ALEXIS' POVToday is the final day of school before summer break. Everyone is excited and chattering about happily while I keep myself some distance away from them. In the cafeteria, as we have lunch, I am lost in my thoughts to pay attention to Lori and her friends who are glaring at me. Aurora isn't sitting with them today. Just like me, she is sitting alone this time. But it doesn't bother me and I couldn't care less. My thoughts are occupied by matters far more important than Aurora's petty hate. My father was a white wolf and had been killed because of that. My mother too. I had lived in lies my entire life and blamed my parents for things they never did. I had accused them. Hated them. Cursed them. I want to hate grandma Rivera for feeding me with these lies just to hide the truth from me. But no matter how hard I try to spite her, I cannot. But that doesn't mean I think she is completely innocent either. I want to yell at her. Smash things. Accuse her of lying to me about my
ALEXIS' POVAfter school hours ends, I return to my locker and organize it. While other students are hugging their friends rather tearfully and expressing how much they would miss each other during the break, I am all alone and no one bothers to tell me they would miss me. I try to put my eyes on alert for Aurora and probably have a final word with her but unfortunately, I did not catch even the faintest grip of her. As I shut my closet close, I sigh, a part of me already missing the school. I turn my back against my locker to leave again but my body freezes instantly and my pupils dilate in surprise to see Randall standing right before me. His shoulders are slightly slouched and his back, hunched. His confidence posture is not in sight anymore. He has eye bags underneath his eyes and he looks like he hasn't had a night of sleep. He looks forlorn and sad. I fear to think that I could be the reason he appears this way. "Hi." He clears his voice and says to me,"Hi." I reply too, nerv
ALEXIS' POVGrandma Rivera's health worsens today as well and I cannot think straight as I prepare her herbs and medicines in the kitchen. Her health has deteriorated with every passing day and I am beginning to fear that if I don't take her to see a uu on time, she might die from her illness. The fact that I am cashless and cannot sponsor her treatment makes me even more weak and bound to the torture of seeing her suffer in pain. I scan through my head to come up with any idea of raising funds for grandma Rivera's health. Perhaps I could ask Ms Bell for a part payment of the work I have done for this month. I already know it is a vile effort. My wages are too poor and cannot even afford to buy her complete medications. Maybe I should get a loan from Ms. Bell. She wouldn't turn me down, seeing that grandma Rivera's health is involved. The door of the living room turns open and I turn my head to see Ian walk in. Our eyes meet and his lips lift in a sinister smile. He walks towards my
DONOVAN'S POVI watch Alexis as she sleeps as calm as a child in the physician's ward. She looks like she has been exhausted for a long time and her body badly craved for rest. I reach for the hair that fell to her face and arrange them away from her eyes. Seeing a small bruise on her cheek causes the anger in me to stir awake again. My jaw set and I tighten my fist as I recall the scene of her foster brother trying to force himself on her. I was driving past the neighborhood and had decided to stop by Alexis' house and drop off some fruits that I had gotten earlier from a fruit vendor. But seeing the guy pressing himself forcefully over Alexis killed every excitement in me and I burned with rage. I could have killed him. Could have made him pay with his life for trying to covet what belongs to the Alpha but I had decided to spare him for the sake of his grandmother. Right now, I have had him locked up in the dungeon as a punishment. I hope they teach him a bitter, unforgettable less
ALEXIS' POVBefore evening, the Luna ordered the chauffeur to escort me to our house and help pack the personal belongings of grandma Rivera and I. After we finish packing up, I ask him to wait for me outside the house while I take a few minutes to take a final look at the apartment before I would come join him again. The chauffeur was surprisingly understanding and allowed me to take my time. Now left alone in the house, I stroll around the almost empty room and scan the entire room with my eyes. This is the place I have been raised since I was a child. I have known no other home apart from this place, close to grandma Rivera. I had always looked forward to the day we would finally leave this house but now that the day is here, I feel surprisingly attached to it and it feels as if I am letting an old friend go. "I wouldn't want to let you go too if I was your house." A familiar female voice comes from behind me and I immediately turn my head to see the frame of a girl my age standi
ALEXIS' POV"This will be your room temporarily until the coronation day. Your grandmother's room is just next door from yours." Luna Genevieve shows me to my room and my eyes take in the room in awe. Never in my entire life have I ever dreamed I would have a room as spacious and beautiful as this. It is vast and has a large master bed. The closet is big and I wonder if I can use it if my clothes are only a few and would not necessarily need the entire large space. There is a large dresser and full length mirror in the room as well as a few art pieces hung decoratively on the walls. My excitement knows no bounds as I stare at the room in admiration. "Do you like it? I made sure the maids had the room cleaned thoroughly before you got back. If you think there is anything off about the room that you would like to change, do not hesitate to let me know…""It's perfect." I turn my eyes back to her, a smile stretched across my lips. "I do not know how to thank you for your kindness, my Lu
ALEXIS' POVAs I stare back at my reflection in the full length mirror, my eyes appraise the red dress that clings to my body, tight and fitting as if it was sewn to fit my skin perfectly. It is the same dress that Donovan had said he picked for me. I disagree with his self deprecating remark that he does not have eyes for good stuff. I would say he had the best eyes for good things. It is a long, flowing tight fitting dress that has a long slit that exposes a bit of my thighs. It is off-shouldered and curves in a heart shape that shows a decent part of my cleavage. I have never worn a gown as beautiful and expensive looking before. I have my hair neatly arranged in a messy bun that allows a few tendrils to fall to my face and by the side of my ears.A gentle knock comes on the door and I walk to the door and pull it open to see a maid standing before me. She bows her head in respect and I blink my eyes uncomfortably at her show of greeting before she lifts her head again to look at
ALEXIS' POVHe is seated on the bed undressed, save for his shorts, watching me with hawk eyes as I stand a little farther from him, taking my time to undress, exploiting every single move I make to tease him. Slowly and with my eyes fixed, unmoving on him, I unzip my dress and let it fall to my feet, leaving me only to my black lacy bra and matching thong. I can see the way his stare on me deepens and I grin to myself, loving that I am having this kind of effect on him. I walk across the room to him and once I am standing right in front of him, I wrap my hands around his hair and lean forwards, towering over his frame that is seated on the bed. He cannot control himself now and he dives his head into my neck and kisses me all over my necklines and my exposed cleavage. With another grin, I pull his head away gently and push him against the bed until his back is touching the bed. I hear him release a low moan as my hand reaches for the straps of his shorts and gently pulls it down, al