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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 POV:My heart hung in my mouth as I look to the door to see Asher standing there, but I am insistent on keeping a defiant face.Her chins are lifted, and her lips pulsed together as her ferocious eyes moved from me to the alpha who had refused to move, he acted just like he didn't notice Asher’s suffocating presence. And I was starting to get uncomfortable with the way her fierce gaze rested on me, especially with the burning impact it had to it.A soft inward chuckle escaped from the back of her throat, but her face remained ferocious as she started to take slow strides towards us, swaying her hips so effortlessly.My eyes were wide open as I stare at her, trying my best to look everywhere else but her fierce eyes. I was scared that I was going to be consumed in the fierceness of it. And just like the first time I had come in contact with her I felt all my self confidence start to crumble in front of her, especially as the events which occurred moments ago lingered at the ba
ELYSIA'S POV:I exactly had no idea the reason my heart constricted inside my chest when my ear caught the sound of their laughter. I could have turned around and simply walked away from that rooftop, but my curiosity had the better part of me. So I started taking slow strides toward the direction of the voice while tiptoeing at the same time so as not to get heard.I wanted to tell myself a lie, I wanted to tell myself that the reason I walked further instead of going back was because I was trying to avoid incurring the Alpha's wrath, but my subconscious knew that was a lie, and more than that, it wanted me to leave at once. I could easily tell the Alpha I didn't get his message, or that I didn't find him after getting his message.Plus Alana's presence there never ceased to prick on me, especially with the ways she was laughing and touching the Alpha.My heart seemed to have a mind of its own, and I didn't pay any attention to the subconscious part of me that wanted me to leave at o
Asher’s POV:My eyes were glued to her retreating back as she ran off the rooftop, and once again I questioned myself. What was it that I found so attractive about her? And why did it seem like her haughtiness seemed to turn me on even more?All my life, I had been used to people having to fear me, especially young vulnerable girls like her.Maybe I was just fascinated by her audaciousness.As I started to pace around the rooftop, I reached into my pants pocket and retrieved a pack of cigarettes and a lighter.I watched the smoke fill the air as I lit the cigarette, and because it was windy on the rooftop, the smoke was quickly dispersed.I closed my eyes as I took a puff and felt the calmness spread all over my body.My ears caught silent footsteps coming from behind me, I did not need to look back to see who it belonged to, I could recognize Nikolai from his shadows which were reflecting in front of me anyway, thanks to the moon.He cleared his throat as he came to stand close to me
ELYSIA'S POV:It was unusually cold that morning so I had on an extra layer of clothing as I headed to the kitchen to do my chores.The entire palace was equally unusually cold and I could already feel that something could be off but I exactly had no idea what it was.The other omegas were huddled together in groups when I went to the kitchen, whispering among themselves, some of them looked panic stricken while the rest just looked like they were gossip hungry.I had to swallow my eagerness to know what was going on as usual since they still had that resentment attitude towards me and wouldn't even talk to me. But I decided to not let myself get bothered by their attitude any longer."The Alpha found it last night while training in the woods." I heard the petite girl whisper to another maid.Her tone sounded panic stricken."A fox tail actually depicts a very dangerous situation and it's not good for the pack." A fox tail?I now knew and understood why the whole palace looked cold t
Elysia’s POV:The next few days had me trying to avoid Alana and her numerous dramas but it was hard because she was always hovering around the house and the alpha, I could not actively avoid her while doing chores for him.I occasionally bumped into her walking around the house with a lifted chins and a twisted nose. I tried to not pay any attention to her but she managed to find a way to get on my nerves. I usually just walked past with a snort.The alpha on the other hand was nowhere to be seen all through the day, he must have been really very busy. So I was alone in his room while cleaning it. That would have made my job a bit easier, but of course, Alana kept showing up in the room now and again.The last time she came, I quickly looked back thinking it was the alpha. My face dropped to the ground when Alana's mischievous face came into view.Why was I thinking about him? Did I by any chance miss him?I huffed and simply shrugged my shoulders. There was no way I would miss him.
ELYSIA'S POV:A thick blanket of silence was spread around the room as Nikolai stood there, his eyes moved from me to the nurse who was standing there with her head bowed and her eyes darting all over the ground like she was scared of lifting them."What is going on here?" Nikolai asked again, coming fully into the room, his eyes grew dark as they concentrated on the nurse."I... I was just trying to..." She stuttered."Next time you should just do your job and leave Instead of being cruel to patients." He reprimanded. "Now quick finish your work and leave."Her hands were shaky as she grudgingly bent over me, and began fixing up the drip.Her face was flushed and I could tell she was embarrassed.She shuffled her feet and made noisy sounds as she dragged herself out of the room as soon as she was done."Are you hurt anywhere?" He asked as he walked towards the bed to sit close to me.I simply nodded my head, still overwhelmed by the shock instilled in me by the nurse's cruel actions.
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