a way of sealing the deal.He came inside as his cold eyes rested on me"You're not permitted to stay in the room again" He said.I looked at him as I was surprised on the action that he had taken.I know that he hates me right from time but I never knew that I would be thrown apart because of a mere lady.I went out of the room as I didn't want him to see my tears, over the centuries, what had gone wrong?? I pondered.Although we were enemies, we had been maintaining our distance, in the eyes of others we were a perfect couple that only had eyes for each other, only I knows the tumoil that's within this perfect "marriage."I came back to the room onl
**************Claire's povI looked at how Adrien was holding Lena and he was being overprotective of her and I was boiling inside..I was one of the fairest ladies in the land and I was very beautiful, I am a beta who is recognized as a result of my father who owns the highest authority in the land.I was the Luna to be of the pack as wolves of all ranks were respecting me. The recent news about the chosen Luna caused many people to look at me with different gazes. Some looked at me mockingly while others looked at me disdainfully. I have never been embarrassed in my whole life. Right from childhood, I have been treated with love and care.My words were my bond. I grew up having the consciousness that whatever I say will come to pass. I started developing feelings for Adrien when we were quite younger.It happens that his father who was the ruler of the pack and my father were close friends. As at that time my father came to the palace for meetings and discussions among two frie
************Lena's pov I woke up and realized that I was beside Alpha Adrian, he looked so cute when he was asleep, if anyone had told me that I would be beside Alpha Adrian, I would have doubted it and look at the one who said it as a fool.He had long eyelashes and he looked so quiet when he was asleep, no one would be able to deduce the fact that a cold-blooded animal who is merciless to his enemies will have such a peaceful atmosphere when sleeping.I stood up from the bed gently and looked at the bed, I discovered he was still asleep. Mission accomplished, I smiled to myself.I arranged the chambers and made the place clean and tidy, it was so hard to leave the aspect of me cleaning and making everywhere tidy, before now I was a slave, some habits had already ingrained in me.I looked at myself in the mirror and I saw that my eyes were no more brown, but brown and a little bit of white, this got me confused as I wondered what could have caused such an occurrence.I was not an A
**************************Lena's POV I opened my eyes to see Ethan lying lifeless beside me, almost dead. He was standing in between me and Zane as if he was trying to wait till I had woken up so I could continue from where he stopped. I looked at the place where Adrian was. He still lay down lifeless and almost dead. "Ethan, what are you doing facing Zane" but he couldn't hear me. The next thing I saw was an almost lifeless body lying in front, eyes wide open and staring at me. I felt a rage inside. I looked at both men, and the rage to protect those I loved just sparked in me.All of a sudden, light began to shine out from every part of my body. I was still wrapped by the tendrils, but as my light began to shine from my body, little by little, I started to feel the grip of the tendrils loosen up little by little until It loosened up completely."Oh I see you are finally awake, your boyfriend tried to delay me so you could wake up I will give him a plus for that but one thing I kn
**************************Lena's POV I was very angry about the whole thing, angry about how Ethan tried to convince me to go with him and leave Adrian. I couldn't believe he asked me to do something like that. Running through the tunnels, fueled by anger and desperation, I made up my mind to destroy Zane and make sure I saved Adrian. Ethan continued to beg me and try to change my mind, but I waivedamantm a. NT I listen to. All I could think of was saving Adrian no matter what. I wasn't going to do this; I was going to allow myself to be deceived by his selfishness. 'I don't care what Ethan says but I won't abandon Adrian and I will make sure I make Zane pay for what he has done' I said to myself I continued to move deeper into tunnels, meetings, and staircases. Everywhere I passed through, I came across Zane's minion. These dar,k evil creatures blocked my pain, and I showed them no mercy. I used every bit of anger I felt inside of me, channelling my growing rage into my attacks.
*********************Ethan's POV The sight of what I saw dreaded Me I could see the life being sniffed out from Lyla I controlled the urge to run into the middle of everything and just try to save her but I needed a plan I wouldn't want to go there and then I ended up being caught in the Web of what was going on without being able to save Lena. I tried to see if I could get signs of her alive, and I decided to use my hearing to check for a heartbeat. I was glad when I heard her heartbeat. Though it was slow, I was glad it was still beating. Leba was unconscious, with dark magic swirling around her as Zane kept on draining the power and life inside of her. Adrian was barely unconscious, chained and weakened. My heart pounded as I accessed the situation. I knew the time was running out, and I must act quickly to save both lena and Adrian. 'There's no way to win this fight outright. I need to overhang him,' I said to myself. I began to analyse and observe Zane's movement and powers.
