VINCENZO'S POV;It took just a twitch of my fingers for me to control my emotions as I turned around to stare at the man standing behind Giovanni, my pack's personal doctor. As I stared at Tony's face, I could see the disappointment in it , making me smirk. Indeed, him being alive came as a shock to me but I wasn't going to let that show on my face. This would definitely be Tony's plan to catch me off guard when I wasn't looking. “It's good to see you're alive,” I started, tilting my head backwards as I took in his full appearance. There was a slight tilt of his leg that showed that he had an Injury there, making him unable to walk properly. “What? Were you praying for me to die?” He asked, laughing loudly as he tilted his head Forward, staring straight at me. Something was wrong. If there was one thing I was able to figure out, it was the fact that Tony was a vengeful monster who would go to the extreme to exert his revenge. “You think? You're not worth a second of my time,” I lau
ALLEGRA'S POV;Tony! It was hard to stand on my feet seeing the man who was supposed to be dead standing right in front of me. It felt like bells were being rang in my ears, making me unable to think straight. I could barely hold my ground as I watched with my mouth agape. How in the hell is he still alive? I watched Vincenzo kill him! At the thought of this, I felt goosebumps rise on my skin. “You make it so obvious you still remember him. Come on, let's go stay over there before this gets bloody,” Giovanni's whisper in my ear jolted me back to reality and feeling his breath fan my skin made me irritated. I slightly turned my head to glare at him. “Don't stay so close to me!” I hissed but was sensible enough to move away from the hall where Vincenzo looked like he was about to murder someone on cold blood. I quietly lighted a candle in my heart for Vincenzo. “Now don't be such a sour grape.,” Laughing lightly, Giovanni pushed me towards a corner.“Allegra?” Hearing my name was lik
ALLEGRA'S POV;“It's my honor,” Giovanni gave a curt bow once again and only if I could smack him, I would. I opened my mouth to interrupt whatever it was the both of them had going on when a loud crash drew in our attention. Immediately, I walked out of the corner, praying Vincenzo was fine because I knew how strong Tony was. Aside Vincenzo, he seemed to be the strongest person I had met. Seeing Vincenzo standing on his feet without a tinge of worry on his face made me heave a sigh of relief. “Thank goodness!” I softly exclaimed as I tried calming my palpitating heart. “What do you think you are doing? Don't you know you could be a distraction to Vincenzo of Tony gets a hold of you?” Giovanni grabbed my arm, roughly pulling me back to the corner where my father stood, watching. “Allegr-,” Before my father could say a word,I hastily cut him off.“Look father, of you're here to take me back, then I'm sorry, I won't follow you back. I don't need your intervention in my life anymore
ALLEGRA'S POV;One thing my father hated was being challenged. Vincenzo's words had definitely hit his sore spot and I could feel the danger that came with it. I didn't want to see the fight between my mate and my father, despite how much I hated the latter. Staring at Vincenzo, he seemed to hate my father deeply, almost more than he hated me, making me frown. What was the cause of Vincenzo's hatred? Does he hate my father because he didn't help out or because he knew the truth about what happened back then? I left these questions to myself but one thing was clear, I refused to believe Vincenzo knew about what had happened years back. “You sure have grown a lot. It's hard to tell that this was the little boy that once loved to smile,” Surprisingly, different from I was thinking, my father didn't attack him, nor did he show sighs of anger which made me frown in confusion and fear. It would have been better for him to let out his anger rather than keeping it in because I knew doing the
ALLEGRA'S POV;It was exactly 1:00A.M in the morning where my body was feeling like it was getting steamed. “Shit!” Groaning repeatedly, I struggled to get out of bed but instead fell miserably on the floor. Thankfully, there was not much I collided with that made noises loud enough to disturb everyone in the house. The sweat that coated my forehead and palms were proof enough of how I was feeling. My insides hurt like hell, almost as if it had been set on fire. I could feel the hit from the pit of my stomach as my core tingled.“What is wrong with me?” I asked myself. If it wasn't for the fact that my heat had come days ago, I'd have thought it was my heat. Now, what exactly was wrong with me? I opened my mouth to call out for help but I couldn't find my voice. My strength and everything in me seemed to have been sapped out, leaving me useless. “Wh…what is going on?” I stammered internally. There was no one around and my vision was starting to get blurry. I knew I needed to get h
ALLEGRA'S POV;Waking up to the feeling of my bones aching terribly and my thighs feeling like it had been run over by a truck was something I much expected. The sun rays hit my skin, the feeling warm and nice, the air void of impurities as I greedily sucked it in. “Hm,” I moaned in pain as I tried moving my legs. I had always known Vincenzo was a beast in bed since the first night and this again proved my point.The more flashbacks of our night together came back rushing into my head, the more I could feel my cheeks grow warmer with the warmth crawling up to my neck. “Awake? How do you feel?” Hearing his voice so close to him scared the hell out of me. I jumped out of bed in fear,closed my eyes while expecting the pain from my incoming fall to come but Instead, I was pulled into a warm embrace. “Easy. You don't have to be so jumpy,” Vincenzo said softly and at that point, it seemed like everything I had experienced previously wasn't making any sense. His voice sounded so soft and
