Lucy's POV
“Do you think you look any better?” Eric said coldly, narrowing his eyes. “If you think so, then I need to clear you of your illusion. You're not any close to beautiful.” Tears formed in Diane's eyes. “I'm sorry for what–” “No need!” I stopped him before he could complete his statement knowing where he was heading to, besides this wasn't the proper place for that. I just wanted to use him to hurt Diane and Leo since they believed I wasn't good enough to attract any man. With his physique, his cute, charming eyes and his princely aura, he was just enough to play this role perfectly. He looked like the perfect handsome model in vogue and other fashion magazines. Leo couldn't contest with him in a fashion show. Diane was absolutely hurt by this, her face fell in dejection. I grinned. This is exactly what I wanted. He was just my perfect candidate to arouse jealousy in the eyes of my rival. Just for this moment. I don't think I'll still view him this way after now. “I wouldn't need you any longer after this scene. Thank you for standing up for me and I wish you will stand to the end of this party.” I muttered seeing that Diane and Leo had stepped further away and couldn't hear what I was saying. “I hate you!” I hit his chest, with tears in my eyes. “You made me–'' I paused, my wolf urged me not to reveal this secret so soon. I don't know his intention, why he's even here in the first place. “Like I was saying, let's pretend. Eyes are watching!” I gestured, acting as though it wasn't me who vented frustration a minute ago. “Hmm, okay.” The confused Eric agreed to me. Even though this was all an act, I couldn't hold it any longer, I was hurting myself seriously inside. I sniffed. At some point, I was about to turn around and walk away when his hands pulled over my waist, stopping me. The spotlight was on us, I couldn't believe it. His face came to full light, his eyes locked with mine, it was as though I was seeing the face of an angel. His scent washed over me. I blinked my eyes several times wondering if this was real or if I had entered into one of my favorite telenovela scenes. His face was perfectly shaped, his skin so smooth and his complexion so fair. My eyes dropped from his face which seemed to capture and place me in his eternal prison to his body. "Gosh!" His white, fitting shirt made obvious his muscular body frame, abs, and perfect muscles which lined up like the work of a perfect sculpture. I closed my eyes, opening it again to see if this was true. My eyes glared so wide as I stared at him with my jaw dropped. Did I just hear him well or I was hallucinating? He gave me a curt nod with a wink of his eyes, I understood the signal. Then coming close to my ear, he pretended as though he wanted to give me a perk on the cheek. "Come on, girl! I heard all they said, I saw your reaction. It seems you and the guy are dating but let's give it back to them. I'll pretend to be your partner for the night." I was puzzled by the speed at which he used to speak these words in a second. I then turned my face boldly to glare at Leo. Seeing me, he froze. Diane stood upright, she was aghast like she saw a ghost. We walked off leaving them to stare at us. We walked over to a secluded space, where they couldn't easily spy on us. The sexy stranger now under the dim light was drunk with lust, but at least he could tell where he was and what he was doing. "It seems you've been drinking. Your eyes look so dreamy!" I was pushed to ask. He chuckled. "I'm not drunk. Guess that's how my eyes are. My profession wouldn't allow me to drink even to subconsciousness." "Wow!" I blushed, even at those things I shouldn't be blushing. Having his eyes fixed on me pulled me crazy. He was sitting on the chair here pulling his leg across while staring at me as though I was one marvelous thing he had never seen for a while. With a deep breath, he sat up, ready to stand. He was afraid I'm gonna go. He pulled me back. "Please sit! You asked me to pretend with you till the end of this party." I said to mind. He rolled his eyes, spreading his palms wide in a charming gesture. "We've pretended perfectly in front of them, there's nothing left to pretend?" I tried struggling out of his grip. The more time I spent with him, the more his rejection was reoccurring in my mind. I was caught in a dilemma of revenge and want, my wolf still longed for him. “I'm here to stay, Lucy.” “Who cares about you?” I lashed back. “It's such a pity if you think you can make me take you back because of your beauty. You're a gentle monster!” I yelled at him. “Good for nothing other than revenge on my part.” I countered my wolf who was trying to calm me down. Revenge served hot was the only desire I had in mind for him. “If you aren't with him, how will you serve him this revenge?” These words muttered by Eric hit me deep. “Don't see my new decision as falling for you. I will not fail to avenge the pains you caused me!” I growled, in case he thought I'm joking. “You're yet to hear my story, the reason I penned down that letter.” Tears dropped from his eyes, he lowered his face, wiping them off before raising his face up again. “I guess before you judge who's right and who's wrong, you will need to hear me first.”Lucy’s POV My mind was drifting in two directions, I didn't know if he was trying to make me pity him or not. I had to leave coupled with the fact that I was feeling sleepy and exhausted. Eric, together with my wolf tried to pull me back but I was firm and stern on them.