Elysia’s POV:A groan escaped my lips as I slowly came into consciousness, every part of me ached like I had been run over by a truck and my eyes seemed to be glued shut because no matter what I did, I couldn’t get them to open. I shifted from my position and a sob escaped my lips at the effort and pain I had to go through for such a simple action. There was an incessant ringing in my ears and it felt like I had fire bubbling within my stomach waiting to burst out at the slightest opportunity. I felt the tears as it slipped past my closed eyes and for some reason it made me feel even worse.I could barely feel my wolf and for a second, I panicked that she had died due to the torture and starvation but just as the thought crossed my mind, I felt her stir from within and it reassured me. I shuffled once more on the bed before letting out a sigh and letting the sleep take over once again.The next time that I came awake, it was to a familiar scent somewhere around me. I felt better than
Elysia’s POV: I sat in place for several seconds, trying to weigh my options. I could already guess what he had to say to me and no part of me wanted to even give him a chance to say them. Our last encounter at dinner had ended with him locking me up in a dungeon and leaving me to die, I couldn’t put it past him to try and do the same thing over and over again, for as long as it took me to break.“It’s okay. He won’t hurt you again, that I can promise.” Nikolai, as if reading my doubtful thoughts said beside me and I nodded, taking the hand that he offered before slipping out of bed. He led me out of the room and for a moment it crossed my mind that I had not taken a normal bath in maybe weeks and I could only imagine what my outward appearance looked like at the moment. I tucked a strand of hair behind my eyes and attempted to straighten my dress as I walked behind Nikolai, I might have just been through the worst hell but I wasn’t going to allow that monster to get the satisfactio
Elysia’s POV: Light filled the room and I scurried to my feet almost choking on my breath when my eyes landed on the bare-chested frame of the alpha, leaning against the side of my bed. He watched me with careful eyes and the silence in which he did it, creeped me out enough and had me more conscious that I ran a hand through my hair in an attempt to tame my bed hair. “Good morning Master.” I greeted him, avoiding eye contact with him. He grunted in reply and pushed off the wall heading out of the room. “Get me a hot towel and a bottle of water and bring them both to the gym room.” He instructed, walking out of the room before I could form a response. I placed my hand against my chest, hoping to calm my racing heart as I moved towards the bathroom to splash some water on my face, hoping to drive out the rest of the sleep. I ran my fingers along my hair before pulling it into a messy bun at the top of my head. The moment I stepped out of my room, I knew that I was somehow going to
Elysia’s POV:I couldn’t tell how long I stayed crying on the floor but eventually I picked up myself and moved into the bathroom to wash my face. I felt unbelievably lonely and I longed for some sort of company. I didn’t care who it belonged to.as long as there was just another presence with me that didn’t feel the need to mock or enslave me. I splashed some cold water on my face, flinching when I caught sight of myself in the mirror. I looked like a different person. My eyes were bloodshot, my hair was dry and messy and I looked like I was hanging on for dear life. There was not much I could do about looking like a ghost but I fixed my hair, combing it out until it fell over my shoulders in thick long waves. I changed my dress into something that made me feel a little prettier, before heading out of the room, satisfied with the way I looked. I had a long time to mourn my situation, but a part of me also knew that no matter how much I whined or cried about it, it wasn’t going to jus
Elysia’s POV: It had been a total of thirty minutes since the Alpha had left me in the room and maybe I wasn’t the best with instructions or patience because I was tired of being locked up in the room, and not knowing what was happening outside of my door or what the screams that were coming from below meant was starting to drive me crazy and against my wolf’s warning, I pushed open the door and stepped out of the room.‘Elysia, why do you always choose to ignore me?’ I heard my wolf through the mind link but before I could respond the voices from below the stairs reached my ears and I hurried in the direction. The Alpha’s home that was usually empty and quiet was now packed full with various people. Mostly woman, the pups or the older people. There were also some injured guards and I could spot the pack’s healer move from place to place trying to take care of them all at once. The living space was chaotic and I watched with horror as the maids dashed in and out of the crowd with ar
CHAPTER SIXTEEN ELYSIA’S POV: His scent was overwhelming, the bitter tang of blood that had been around him when he had first come in was nowhere to be found and it was now replaced by his masculine body wash that made my mouth water for some reason. I could feel Freya get more restless as the seconds went by and when she began to fight for control panic flooded through my veins causing me to swallow heavily. “Let me go.” I whispered, although my voice sounded coarse. The Alpha's eyes dimmed and he pulled me even closer against his body causing a shiver to run through my already sensitive body. “I asked you a question Elysia and I expect a response.” he said and that was the softest i had ever heard the man's voice and in that moment it felt like my entire body became liquid. I could feel my resolve melting away and my body accepting his warm arms that had wrapped against my waist and his bare chest that was now in contact with mine. “He's my friend and I'm wor-” I had begun sa
