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
DACIANA'S POVAs I swam across the lake, I stared at the moon with its beautiful light illuminating the lake, giving it a glittery look. It looked beautiful and captivating, like scattering diamonds over water. My bones, which had been aching all through the ride, were now relaxed in the water. My muscles felt good as well. I stopped swimming and looked at the spot where Corni was standing guard, and his back turned to me. I was grateful for meeting him and for knowing him, too. He was a good man, and the way he didn't think twice to help me really amazed me, even though Howard was also his Alpha. If we were caught, it could be seen as treason, and we would be put to our deaths. I decided to do one more lap before I got out of the water when I felt something coil around my leg. I tried to shake it off, thinking it was seaweed, but instead, I felt it coil around my two legs. I wiggled my legs together, but it wouldn't budge. I looked inside the water, and it was a freaking seaweed,
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 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 POVI looked around the magnificent hall. Howard really has good taste for designs. Corni was holding me tightly like I could spill away from his hand. We took our seats. Howard approached us.“Hey. You guys shouldn’t be sitting here. The ceremony is for you,” he said. The guards showed us to the high table and we took our seats. Howard was sitting by my left and Corni by my right. Conri didn’t look comfortable at the fact that he was sitting so close to me. He was staring at me all through the entertainment. Corni held my hand beneath the table and his hand would sometimes roam my open thigh. The dress had a splitting which made it an easy access for him.There was art and entertainment and now it was time for the big announcement.“Good evening everyone. Can we please obtain a one-minute silence for late Moana Whitemane,” Howard said. All heads bowed, and the hall became silent.“Alright,” he broke the silence.“We are all here today to honor General Corni and Daciana Whit
DACIANA’S POVAfter a short chase, the guard caught up with her.The pack was in uproar. Murmurs and chattering filled the place. Ava was dragged to the execution ground. Howard was too angry to spare her till the next day. He ordered her immediate execution.“Please, please. I didn’t mean to. Moana was just too stubborn and blinded by love. I had to do with was needed,” she pleaded.“And you think killing her was right? You were never a good stepmother, not even a good mother to your own child. You don’t deserve to live,” I said. I had been in shock and watched all the drama unfold, but I had regained my strength to talk.Corni pulled me to his side as she launched towards me.“You should have just died. Everything would have gone back to normalcy but you and the General won’t let things die. You don’t deserve life too and you should go down with me!” She yelled.I scoffed. “I didn’t kill my daughter.”“Enough!” the Alpha yelled. Anger blared in his eyes.“Kill her!” he ordered.She
DACIANA’S POVCorni had left that morning for an assignment in another pack and Marcel was yet to resume. I had a conference soon so I left for the bathroom to prepare. I knew Ava would be around soon and I wanted to be ready before she arrived. Tables had turned on me and Ava. It has been fun torturing her. I was careful enough to hide my identity.Early that morning, I had cramps so I stayed longer in bed than usual. Corni didn’t want to leave but the assignment was important. He promised to be back early. I stayed in bed for a while before gathering strength to bathe. I turned on the warm shower, and as the water hit my body, I relaxed. I stayed longer and just let the water calm me down.I heard the door opened. I thought it was Marcel so I wanted to tell him to excuse me. Immediately I stepped into the room, and my jaws dropped. It was Ava! She saw me without the disguise! She was shocked and before I could say anything to defend myself, she dashed out of the room.How could you
AVA’S POVI have never felt so humiliated and disgraced. George returned home after I was abducted for a night and beaten to half-dead with the news of his removal. He was relieved of his position as the Beta and we had to leave anything that was attached to the Beta position. The houses, the cars, the maids, allowances and influence. George was stupid enough not to invest in anything all through his reign as the Beta. He spent lavishly on cars and an extravagant lifestyle. We were stripped of everything.He became different. Harsh, hot-tempered and he became a drunk. He literally made himself useless. He would always blame me for how things turned out. His blame pushed me to start following Ciana around. I wanted to know her secret. I feel like there is something about her that I couldn’t place my fingers on. She didn’t hesitate to flaunt her success and a new position in my face even though she ignored every question about her identity.As usual, I had gone out that day to stalk her
CONRI’S POVThat day at dinner, Daciana was talking about her day with Ava. I wasn’t in the mood. Howard and I had a fight earlier today and he mentioned my father. She looked worried but she wasn’t asking me anything about it. I decided it was the right time to tell her.After dinner, we sat on the opposite sofa. There was silence between us.“I also have a revenge to take out on Howard. He is not the rightful Alpha.” Her jaws dropped.“A few years ago, my father had a trusted Beta which was Howard’s father. He trusted him so much that most of the pack duties were handed to him. They were very close friends, close enough to be called brothers but Howard's father betrayed him. He turned the elders' council against him and they dethroned him. Like that wasn’t enough for them to stop. Howard conspired with his Father and they killed mine. Howard's father was kind enough to spare me and he offered me a position as the General in Howard’s rule to silence me. I have acted as a fool for yea
DACIANA’S POVMarcel had come to tell me in the study that Ava was here to tell me. I was surprised and not surprised. I knew she was going to come, her curiosity had led her right into my trap but I also thought about her pride and arrogance.“Hey Ava. I’m so glad you came,” I smiled at her. She looks thinner and not well taken care of. The fall from grace made an epic transformation. I was glad. I never thought I would see Ava at her lowest.“What’s the offer about?” She asked straightforwardly.“Straight to business huh? How about you take a glass of water first?” I called Marcel and he got the water. She was hesitant about drinking the water but she needed it. She gulped down the content and held onto the cup.“So as you know I’m new to the Beta Female duties,” I said and I noticed her roll her eyes. Frustrated already?“I don’t know much about the pack and the duties. So I would need the help of a former colleague who I think is in the right position. I would need you to put me t
DACIANA’S POVA rigid body stopped me on the bed. Corni's body lay still beside me, his bare chest out in the open and he was wearing a brief. I looked away and tried to remember last night. My head hurt as I tried. I had too much to drink last night and my memory was hazy. I sat up lazily and yawned, sitting for a while until I regained my strength. I walked to the bathroom. Resting on the sink, I splashed water on my face. I stared at my own reflection. I looked haggard. My hair was in a mess, my makeup was ruined. I was wearing my nightie. I wondered how I got into them. I didn’t remember changing out of my clothes. I shook away the thoughts of Corni changing me. I returned to the room. He was still sleeping.My head was banging from my hangover. I held pills in my hand and left for the kitchen to get water. It was just 7 am. I wondered why I was awake early and since I was unable to sleep back, I got myself busy with watching TV shows. A broadcast interrupted the show. It was abou