“I'm tired of being your little toy. I'm no longer the Lucy you met three years ago who could be easily toiled with.” I growled at him while he pleaded with his pitiable eyes, asking me to stay. No doubt I wanted to hurt him badly but I was uncertain of when and where would be the perfect encounter but my wolf told me I'll get to meet him again, then two statements rang in my mind. “I'm an Alpha descendant,” which he said three years ago and “I'm here to stay!” There is no doubt he's from the Phoenix Pack. “That's not a problem! Wherever that will be.” I promised myself. He won't really feel what he did three years ago until I do something similar to him. Without this, I'll know no rest. I arrived home late, falli
Lucy's POV It was still like a trance. I refused to believe that the father of my kids was the new Alpha who would be staying with us at the pack estate. What will happen when we start seeing each other every day? "Welcome our new Alpha," my dad, the Gamma of our pack announced. My ears were itching to hear his name. "Alpha Eric Bennett, the Alpha's first son who decided to venture into the military profession for eight years abroad to prepare him for the role of leading the pack. Now, he's back." I stared at him, standing, tall and exceedingly handsome with his charmingly scorching eyes, looking fierce in his military uniform decorated with several medals. I brushed off the sexy thoughts that were beginning to form inside of me, revenge was the goal. But even with this, sensations didn't go away. I felt like releasing from my core. My legs grew weak. So literally, he would be my Alpha from now on? I gulped down the saliva on my throat. I thought that Alpha Eric was far away,
Lucy's POV I grinned, folding my arms across my chest as I heard Alpha Eric say this. “Alpha, I wasn't talking about you?” Diane cried. “As long as you talk about the one I love, it's me you're talking about?” “Love?” I whispered to myself, doubting this. "Now disperse!"I glared at him, he had a serious look on his face. I realized he was also talking to me. I turned and went back to the apartment."Don't worry, I'll return to my wing myself," Leo said to Diane. She was following behind me, her eyes were evil. After a while, when u turned, Eric was still standing over there by the corridor gazing at us. He waited for us to go away before he walked.At noon after lunch, I had my best friend, Caroline, come to pick me up for school. Since I had lectures by 12:30 PM, I had to eat my lunch by 11:30 AM, rather than the usual 1:00 PM. I wasn't one of those who enjoyed taking food to school, it made me look like I was in basic school."Hey baby, I arrived on time today to pick you up.
Lucy's POV "What's going on?" Caroline asked when she noticed I wasn't steady."Nothing," I smiled then stood upright, acting thrilled like other students."Alpha Eric here," the professor continued. "Is the Academy President you all have been dying to see. He's the new Alpha of our pack as well. It's indeed a great honor. Let's welcome him with a round of applause."Suddenly the auditorium rioted with a great applause which almost ended up deafening the ears. All the students were here so it's not quite difficult imagining how it will sound having all the students clap at once. Alpha Eric raised his hand. Everyone dropped dead silence, a silence of utmost shock and amazement. “Is this the power and authority he carries?” I was puzzled. “Hmm,” I sighed, wondering which way would suit me best to get revenge with such great authority. "Good evening students," he greeted for the first time. Once again, I was hearing his rich, husky voice which sent sparks into my nerves."I'm Alpha
Lucy's POV I placed a call on my best friend, Caroline prior to Eric's request. We both had our own secrets, he asked me to meet him in his office because he had something to say, well I had something to show him. “I really didn't want to tell him now. Perhaps I was just thinking of leaving the pack and raising my children over there?” I suggested, confused. “What if school, don't tell me you want to change Academy again?” Caroline asked. “You wanna keep suffering in raising them all by yourself when you can obviously get help?” “No babe, come to think about all these.” She stressed. “I didn't want him to know so early.” I retorted. “I know you're really angry at what he did to you but since he has pleaded with you to hear him first, I guess you should.” “Hmm,” I sighed reluctantly. “Just go with your kids, if he did that to you purposely, he will be hurt. He will feel guilty.” Caroline let me know. I nodded, swallowing the lump in my throat. It's 7:30 PM. My kids were watchi