Asher’s POV:The cold bath did nothing to calm me down as I had been hoping and it pissed me off to no end. I couldn't understand the urge that had taken over me and no matter how much control I tried to have, nothing seemed to be working. I slipped on the pair of pajama bottoms that I had taken with me into the bathroom before strolling into the room. The empty bed that greeted me made a pang settle in my chest. I moved towards the bed and the small stain of blood that occupied the center of the bed made the regret that had started forming in my chest grew even larger and I moved out of the room. Elysia was nowhere to be found like I had expected but when I pricked my ears I could hear the muffled cry coming from within her room.A part of me wanted to check up on her, make sure she was alright but no one had asked her to leave the room in the first place and with that thought I moved towards the laundry room to pick up a fresh set of sheets. Suddenly I felt exhausted, the pain from
Chapter EighteenElysia’s POV:“She's the prettiest woman I ever saw”“It's no wonder, Master is obviously so fond of her.”“She has such poise and elegance it's hard to believe they are not still together.”“Maybe they are together but are both trying to hide something you know.”A chorus of agreement went up in the air and I huffed from my position by the stove. From the moment I had served the Alpha and his Beta their breakfast, there had been a constant hum around the house about the beautiful visitor that had interrupted their breakfast. I was yet to see her because I hadn't gotten the opportunity yet but it wasn't hard to guess what she looked like or the sort of relationship that she had with the Alpha.The other maids couldn't stop talking to her and everywhere I turned there was a talk of the beautiful lady that had visited the Alpha. She was supposedly going to be spending a few days in the house and so I knew that I had plenty of opportunity to meet her but I also knew I wa
ELYSIA'S POVBoth I and Asher were over the moon that night after we returned home with our set of twins.We were welcomed home by all the excited pack members and and the servants in the palace when we returned home with our children.They must have been waiting outside the palace as soon as they heard about my delivery.Neither I nor Asher could get any sleep that night because we were too excited. Even the food we were served for rejected because we could not eat it.Instead, we both sat awake watching the faces of the two children."Miraculous isn't it?" Asher asked me as we sat over the babies' cot watching the sleep."We expected just one child, but the goddess ended up giving us two." He told me.I had a bright smile on my face because I had other things in mind.It was difficult for he to believe the drastic turn around in my life within the past year. I remembered that I had come here as I breeder, but here I was, as the Luna and with a set of twins for the Alpha.I began to
ELYSIAI let out a soft gasp and took in a deep breath when I felt the sharp pain in my stomach for the second time that day. Apart from the cramp in my stomach, it was more difficult trying to keep a straight face and pretending to be fine even when I felt that much pain. I tried to ignore the pain, hoping that it would go away soon. After all that wasn't the first time and the doctor had told me several times that the pain was normal.It was already nine months into my pregnancy but I was not yet close to the delivery date the doctor had given me.I was helping out at work in the pack. I had been doing that ever since because Asher had refused to assign another beta after what happened with Nikolai so I had been doing most of the beta work.And I must confess that it had been an interesting one for me all this while since it gave me a sense of belonging and I no longer felt left out.Soon, Asher came in with dinner for me. My eyes lit up the moment I saw him."You look stressed." He
ELYSIA'S POVThe tension which was starting to rise in me since I woke up and found myself in shackles under Nikolai quickly began to clear as soon as my eyes met with Asher's. I sucked in a breath and tried not to let the relief show on my face and instead, keep distracting Nikolai so that Asher could get all the time to do whatever he had to do."Why are you doing this, Nikolai? I thought you and Asher were friends, he trusted you with his life and you chose to do this to him."I was actually really surprised that Nikolai was doing this, despite all the trust Asher had in him."Why am I doing this?" Nikolai scoffed."It's because I'm pained, you moron." He fired at me."I hate the fact that Asher has always been the one to get all the good things. He is the Alpha while I was just his side dog who followed him around like a faithful servant." He fumed."And among all, he is cruel and wicked, while I clean up his messes. Do you know how tiring it is having to be the one to clean up th