*********************Adrian's POVI woke up to see a bunch of rocks lying on my body; I awakened my alpha strength and then used it to push off the rocks that had fallen on me. I was angry at myself for what I had done. The last thing I remember was Lena lashing out at me, sending me flying. The thoughts of that scenario just made me more angry at myself it made me feel so stupid. I didn't know how long that was.'She couldn't have gone far' I said to myself I moved the last rock on my leg and started moving forward. As I moved further, I began to see packs of Zane's minions dead on the floor. I checked for their pulses, and it seemed like they had been dead for a while. I was shocked; I wondered, how long they had died for. I left them and moved forward down the tunnel. Nel, I met more and more minions that appeared to be dead along the line bu, but I didn't see a sign of Lena. I decided to follow the trail of dead bodies and continued going further and further until I came close
*********************ETHAN'S POV we had come so far, but we finally got to where Lebs felt Adrian was, but we didn't find him there. Zane outsmarted us. He had beaten us to it. In a way, he was able to see through Lena's scanning to find Adrian too, and now Lena wants to go save Adrian.I wasn't going to allow them to face Zane unprepared; she had not learned enough to be able to defeat Zane. It was a dangerous thing. I was not also going to slow the risk of her life because of Adrian. She means more to me than the life of Adrian.Yes, call me selfish if you want, but I don't mind being selfish when it comes to the matters of Lena. Besides, I already listed her once; I wasn't going to lose her again to Zane, and this felt like a good way to eliminate my competition. I know that deep down in that innocent heart of yours, you are judging me, saying I am wicked, and seriously... I don't mind at all. You can think whatever you want to. All I was trying to do was just to make sure I did
***********************Lena's POV I signalled to him to hurry so we coukd go find Adrian. He ran fast enough but what he did I wasn't expecting it he kissed me. It was a very brief one but I wondered how he was still able to think about doing something like that in this present situation we were in. A situation of life abd death, I actually liked the way he did it, it brought a quick smile on my face but It was immediately changed to an angry face when zabe spoke out again. "Fool you think you would win because you have this little trick" he said "I will come for you when I am done saving Adrian" I said angrily I forgot again that he was talking to me telepathically and ethsn wouldn't hear what we were saying but I ended up saying my reply our angrily. "No you are not facing him today you are not ready to do that lena" ye said worriedly.I ignored him, I kept walking down to the place where I saw Adrian while scanning through the tunnels. On reaching there I couldn't find him a
*********************Lena's POV As we navigated our way through the forest, trying to locate where I had seen Adrian while I was scanning the maze with my powers, the fortress became serious and dead quiet. It was a dangerous sign that we were entering a heavily guarded area, but I was slightly confused. I didn't see this place where I was scanning. Getting closer, I got to understand that it was because the dark magic covering this particular area was a very thick and strong one that my light couldn't penetrate through, probably because I didn't tap into the right amount of light magic. I just felt like I didn't need much of it to scan through it's why I didn't tap into much light. But I then understood that I was supposed to tap into as much as I could. We were fixed to confront a smaller group of minions in a very brief but intense fight.Ethan was the one who handled most of the combat combining his wolf strength with his skills of handling a weapon. I used my magical powers t
****************************Lena's POV I and Ethan carefully moved through the darkness, sticking to the shadows to avoid detection. The tension became more heightened as we began to hear the sound of footsteps and the constant growling of Zaes minions. My heart pounded, and I tried to keep myself composed, knowing Adrian was somewhere nearby. There was a serious debate in my mind. I was wondering if I could use my magic to cloak my presence, but I feared I might alert Zane if I couldn't get it right. I knew that every step we took brought us closer to the danger we would eventually have to face. I still had a deep contemplation of the matter, wondering if there was a way I could avoid Zane and not fight him. The whole fortress seemed to be fortified with his dark magic. I could feel the weight of its presence weighing strongly on me.As we continued deeper into the fortress, we began to see more groups of Zane's minions. Now it was really obvious that Zane had already felt my pre
***************************Adrian's POV I tried removing my hands, but he held on tight his grip was strong. He twisted my hands. I groaned in pain. I could hear my bones crack and the sound of my muscles tearing. He used his other hand to give me a hard blow on my belle. It sent me flying over and falling to the ground. He rushed at me on the ground with his vamp speed, hitting me on the ground and brushing me against the wall of the tunnel. I could sense my soul almost slipping away from my body I felt like I was going to die but my mind flashed back to LenaImmediately I felt a sudden wave of strength flow through me it was like the thought of Lena had just sparked new strength within me as I was being dragged around the walls of the tunnel in a circle I managed to bring out my claws using then them to forcefully hit the vampire making sure my claws passed through his skin.The pain he felt made him throw me down forcefully. But he was a vampire. They heal faster than werewolves