Eric’s POV “So you really want to know what happened between me and my ex?” I leaned closer to her face while she was on my lap asking her, my voice was not so deep, I didn't look quite serious in my quest to tease her a little bit. She tightened her face looking away. “I hope you aren't playing with me?” She growled. I let out a serious face, shrugging my shoulders. “Don't think of me with such low dignity. My girlfriend was Alexis Carlton, aka, Alex_G. That's her gang name.” “Ah-hhhhh!” I shifted back my head a bit watching as she gasped, holding her chest, pretending as if I didn't know that there was no one who didn't know Alexis. “What's that?” I asked. “You dated a gangster?” “She wasn't a gangster when I began dating her, she was a soldier colleague of mine at the Military Academy. Her dad was my godfather and he promised to guide me into being a general at a very young age if I stayed with her daughter.” Lucy’s eyes lowered a bit, slowly coming closer. She looked worr
Lucy's POV I closed my eyes, relaxing on his shoulders with my hand on his chest. I got to thinking of what he just told me but I can't let this stop my mind from being at rest. I'm really longing for a warm, romantic relationship with my mate who is the father of my children. Thinking much about Alexia and the blood covenant he made with her will make me lose sleep and my peace of mind. I could feel the sparks that were carousing my body as I hung on his neck while sitting on his laps. His radiant eyes shot me gazes filled with lust, then he started to caress my waist, sending me seductive grins. I smiled in return, grabbing his face. His dominant aura was all over me, I was battling to withstand both his beauty and his dominance over me which was getting my head almost blown off. I wanted to deal with him for betraying me years back but now I was wishing him to deal with me. His lips came closer and closer to mine while I shut my eyes tight, already imagining them touching me. Th
Lucy's POV “Ouch!” I began to moan, sitting up straight feeling the sparks arouse inside of me. I clung so hard to him, not wanting to let him go. He was all over me, our lips caressing each other, our tongues clicked with each other, our scents mixing with each other. Eric carried me from the couch where we sat taking me to the bed, I was giggling, blushing and he grinned at me. He laid me on the bed, knelt over me, pulling off his T-shirt. I couldn't help but wipe my tongue over my lower lips at the sight of his eight pack abs. This drove me crazy, his muscles were thick and perfect like the work of a bronze sculpture, his chest had a little bit of hair growing on it which I stretched my hand to feel, scattering it. He was going to stand and I guess pull off his trousers or my gown when he paused suddenly like he remembered something. “Protection or no protection?” I narrowed my eyes wondering what he meant. “Is he trying to prevent infections from spreading? But he said he nev
Lucy's POVI breathed satisfactorily, heeding to what my wolf said. It was more than a companion. Eric and I cuddled over the couch as we finished with our romantic session, feeling each other's warmth. This was another special moment for both of us.The time was 5 PM. I grunted, feeling nature was betraying us as the time seemed to go a little bit faster today.“What?” I watched as Eric jumped off the couch, dropping a kiss on my cheeks. “I have a little task to work on my system before we go to the doctor. You can dress up.” He said and started to put on his clothes.“Uh-hhh!” I groaned. “I wished the time was slower than this.”“Don't worry baby, we have the night for ourselves. You'll be sleeping in my chambers.”“What?” I smiled wildly, hugging him
Lucy's POVEric’s hand guided my back as I sat on him, his right pulled over my waist then to my face pulling my face closer to his. “I want to kiss you so bad,” he said in between gnashing his teeth. He understood the assignment that we weren't having sex this time around, so he was going to spark my brain with a series of romantic touches.Our lips nibbled, playing around each other. Our tongues felt the taste of each other, our front teeth clashed with each other as we continued to play with each other. Bliss flew into me, as my hands found his white shirt, I began to unbutton it down to the third button. His bulky chest was exposed right before me. I squirmed, jerking my head up as I brushed my hand over his chest.“Gosh!” I moaned.“You love what you see?” He asked of which I nodded to him. I pulled my body closer to his, engulfin
Lucy's POV“Yes sir, twenty-four hours is too long. I will update you as soon as possible.” The man supposed to be the security chief replied, speaking like a retired cop. Alpha Eric ended the call with a deep breath, turning to me, he gave me a kiss on the forehead which got me giggling. He tucked the phone back into his pockets.“The man in the call speaks like a retired cop, was he one of them?”“Yes,” Eric said curtly.“No wonder.”“As I was saying, the girl confessed that she wants you too and challenged my relationship with you, how I could get you to come defend me and sack a professor that was quite popular.”“Who's she?” Eric asked with curiosity. We were inside the elevator now and the door was slowly closing in on us. He dropped me to the flo
