CHAPTER FIFTYSomewhere in the woods, just some meters away from the palace. In a secluded and sacred corner. That was where the sorceress, Aurora's cave was located.Aurora was a quite petite woman, with a very small frame. From her shoulder-length hair which had almost turned completely grey and the slightly wrinkled skin around her eyes, one could tell that age was already closing in on her. But her hair and her cracked voice were the only evidence of her age since she seemed quite agile and vibrant. She walked straight too, only that she occasionally needed her stool to help with her occasional back pain.Aurora was in her cave going through her normal daily ritual of going through some crystals to check for any impending danger being targeted at the pack.For a long time in the pack, Aurora's divination had gone a long way in saving the pack from some severe situations since she saw them on time in her crystal and suggested ways to avert them.She looked around because she needed
ELYSIA'S POVMy heart was beating fast as I looked up at the Alpha who was looking down at the body with tightened fists and pulsed lips.The sight of the dead body terrified me to the point that I had to snuggle close to the Alpha. I could not help but wonder who must have brutally murdered the sorceress. Could it be Finnegan?Well, the answer was certain since he was nowhere to be found around the cave."Let's go." The Alpha said under his breath and took my hand after searching inside the cave and around the woods and he didn't find Finnegan anywhere.A sharp pain cut across my abdomen as I tried to keep up with the Alpha's pace because he was holding my hand but I did well to mask it.The Alpha was breathing hard by the time we arrived at the palace, but not out of tiredness, the way his muscles flexed when he spoke conveyed the amount of anger burning inside his heart.I stood back with shaky legs and watched as he ordered his men to go into the woods and search for him."Make su
ELYSIA'S POV"I'm just going to the kitchen for some water." I turned to Lucius when he started following me the moment I stepped out of my room to go get water in the kitchen.I looked at him for a while hoping he would get the clue and step back but he didn't, neither did he say a word or act in a way to acknowledge that he heard me.When I didn't get a response after a while, I let out a deep sigh and kept going while being consciously aware that Lucius was walking behind me. The thought of that made me extremely uncomfortable but there was nothing I could do about it.I had woken up to the Alpha gone from my room but I didn't think much about it because I believed he had some other things to do regarding the pack, since there seemed to be a moment of unrest in the pack.I eventually decided to go to the kitchen for some water when I felt thirsty, only to be followed around by Lucius who refused to give me any breathing space.A maid walked up to my room later in the morning to inf
ASHER'S POVMy fists clenched and I swallowed hard, I was panic-stricken by Nikolai's revelation but I decided to play cool for the sake of Elysia in order not to scare her."I will be right back," I said to Nikolai and took Elysia's hand."We have to get you inside," I said to Elysia who was already looking back at me with panic-ridden eyes."What is going on?" She asked and I squeezed her hand in mine."Nothing that you should be worried about," I said sharply without glancing at her."Then why am I being forced inside?" She tried to protest."Because it's safer for you to be inside Elysia." I insisted and pulled her along even though she kept protesting that she wanted to stay."Stay here okay?" I said to her as I forcefully tucked her into bed. "I will be right back before you know it. You can talk to Lucius if you need anything, he is just outside your door."I leaned in to kiss her forehead.She finally let me go, even though she didn't look convinced enough, but there was nothi
ELYSIA'S POVTime was ticking quickly, and I was equally running out of patience with the same proportion as I sat on my bed waiting up from the Alpha with my eyes glued to the clock. It's been moments since left the room to go for a walk, I could not help but wonder what was taking him so long to get back.Or was he back already and was having a meeting with Nikolai and the elders?I decided to wait for him for a while longer, and when he didn't show up after a while, I decided to go out and look for him.At the same instant I set out of my room, I was immediately reminded of Lucius whose presence I had been forced to accept no matter how uncomfortable it was for me. I didn't try to argue with the Alpha about it again because no matter how I felt about it, the truth was that he just wanted me to be safe.As usual, he followed right behind me as I set out to go look for the Alpha without saying a word to me, now even a word to ask where I was going, he just followed like a robot.I p
ELYSIA'S POVEveryone around the vicinity including myself came to a standstill as soon as the Alpha walked in with the woman and we all had our eyes focused on them with our mouths wide open.The woman was awkwardly dressed with a lanky figure, her long, almost waist-length hair formed a nest on her head and hung over her shoulder and engulfed her oval-shaped face. One could easily tell that she had not brushed her hair for quite a while. Her eyebrows were thick and bushy, and her lips dried and chapped.She was barefooted and staggered as the Alpha pushed her forward. The chains she was held with clattered with each step she took, and I could not help but wonder who she was.My mouth was wide open as I observed the woman being pushed forward by the Alpha.The awkward air which rose around the premises following the Alpha's entrance was not hard to notice because we all stood upright to watch.My eyes moved to Nikolai who was standing right behind me with panic-stricken eyes. Apart f
ELYSIAThe night seemed long and unending, especially since the Alpha left moments after our conversation and was not yet back. Although he didn't make any promises to come back I expected him back. I thought he must have been in a hurry to leave that he didn't remember to tell me he was coming back.I knew he was with Serafina, and even though I knew the only reason he was there was to get answers from her and probably torture her, I could but help the constriction in my heart at the thought of him being close to another woman.I waited in my room as time went by and it got darker, and he was still not back. It was already almost the middle of the night and I was starting to doubt that he was going to come back so I decided to go to bed.It was hard for me to fall asleep because my mind kept wandering from place to place as I lay awake in bed there, either staring at the ceiling or tossing around on the bed till my eyelids eventually became heavy.I was just About falling asleep when
ELYSIA'S POVI hid behind a pillar and watched the guard who was in charge of watching Serafina's cell.He was pacing around the cell and trying to make sure no one trespassed.I stood there for a while studying him and waiting for when it would be most convenient to sneak in.I was glad I didn't have to wait for too long, because after a while, he slowly walked out, probably to urinate.The moment he was out of sight, I tip-toed and hurriedly entered the cell. My heart was beating fast as I walked in and saw Serafina sitting on the ground in the cell.She was bound in chains, even while being locked up in a cell. Her head was bowed and all her hair ominously swept forward to cover her face.She slowly lifted her head the moment she felt another presence in the cell.I paused in front of the door and gulped my saliva the moment she lifted her head. My heart beat so fast that I was scared it was going to burst out of my chest.There was something eerie about her and the way she looked,
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