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
ALEXIS' POVI run deep into the woods in my long beautiful dress and crown. I keep glancing back as I run non-stop. There are figures covered in dark cloaks chasing me. I continue to run in the darkness of the night that is only lit dimly by the moonlight. Suddenly, a branch from a tree that had been cut to the ground catches my dress by the hems and sends me flying to the ground. My ankle twists the same time I fall to the ground with a thud and I cry in pain. Again, I turn my head to see that the cloaked figures are beginning to gain on me. My eyes fly open with terror and I drag my dress off the branch, tearing the hem in the process. Then, I try to get on my feet again but I am unsuccessful because of my badly aching ankles and I fall back to the ground. I struggle to get up again but as I try to move a foot, a sharp pain shoots all over my ankle and I lose balance again, falling back to the ground the second time. Again, I turn my head to look behind me to see that the figures h
ALEXIS' POVThe castle is very busy with preparations for the coronation day which is only just a day away. I haven't been outside the walls of the castle since I stepped foot in. Luna Genevieve keeps insisting that I need to get myself prepared for the ceremony and that should be my priority at the moment. Last night, the royal tailors had come in and taken my measurements for the fittings of the dresses they would be making for me. After they left, this morning, the maids came in with a hair stylist who told me the Luna had asked her to assist me in dying my hair. Even though I a bit skeptical, I let the young lady work on my hair and as I seat on a chair while she does her job, I find myself getting even nervous about the approaching coronation date. My dreams are coming to reality. Life is beginning to get perfect. Too perfect, that I am afraid that something bad might happen that would ruin everything again. All of this is just too good to be true. Someone like me doesn't get th
DONOVAN'S POVIt is finally the day of my coronation. The day I turn twenty and take over my father's position in the pack and the country as a whole. Even though Lewis and the guys from Redwood team are with me in the room, trying to lighten the air and laughing in excitement for the day ahead, I am cut off from reality and lost in my thoughts. It is crazy how I have always looked forward to this day and now that it is finally here, the idea of being responsible for the entire pack becomes scarier than ever. But I know this is what I must do. This is a seat I must fill. A duty and responsibility I must carry on with. My thoughts travel to Alexis and I worry about how she might be doing. Yesterday, she looked quite worried and I reckoned it must be because of the coronation day. More than ever, I wish I am by her side to reassure her that everything will be fine. I wish I am by her side to walk her through all of these. But then again, my heart calms and a small smile appears on my l
ALEXIS' POVThe coronation ceremony has already begun. The maids help me adjust my dress again and I watch my frame in the mirror. I look nothing less than a Luna right now. Mighty, powerful and beautiful. Perhaps that is what had given me the guts to hit Lori earlier. But again, I do not regret a thing. If anything, I felt so good after slapping her that I wished I could do it again. I can not believe that Lori would succumb so low as trying to seduce Donovan even after knowing he has already marked me and our coronation is only a few hours away. If I had walked in to see Lori and Donovan in the position I had seen them, I would have concluded that they were having a thing behind my back. But it was different this time. I had overheard Donovan trying to push her away when I was about to knock on the door. I had overheard everything and felt disgusted at her stupidity and greed.I hear the door creak open gently behind me and from the mirror, I can see grandma Rivera push herself tow