ALLEGRA'S POV;“Uh, no. Nothing's wrong,” I answered with a palpitating heart. When did Vincenzo become so soft and gentle towards me? The thought alone felt like I was walking on a tray of eggshells. It was hard to tell what exactly he truly wanted due to his abrupt change in behavior. With every second that passed with him acting like this, the more I had the feeling that something was off.“Good. The maids will come over to dress you up. Be on time. We leave by seven in the evening,” Vincenzo said neutrally and before I could ask him where we were going, he left his room with Giovanni still standing by the bedside. “Where in God's name are we going?” I gently cursed out. For some reason, I didn't feel pleased that Vincenzo was taking me out. It felt like he was dragging me into a ploy I didn't want to be part of. “The look on your face doesn't really suit you that much,” Giovanni's calm voice slowly interrupted my thoughts. Remembering what had transpired last night, a frown gre
ALLEGRA'S POV; Sitting beside Vincenzo in his Maybach was harder than I imagined. The partition was up, leaving the both of us to our space. We were on our way to God knows where and I couldn't help but be nervous. Vincenzo had ordered his maids and a fashion designer to dress me up nicely in a red ankle-length gown that had a slit in front right from the middle of my thighs to the end. I had picked my choice of not putting on too much makeup. “Alpha, we are here!” His chauffeur called out as the partition slowly went down. I was about heaving a sigh of relief, thankful that I would no longer feel uncomfortable with just the both of us in it but then, I watched with my mouth open as a red carpet came into view. “Where are we?” I asked, this time with more urgency than I've been asking. My nerves were a mess as I stared at Vincenzo, anxiously waiting for his reply. He seemed unbothered in his black tailor-made suit as he adjusted his slacks. His black hair was slicked backwards wi
ALLEGRA'S POV; Not only did my heart drop when he spoke but so did my blood pressure. My body froze up, staring straight into his eyes, silently begging for him to take back his words but the emotions seated in his eyes shook me to the core. In them were disgusting, anger, mockery, and hate which had all combined to form one big ball which had been placed in front of me. "Take it back," I whispered shakily, clenching my fists at my two sides. I didn't understand from where I had gotten the strength to say it but the emotions rising in me were enough to cause it. Vincenzo's expression changed, his eyebrows coming back to form a normal line, and the look on his face begun to ease, and just when I thought maybe, maybe, he'd speak and tell me he didn't mean that, he added more, shattering my already broken heart into pieces. "What? Scared that I'd be too loud and others would get to know? Did you forget where I picked you from? Did you forget who you are? You were nothing bu
ALLEGRA'S POV; Marriage? Every teeny tiny bit of joy I had been feeling on my way here evaporated in an instant, leaving nothing but a hollow space in my heart. My hand remained on the door knob as I peeped through the slightly opened door. Vincenzo was sitting on one of the long chairs found in gyms, shirtless with sweat dripping down his body and in front of him, only at arms length was Layla, smiling like the witch she was. The stars in her eyes as she watched him only added t to my displeasure. "Are you going to remain there, throwing lasers at me or you'll come in like I asked you to?" Vincenzo's sudden question made me choke on my saliva. Beside me, the timid maid shook in fear, her legs wobbling in its steps, together with her mouth, as if fighting for what to say. I stared at her in pity, sighing as to why someone as timid as she was had the misfortune of coming to work for Vincenzo. Swallowing the lump in my throat, I finally pushed the door open, with my
ALLEGRA'S POV; For the first time since I was brought to Vincenzo's mansion, I wasn't thinking about the hurtful words he had said to me on the stairs, but my mind kept drifting back to the one addressed as Alpha Alex, the man with the violet orbs that spoke to me even without saying a word. As I sat on the bed, I kept staring back at the small bedside table, my eyes on the crumpled ball of paper on it. Even if I had squeezed it tightly in hopes of forgetting about it, his voice, together with his words haunted me, making it difficult to concentrate on going to sleep. I stared down at my stomach, giving it a slight rub before staring back up at the piece of paper. To me, it seemed like he had been prepared to see me, as if knowing I'd be here because there hadn't been any chance for him to write in that piece of paper in the living room. The thought that he knew of my plans and was partners with Vincenzo had me swallowing the lump in my throat. "He's just joking,"
