I woke up to the bright lights seeping in from the open window shining on my face, my eyes fluttered open and I found out it was way past my waking up time.I lay still on the bed, still covered in the sheets. But then I noticed something unusual in my room. I had been close to the Alpha long enough to know what his scent was like, and it was all over my room and my bed, I also noticed I had one of his shirts on. That made my heart flutter a bit and caused an overwhelming feeling.My eyes searched the room unconsciously to ensure I was in my room and not in his. I equally searched my brain to recall what must have happened between us the previous night.I remembered I had fallen asleep on the terrace and then…Just then, the bathroom door opened and all the answers to my question came staring at me in the face as soon as the Alpha stepped out of the bathroom, bare-chested. But that in turn gave room for more questions as I sat up on the bed, I were still glued to his torsoHe caught m
I remained in my room and hid under the sheet even after the Alpha left until the light shone on my face the next morning to indicate the break of day.The anger I felt towards the Alpha the previous night still lingered in my mind the next morning, it made me grudgingly stay back in my room for several hours.When I finally left my room, the palace was already bustling with activities. But then I noticed something about the maids as soon as I stepped out even though it was quite usual for me to see the maids huddled together like that most times of the day, this time around, it looked like they were talking about a more prominent event that took place over the course of the morning. And with the way they all stopped and peered at me when I appeared in the hallway, they seemed to be talking about me again.Did something happen while I was asleep?I walked further down the hallway, finding my way to the kitchen. The maids I walked past as I went to the kitchen equally had sneers on the
ASHER'S POV:I could not shake off the bad feelings I had been having all evening, and I was feeling a bit reluctant to let Alana and Mitchelle go yet.I instantly turned back when I heard Nikolai's voice scream out, the bad feelings intensified and I thought someone could be in danger.My my eyes widened and my heart stopped when I saw Elysia collapse in Nikola's arms."Elysia." I heard myself scream before I could realize it.It was as if time stopped and everything came to a standstill as I ran towards them."What happened to her?" I enquired, my eyes boring holes into Nikolai who looked equally terrified."I have no idea, she just...." Beads of sweat had started to drop from his forehead, and his eyes wide open as they darted from me to Elysia who had gone limp in his hands.I snatched her from his hands in a jiffy and ran to the pack's hospital in an overwhelming speed."Have a look at her quickly." I dished out instructions to the doctors who came running to me as I brought her
ELYSIA'S POVThe doctor came in the next morning to tell me that I was free to leave the hospital since I was already feeling better.The doctor was giving me instructions on things to do for the next few days after leaving the hospital when the Alpha showed up in front of the door.I raised my brows when I looked at him."How are you feeling?" He asked when he came over to my bedside."I thought you've gone," I said in a whisper."Is that the answer to my question?" He asked as he tried to feel my temperature by touching the back of my neck. "When asked a question, you should give the answer to the question."I felt overwhelmed by his show of concern, and I was finding it difficult to believe he was actually being that way towards me."We should go." He said in a soft voice that didn't sound like his usual cheeky or nonchalant self. I repeatedly shrugged my shoulders.He had his hand around my shoulders as we walked back to the palace.By the time we arrived at the palace, two guards
ELYSIA:The rays of the sun shone brightly on my face, and the feelings of ecstasy did not seem to evade me, as every passing moment came with a new burst of pleasure and sweetness.The sweet smell of the morning flowers filled my nose and forced me to inhale deeply. I didn't want the feelings to end anytime soon, I was ready to hold onto it for as long as possible, but my eyes fluttered open prematurely and I squinted my eyes to shed them from the sun which seeped in from the drawn back window curtains.I rubbed my eyes as I looked around the room, and then my eyes moved to the wall clock.It was already late into the morning and the sun was starting to rise.I did not fail to pay attention to the sweet smell the flowers in the garden behind my window brought into my room, at the same time, I did not fail to notice the slightly discomforting headache I felt that morning.I lifted my hand to run my index finger against my forehead, and let out a little wince before lifting myself off
ASHER'S POV:I had no idea if it was the awkwardness from the previous day or not, I just found that I was unable to face her the next day. My whole being wanted to avoid and not make any contact with her all through the day so I stayed back in my room.After spending several hours of the day in my room, I decided I was feeling uncomfortable and a bit suffocated staying in one place for too long, so I decided to go out to the terrace and receive some air, while actively hoping that it would not be one of the days Elysia would suddenly show up here for whatever reason.Even though I was trying to avoid her, I had been thinking about her all day, and I exactly had no idea why. Perhaps I missed her.My thoughts were interrupted when I heard footsteps behind me, I didn't need to look back to know who it was since I could recognize Nikolai's footsteps even in the middle of the night. His shoulder slightly brushed mine as he came to stand beside me, and I felt he did that on purpose.We bot
"You are pregnant." The Alpha said in a plain voice, I could tell he was struggling to contain his excitement.The atmosphere was tensed for the next moments that followed after the Alpha's disturbing announcement, was he being serious?I lifted my chin as my eyes darted around, hoping the Alpha could be up to one of his mischieves again. Because I could not imagine myself actually being pregnant with his child, there was no way I would let him win.My eyes landed on the piece of paper in his hand an I snatched it from him.My heart was beating fast as I read through the paper thoroughly. I could not believe what I was seeing. Was this some kind of prank or something?I looked up at the Alpha's face, but he did not look like he was being mischievous, my eyes darted to the doctor who was standing by the corner and I rushed to him."This is a lie right? This is not real right?" I asked dragging him by the arm. "Tell me you have made a mistake with all of these."My eyes was starting to
ELYSIA'S POVThe morning of the ceremony came quickly and brought with it a thick cloud of uncertainty.I had woken up early but had stayed back on my bed and tried to think about what the rest of the day could hold for me, I could not stop rubbing my belly at the same time which had been a common practice for me ever since I got to know about my pregnancy. It was still difficult for me to believe that I had actually gotten pregnant with the Alpha's child.Ever since the discovery of my pregnancy, I had spent the better part of every day locked up in my room, I didn't do more than sleeping and waking up. The Alpha didn't show up in my room either but kept sending maids over to my room with food and treats which I barely touched.Soon, I heard a soft knock on my door."Come in," I said solemnly, without caring who it was at the door.My eyes watched the door in curiosity as the door handle twisted and turned and the door was pushed forward unsuccessfully. That was when it occurred to 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