ASHER'S POVI had been sitting in my office for the past few hours since I woke up but I could hardly even bring myself to concentrate on my work even though there was quite a whole load of work to do.It was almost impossible to bring myself to stop thinking about Elysia, to thoughts of how occupied my mind and clouded my reasoning that it became impossible for me to think of anything other than her.But there was a slight clench inu chest when I thought of her, especially when I remembered what I said about her when Nikolai accused me of liking her. I had called her an omega and I strongly regretted it. I regretted it the very instant I said it, but as a result of my pride and because I didn't want Nikolai to see me as a weak person, I was unable to take it back. I had also spent the whole of that day and the next days avoiding going in contact with her. I was well aware that it was guilty consuming me, and I knew I would have to deal with it eventually whether I liked it or not.I
ELYSIA'S POVThere was a glint in the Alpha's eyes as he commanded his men to take me and keep me hostage so I could be used against Alpha Asher. He looked like he could not believe his luck, like a hunter whose prey managed to find its way into his territory without any ado."Lock her up," he commanded.I shuddered as two guards came over to my side and tried to grab hold of me.My heart was beating fast, but I also knew I couldn't let them take me that easily. Just when they attempted to get hold of me, adrenaline kicked in and I shifted into my wolf form and tried to get away from them.Just as I expected, the men gave me a very hot chase and it did not take long before the two men surrounded me.I heard the Alpha give out a loud cackle which sounded like he was mocking my failed attempt at getting away from his men.Although I was surrounded and clearly outnumbered, I still refused to give up, instead, I took the two men in a fierce fight.They must have been the least strongest o
ELYSIA'S POVI was still fuming at the guard as he walked in, but this time around he didn't come in alone, he came in the company of the other guards who must have been waiting outside."I'm going to teach you a very bitter lesson." The guard said as soon as they walked in. One of them walked over to stand behind me and held me down while the other one charged towards me and started kicking me repeatedly on several parts of my body, especially my stomach.I winced and wriggled with every pain his kick inflicted on me, but there was nothing I could do to fight back because of the chains which were used to hold me down.The pain became so unbearable but he wouldn't, still, he wouldn't stop, he kept dealing me more kicks, and each kick came with a stronger impact and more excruciating pain that the last till I couldn't take it anymore and passed out.It was total darkness and complete numbness for me for the next few moments that passed.My eyelids were heavy when I finally forced them
ASHER'S POV:I charged towards the rogues, fearing that they must have found Elysia and hurt her. They must have recognized me and tried to run, but I outran them and got hold of their leader.I held him by the neck and pushed him roughly against a tree."Where is she?" I asked straight up."Where is who?" He asked looking at me confused."Where is Elysia?" I asked impatiently and pushed against him harder. The other rogues had gathered around because apparently they could not leave without their leader, but they were too scared to launch an attack."I do not have the time to play games with you, where is the she-wolf you ran into here? What have you done to her?"The man whom I held onto suddenly raised his brows and it seemed like realization just hit him."We didn't touch her, I swear to you we didn't harm her." He pleaded with me but I didn't let go of his neck."He is saying the truth." The other rogues immediately agreed. "We did see her, and we chased her but we didn't touch he
ELYSIA'S POV:My eyelids were heavy and they hurt badly as I tried to force them open, and with the way the light shone on my eyes, I thought I had died and was in heaven already.I felt as if I was floating in an endless layer of cloud, the only thing managed to keep me in touch with reality is the pain and heaviness I felt all over my body and my eyes. I managed to probe my eyes open, and all were saw were cloudy blurry images all over the room I was in. I managed to life my right hand and rubbed my eyes slightly with it, and the mists covering my eyes started to disperse slowly. It finally came to my awareness that I was not in heaven as I had thought, I was lying on a soft bed which didn't feel like my bed, neither did it feel like the hard floor in Alpha Jace's dungeon where I was tied with chains.My breath hitched when the cloud like substance covering my face fully dispersed and I saw an image which immediately caused all the memories of everything that happened recently to fl
ELYSIA'S POVMy eyelids were heavy and they hurt badly as I tried to force them open, and with the way the light shone on my eyes, I thought I had died and was in heaven already.I felt as if I was floating in an endless layer of cloud, the only thing managed to keep me in touch with reality is the pain and heaviness I felt all over my body and my eyes. I managed to probe my eyes open, and all were saw were cloudy blurry images all over the room I was in. I managed to life my right hand and rubbed my eyes slightly with it, and the mists covering my eyes started to disperse slowly. It finally came to my awareness that I was not in heaven as I had thought, I was lying on a soft bed which didn't feel like my bed, neither did it feel like the hard floor in Alpha Jace's dungeon where I was tied with chains.My breath hitched when the cloud like substance covering my face fully dispersed and I saw an image which immediately caused all the memories of everything that happened recently to flo
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 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