VINCENZO'S POV: Right from the moment she had stepped down from the stairs in that flimsy dress, I knew there was going to be trouble. It was one thing to barely be able to concentrate in an important meeting and it was another thing that she had this effect on me. Remaining nonchalant in my seat, up until the moment they all left was a cruel test on my restraint and self control. Watching Alle walk around in what was supposed to be a swimsuit was a sight I wasn't expecting. Layla, who had remained beside me throughout the meeting had become a sore in my thumb, pretending not to have done a thing. At a glance, I could tell how much jealousy and hatred she had for a lady who was just a slave and nothing more. At least, this what what I regularly told myself to convince my mind. Each waking moment, knowing I had no choice but to see the weird lady's face was like torture. It wasn't helping matters that she reminded me of the one and only mistake I made back as a kid. Th
ALLEGRA'S POV;"Tell me, did you enjoy what you craved? Do you need to be touched that bad?" Vincenzo asked coldly as soon as the Alphas were all escorted out of the living room. I gripped the material that had been stuffed into my hand by Alpha Alex, one part of my heart wondering what he had kept in there. From the words he had said to me, it was obvious he knew more about me than I'd like him to and as annoying as it was, I couldn't do anything about it. "Answer me! I'm talking to you!" Vincenzo growled loudly, turning my face to him as his fingers gripped my chin tightly. The pain my eyes sting with tears as I tried to control my already fueling anger. "Is there anything else you'd like me to do for you?" As calmly as I could, I asked, staring straight into his eyes with zero emotion. The embarrassment and shame I had felt when I stood before a bunch of men, butt naked as they all roamed their eyes on me like I was a piece of meat was still very fresh in my memory. The atmos
ALLEGRA'S POV;Those eyes looked like they held different tales and my tale was about to be included in them. Ever so slowly, the man moved his eyes away but not before trailing his eyes down to my stomach, and then back up. Unlike others who had pure looks of luata on their faces, he seemed unsurprised and uninterested even after trailing his eyes down to my stomach and there was this lingering fear in me that he seemed to know about what I was hiding. The thought alone almost made my breath get stuck in my throat as I tried to think of something fast. “Over here, Alle. You don't need to keep standing there like a statue. Come serve these men,” Layla interrupted loudly before I had the chance to think. I was about thanking her for her intervention in taking me out of the situation but who knew she was about to put me in something much more worse. I swiftly turned my neck to look at her, immediately noticing the ghost of a smile on her face. Squeezing my fists tightly, I ignored t
ALLEGRA'S POV;Was I nervous? Yes. What could I do about it?. Absolutely nothing but to take those deep calm breaths. Every second that passed with me trying to make this cloth fit was like forcing a pig into a baby cloth. Not that I was a pig but that was just how the comparation was. "Are you not done yet?" The maid yelled from outside,drawing me back to reality as I stood in front of the mirror. I was on a small knee-length strapless gown that had only to small circular shapes and a cone one to cover the important parts of my body. Staring at myself in the mirrror, i had the urge to purge my guts out. Never have i had to dress like this, not even when i went clubbing but here i was, in order to please my mate, dressed like a full time prostitute. Thankfully, there was a large part of the little lingerie that gave closure to my stomach, giving me time to heave a sigh of relief. "I can't believe i gave you the liberty to get dressed all by yourself and then you chose to waste my
ALLEGRA'S POV;The next morning or rather, hours after Vicenzo left, i had second thoughts regarding leaving my room. I had watched the sun come up to brighten the new day hours after Vincenzo had left, leaving me with hurtful words. Sleep became far from me as i lost track of time, his words still ringing in my head. It was as if he had intentionally come into my room with a plan to test me and make me fall into it which i unfortunately and shamefully did fall into. Damn these hormones!"Miss, are you awake?" A call from the door almost made me throw back the covers on my body despite being fully clothed. I wasn't ready to face anyone or even let them know i was awake but then, the pressing need of food was more important than my stubbornness. "Yes, come in," I answered in frustration while I sat up on the bed, expecting a tray of delicious food to waft into my nose. Instead, a petite made whom I had never seen slowly walked into my room with folded blue clothes on her hands. The c
ALLEGRA'S POV;"Are you okay? Why are you coughing?" Aurora asked in concern and the sund of her footsteps getting closer to me reached my ears. Quirking my eyebrow at Giovanni in mockery was one of the best things i never thought i'd get to do with the way he had a strong hold on me. His expression visibly hardened, his eyebrows furrowing tightly like never before and i could feel the anger oozing out of him. "She's fine. Just choked on a bit of water," Giovanni answered dismissively, doing a nice job in plastering the fake smile on his face. He finally removed the glass of water from my lips, giving me space to breath. I couldn't be more grateful towards Aurora for unknowingly saving me. I was yet to understand the type of monster Giovanni truly was. "Alright. Just be careful. I need to get a bit of rest before i lose it. I'll see you later, Alle," Aurora waved with a small smile and it took everything in me for me not to shout and tell her to take Giovanni along with her. "See