DACIANA’S POVA gentle breeze grazed my face as I stood in front of the pack house. After Alpha Howard's sudden call to visit last night, I had thought about various reasons why he would want to see me. He has been strange lately especially when he gave me a gift that night. I didn’t tell Corni about his call because I know how mad he can get about it. I wanted to be sure of what he wanted before informing Conri. He was away again on an assignment so it was easy to leave the house but not without Marcel who I made swear not to tell Corni.The pack house is a fairly large building with a spacious compound. It is the oldest building in the pack with histories of previous Alphas. It was quite old but it was made a norm to renovate the house every year so it was okay. Cars littered the compound and so did servants. Howard is known to be lazy and rude so a lot of servants are at his beckon. I scoffed at his behavior. I took deep breaths and tried to wear a smile. Even though it is fake.I
DACIANA’S POVFear gripped me as I stood before the angry man. I wasn’t ready to tell about it yet but I just had to.“Howard? You are seeing Howard?” He said.“But why?” He asked.“I couldn’t reject him Corni. We both know he is my fated mate anyway so why reject him,” I replied.He was quiet for a while. He paced around the living room while I just stood timid in a corner.“What about us?” He suddenly asked.“Us? It was never like us. We were just supposed to pretend remember?” I replied.“This was supposed to be all over after I got my revenge. I didn’t plan to stick with you to get yours” the words hurt to say but there was the truth. He was shocked at my reply and I knew I had hurt the Great General Corni. His face fell and his eyes were saddened.“Go! Be with him then!” He replied and stormed off to his room.I had expected him to react even worse. I left to the guest room as I shouldn’t be sleeping with him in the same room.Morning came quickly. I entered his room to get the l
DACIANA'S POV "Thank you, Father, for welcoming me," I said to my father as I stood before him with a glass of champagne in hand. "Hmm..." He grunted, and immediately he looked away toward his wife, my stepmother. I felt ashamed of myself at this point. I never knew my father still hated me, just like always."You better get going to greet the guests. You wouldn't want to keep them waiting, would you?" My stepmother, Ava, said, with a sick smile on her face. Her eyes hid a mysterious light in them. One which I wouldn't want to know about. Her gaze on me made me shiver and I was quick to turn away. Right after my mother had died, my father got married to Ava.It was a torturous sight to behold. The fact that my mother was being replaced right off the bat was a painful thing to watch. Above all, I had to live in hatred all my life. Dressed in a black dress, I walked down toward the guests with a smile on my face. A party had been set up, just to welcome me back into the Pack. I ha
DACIANA'S POV Her body had gone pale and white fumes were coming out of her mouth, already. "Get the healer! Get the healer! My mate has been poisoned." Howard yelled, in panic and I was thrown into total shock again. The fact that Howard addressed her as his mate sent invisible arrows deep into my heart. Also, I was thrown into a state of confusion as well at the fact that Moana had been poisoned.The hall was thrown into an uproar as the healer was brought in. Ava was shouting all around, in panic while they laid Moana on the bare floor while the healer checked on her. However, I was still standing at the same place. Though I hated her, I wouldn't want her to die. I just wanted to embarrass her a little but then I never expected this. I was torn between showing care for someone who hated me or just walking away. As I was still contemplating what to do the healer's voice boomed out."I'm sorry, Beta, but she is dead!" The healer announced and I gasped, in shock."No!! No!! M
DACIANA'S POVI was filled with fear as the whole world was against me. I was innocent but then I was made to pay the price, all because of my stepmother. I couldn't accept that. How could I die at the hands of my enemies? I had envisioned my future and I wouldn't allow it to get thwarted that way. At this point, I decided to take my life into my own hands. Filled with so much strength and determination, I looked at the clueless guards who were beside me. They were never on guard, since they thought lowly of me.Using my two years of practice into use, I called on one of the guards, and as soon as he turned to me, I headbutted him. I heard him scream in pain but I was quick to turn to the next. My hands morphed quickly, swiping against his chest and clawing at his heart.For the first time in days, my wolf responded to my call by helping me. The guard fell to the ground, dripping blood and I didn't care if he died or not. The other guard had regained himself and swiftly, I turn
CONRI'S POV I found it amusing to see Daciana's astonished expression. Never was she expecting me to say something like that. She had been deceived, deluded, and wronged. And her explanation made it obvious to me that she needed my help. I had to admit that this mission was also my way of getting even with what they did to me. I wouldn't want her to go through what I did. Thus, I have to consider this assignment to be my revenge.“How would that be possible? I mean, how am I going to get a new identity?” Daciana frantically asked these questions.“Relax. You have to calm down, and we will do this together and come out victorious.” I soothed her calmly.“I'm not sure about it. I really don't want to get back to the pack. I'm on their wanted list right now, and I really don't want to die. At least not now.” She pleaded softly.I looked at her pleading eyes and smirked lightly. She probably didn't know how I already had all these planned out. That was the last thing standing in the way
DACIANA'S POV General Conri departed, and shortly after, a soldier entered bearing an abundance of food and fruits. I started to drool as soon as I saw the food. “Thank you.” As the soldier set down the food basket, I spoke to him.“I'm here to help you. I will be available to assist in any way I can if you need it.” The soldier said, a little bowing.I gave a small nod, focusing mostly on the food in front of me. The soldier exited the room after a brief period. I carefully took the food out of the food basket and opened the plate to see what was waiting for me. “Oh my!” I squealed with delight when I saw the dish in front of me. It was spicy and scorching as hell. A spicy lamb soup served with baguette bread, a peppery hot sauce and well-cooked long grains. There were also Apples and bananas in the basket.“How much I longed to eat good food!” To no one, in particular, I muttered. I broke the baguette bread gently in half, put it into the lamb soup, and pointed it directly a
THREE WEEKS LATERCONRI'S POV. These three weeks were packed with pieces of training upon training; I watched her grow into a beautiful woman and a beautiful soldier. Her confidence had increased from the last time I saw her, probably because the last time I saw her, she was a shy, timid girl, and when she came back, I met her completely battered and bruised. She was strong and fit to be the Luna she should have been, but I was selfishly grateful for Howard's stupidity that made him reject her and push her into my laps, but that doesn't mean I won't make them all pay for what they did to her. The fact that her father was also in support of her execution annoyed me greatly. Our relationship wasn't what I was expecting it would be. We weren't all lovey-dovey like I expected, but she trusted me immensely and trust, they say, is the foundation of every relationship. I'd promised that I would take her back to the pack, and now I was fulfilling my promise to her. Jared, the camp make-u