Lucy's POVThen I saw the guards rushing towards me.“What's wrong, baby?”“I'm at the reception. I'm about to be arrested!”Just done with this and the phone was snatched from my hand. A hard slap landed across my face. Anger was fuming inside of me. It dawned on me that this set of guards thought it was the other girl that was running away, I happened to be here at the exact time they were pursuing someone else.I wouldn't leave here without staging a fight!“Do you know who you are assaulting?” I lashed back at the guard who hit me, my eyes were so furious that I couldn't contend with it any longer. I somersaulted, hitting him hard across the face, he fell, tumbling over. Others drew nearer to me, I balled my fist, prepared to take them from all angles.&ldqu
Lucy's POV“It's just beginning!” She said with a smirk. “Perhaps you will know you aren't the one that dreams to marry a handsome prince.” She laughed, turning away.“Leave the bitch alone.” Caroline said, caressing my shoulders. “Some girls are just crazy attention seekers.”I kept thinking of what this girl said that I couldn't even concentrate in the class. From time to time I turned to have a look at her and each time she had this sinister grin on her which reflected in her eyes. Others might want the Alpha too but they aren't this frank, I wondered the confidence she had in challenging me this way.I smirked.After the class I watched as the girl hurriedly left, she wasn't with anyone, just alone. “That girl looks strange to me.” I whispered to Caroline. She nodded her head.&nb
Lucy's POV“What happened?” She questioned with a curious tone, bringing her face under mine to check my eyes, from then I raised my head slowly to look at her.“The Alpha and Luna have already arranged another girl to marry their son, saying I'm not fit.” My voice got choked up as I said this, I held my chest that moment being that I felt like vomiting. I stood up immediately rushing to the convenience, I couldn't afford disgracing myself before everyone. Luckily, the feeling went away as I came here.I decided to check my phone before going back to the cafeteria. Three messages popped up with Eric’s name on top.“Hey baby.”“How are you doing?”“Hope there's no issue again in school. We will be going for family planning after school.”“Wouldn
Lucy's POVThere was nothing I could do to make him change his mind and then I imagined going back to campus and having everyone's eyes on me. I don't think the idea of keeping our relationship secret would help us. I kept on pulling in these thoughts to mind as I sat at the back of the car. The same driver who took us here was asked by him to take me back.I arrived at school thirty minutes later. I waved to the driver, wishing he would come back in the evening to pick me up. I had work to do at Eric's office from the punishment he gave to me, Diane and Mia would possibly be there. I don't think the Alpha can easily back down on his words.I walked through the silent track of the Academy heading towards the lecture theater where I had my next class which was left with twenty minutes to begin. I sneaked in through the back door as all the students were already seated in the front. I spotted Caroline.
Lucy's POV“Lucy, I think we can choose to forget about what he just said and go about our normal activity as a couple? We had a lot of plans, didn't we?” Eric asked, to which I nodded.“Who knows, the Alpha King might not have made mention of me getting some other girl as my Luna, but he just formed this up. What he would love to tell the king.”This hit me deep as I guessed it could be true. I shook my head, flinching my hair. I was ready for whatever was going to happen. Life as I saw it wasn't gonna be a bed of roses, that's for sure. I saw no need to give up easily.I brushed this incident off my mind. “I'm gonna stay with you, Eric, no matter what!” I said to him with firmness. “We have kids together and I can't wait to raise a happy family with you.”Eric raised me up from the couch pulling me to
Eric’s POVHe saw us from the windows of his office properly, just as mine, they are floor-to-ceiling. I swallowed hard the lump in my throat, then turned back to look at Lucy with pitiable eyes.“What’s that?” She snapped, suspecting that something was wrong after I peered through my phone.“The Alpha says it's a private meeting with him and you'll have to wait for me in the waiting room, okay?” I didn't want to make her feel bad, she reluctantly accepted. “I promise to tell you everything he says when I come out.” She gave a smart nod.I rushed into my dad's office with my mind calculating a whole lot of things. I curtsied with a bow as I got in, over by his side was mom, I bowed to her in respect.“Alpha, please sit!” I got surprised over the way dad addressed me when he always called me