ELYSIA'S POVThe tension in the palace kept increasing by the moment, sending panic waves and casting a shadow of uncertainty all over the palace. Everybody could feel it, even the maids and the guards were not left out.Asher had gone out on a search party to search for Serafina, while I stayed indoors all day because the solemn faces of everybody around the palace just managed to remind me of the tragedy going on in the pack. It was not like staying indoors helped much anyway, while I was inside, everything I could think of was Serafina. The images of her standing right outside the window of my room that night remained embedded in my mind and I could not help but wonder why and how she is so powerful.I had wanted to go with Asher in search of her but he had adamantly refused. I didn't bother pushing further because I knew he only wanted to keep me safe. If Serafina was that dangerous, then I should not be anywhere near her.But the more I thought about Serafina, the more I got curi
ELYSIA'S POVHis revelation stirred up panic inside me and caused my heart to sink, but I knew I shouldn't let him notice because he looked worried and worn out. I didn't want to add to his worries by appearing scared in front of him.I simply put my arms around his stiff body and caressed his shoulder with my palm."I believe all of these will end soon, we will figure out a solution to it in no time," I whispered to him even though I doubted my own words too.My words did not seem to pacify him because he kept sitting there limply, staring into space and not saying a word to me."You shouldn't have this on your body for too long." I finally added and helped him get to his feet."Are you hurt anywhere?" I managed to ask him as we walked to the room together.He shook his head. "It's just that everything is starting to get too overwhelming for me and I'm finding it difficult to handle." He complained.At that point, I began to wish I wasn't this week, I wished there was something I cou
ASHER'S POV"Fuck!" I exclaimed kicking the door after Elysia left and slammed it on my face after the argument. It was so hard to contain my anger for her and her stubbornness.Why was she finding it difficult to understand that I was concerned about her safety and that was why I was insistent on sending her away?Leaving behind the food she had kept on the table, I equally stormed out of the room without bothering to take my phone. I was too angry to eat it or even pay attention to anything.After I left the room, I decided to go to the training ground to clear my head. I met Nikolai there.Without saying a word to each other, we got into a long spar section, challenging each other's strength and agility.Nikolai had always been a good fighter, right from when we were kids, he had always been the only one in the pack who was able to challenge me just like he was doing now.His being my Beta all these years had made it easier for me to head the pack because I could trust him to take
ASHER'S POV"No way!" I said under my breath in a shaky voice.My heart throbbed harder with each thought I gave to the fact that Serafina probably had Elysia at the moment and she could be doing unimaginable things to her currently. Knowing who Serafina was, I didn't want to start imagining what she could do to her."Which way did they go?" I and Nikolai asked simultaneously, I could sense the same panic I had in Nikolai's shaky voice too."That way?" He pointed towards the exit of the palace.My head was already spinning from the shock and panic I felt at the thought of Elysia's disappearance. And the fact that I had an idea that she could be with Serafina, which meant that she could be in grave danger made my heart beat more and more.My heart beat like it was suddenly going to explode and I was finding it difficult to think straight. I felt all the veins in my body popping out.She had a problem with me, she should face me instead."We need to find her as soon as possible before S
ELYSIA'S POVAsher's eyes were wide open as he stared at the band on my wrist, I was equally taken aback because I didn't remember putting that wristband on.He began to panic and curse under his breath as he tugged at the band, but no matter how much he pulled, he did not succeed in getting it off."It won't come off." I heard him mutter under his breath, beads of sweat were starting to gather on his forehead.Nikolai also took his turn in trying to get the wristband off but it wouldn't come off no matter how much he tried."Shit." I heard Asher curse and kick angrily. "This is definitely Serafina's handwork."While we were still trying to get the band off, the doctor walked into the room with a stethoscope around his neck."She seems fine now," Asher whispered, "Is there any other test you would want to run on her? To ascertain if she is completely fine."The doctor walked closer and placed the stethoscope on my chest to listen to my heartbeat, then he asked if I was feeling any pai
ELYSIA'S POVAs soon as I was inside the cave, I started exploring the insides carefully even though I had no idea exactly what I was looking for.I had the chance to explore the part of the cave I didn't get the chance to check out the first time I had come into the cave because I had been too shocked and terrified by Aurora's death, and we had left in a hurry too.While exploring the cave and trying to find anything I could, I found a small bag on the ground, in an almost secluded corner of the cave. When I checked the bag, I found some writings and journals that I believed belonged to Finnegan. I thought they might be important even though I didn't know how yet so I decided to take them to Asher who was at the other side of the cave going through the rest of Aurora's items.He was surprised when he turned back and saw me in the cave."How did you get it?" He asked, hugging me."I found another entrance, and I'm sure not many people know about it," I told him, wondering how many peo
ELYSIA'S POVIt was getting scarier by the meeting even as I struggled hard to wake up, but I found myself unable to, no matter how much I tried.Serafina seemed to be enjoying the show and everything she was putting me through, she had a satisfied smile on her face as she taunted me with everything she could while I screamed out my lungs."How would you feel about suffocating to death in this very room? Or being burnt alive?" Serafina asked me with a toothy smile.Following her question, and before I could give an answer, the room began to grow smaller till it felt like I was in a tiny well. Only that, Serafina was floating above me, with her long dark hair flowing behind her and making her look like an ideal witch."Let go of me," I pleaded and tried to wake up again but all my effort was to no avail since I ended up feeling strained instead.I had always been scared of confined spaces, and I had no idea how Serafina managed to find out about that and was using it to taunt me.As th
ELYSIA'S POV"She was in my dream," I whispered to Asher, my voice shaky. My body trembled in his hands as I began to recount everything that happened in my dream."I was in this really dark room, she kept taunting me and scaring me, and I felt like she was doing it on purpose."I felt Asher's heartbeat increase and his muscles flex."But that's not the scariest of it," I said and leaned upwards to look into his eyes, then I brought up my wrist to have another look at the band. "She said this is the way she can easily get access to me, she said she can control me through this."Asher got furious and started pacing around the room with his fists clenched."That bitch!" He cursed under his breath."That's not all," I added as calmly as I could. "She repeated that she wanted to use me to pass a message to you, she asked me to tell you that she is coming back to finish what she started." I could feel even my own disarrayed heartbeat when I said the last words because I was scared out of m
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