ASHER'S POVWhen I got back from the errand I had to run, I went straight into the room to find Elysia. All through my drive back home, my mind had been on Elysia, I could not just wait for the evening so that we would go back to our pack and enjoy the peace which we had missed for the past few months.There was a smile on my face when I pushed the door open because I had gotten Elysia one of her favourite snacks and I was anticipating the look on her face when I handed it over to her.The smile on my face immediately faded when I pushed the door open and noticed that Elysia was not in the room, and from the look of things, it looked like she had been gone for a long.I got a little apprehensive but didn't think much of it. I brushed it off because I had left her under the care of Nikolai. If anything had gone wrong, he would have called immediately to inform me.I thought they had probably gone out for a walk and would be back soon, so I decided to take that chance and pack up our st
ELYSIA'S POVI woke up after a while to see Asher hovering over me and looking into my face.He had a knot on his forehead which immediately began to fade as soon as he noticed that I was awake. He let out a deep breath and leaned in to hug me.I was lying on the bed while Asher was sitting down and hovering over me. I had no idea for how long we had been like that."Thank God you are awake." He whispered to me."For how long have I been asleep?" I asked him and sat up on the bed."For as long as possible," he teased and felt my temperature with the back of his palm. "We are leaving this evening, and I just want to be sure that I have everything right."I nodded, it was about time we went back home after all."What happened at the meeting? How did it end?" I asked him because I could not remember anything that had happened after I made to storm out of the meeting.He explained to me everything that happened after the goddess took over my body the previous day and how she had warned th
ELYSIA'S POVThe Alphas insisted that I should showcase my powers in front of them in order for them to determine if I would remain as Luna or not.A scoff escaped my lips as I watched him spit out the words with so much authority like they were in their rights.I was infuriated with the audacity of the Alphas to make such a request of me. I considered it a direct insult to both I and Asher.Who gave them the right to make such a request of me? Did they think I was some sort of show dog or something that they could push around the way they liked and use for their entertainment?My jaw tightened and my fists clenched with every single word that left the lips of the Alpha who was addressing us.I burst out when I couldn't take it anymore because they were trying to treat me like a show dog instead of a Luna."What exactly do you take me for?" I lashed out at them. "A puppet? That you can order around the way you like? "Stay away from me, all of you and stop trying to control me." I bark
ASHER'S POVI woke up before Elysia the next morning and I lay beside her till she woke up.She stretched herself and her eyes fluttered open to see me leaning over her and looking at her with a smile on my face.She looked around the room in confusion at first, and it took a while before I realized that she was confused as to where she was. It was equally soothing to note that despite her confusion, Elysia was calm seeing my face there.She blinked rapidly for a while and sat up before she finally recalled where we were."For how long have you been awake?" She asked me."I woke up not long ago," I told her even while knowing that I actually didn't get much sleep because I was worried that the Alphas were going to try something while we were asleep."The meeting is scheduled to be held later today," I told her. "After that, we would go back home where it's peaceful, okay," I assured her.She snuggled closer to me and I put my arms around her protectively and rubbed her back. I heard h
ASHER'S POVWe got ready and packed up that night, and the next morning, we set off for the place where the meeting was to be held.We went with two cars because we needed to take along with us the other people who were in the field the other day and some of my men.I kept having a hitch in my breath all through the morning even while we packed up the things we would be needing for the duration of the meeting into the car."Are you ready?" Elysia turned to me once we were done and I swallowed hard."Yes,"I did not seem to be able to get my heart to be at peace all through the drive there because I was worried. I could not just shake off the feelings that something was going to go wrong.I felt the strong urge to suddenly turn the car around and return to my pack, but I knew I could not do that because whether I liked it or not, I would eventually have to answer to the call of the other Alphas and I realized that the earlier I did that, the better for both I and Elysia.I knew Elysia
ELYSIA'S POVAt first, it felt like I was floating in a cluster of clouds since I could no longer feel my body touching the ground, instead, I felt strong arms around me and holding me closely to a soft body.My eyes fluttered open to see Asher carrying me securely in his arms.I blinked my eyes open and looked into his face."Asher," I mumbled.He looked a little bit upset and didn't even spare me even the slightest smile."What were you doing falling asleep in the nursery where you could have gone to bed?" He asked me crossly.I wrapped my arms tightly around his neck and hugged him."I was trying to put it in order since you were out with Nikolai, you didn't come back on time so I thought I should do something to pass the time," I said, pouting."But, you shouldn't have fallen asleep there, you know sleeping like that on the ground could be dangerous for our child." He said and used one of his hands to push the room door open.I had considered that earlier, but I didn't realize whe