BETH’S POVI was still haunted with each passing day by the fact that I had left Natalia to leave the pack on her own. She was pregnant and also mourning the loss of her mates, I was supposed to be close to her each day to help her with the healing but like the selfish bitch I was, I retreated just because I found my mate.Then again, on the other hand, I have been seeking my mate for years, attending every mating ceremony with the thought that perhaps I would find him but each time I didn’t, my heart shattered into even more smaller pieces.And then out of nowhere, on an important day to which I was supposed to have been by Natalia’s side all the way until she was saved, if not for anything then at least for the pregnancy she was carrying, then my mate chose that particular day of all days to make his present known. I tried to ignore the feeling, pretending I felt nothing just like he did but the goddess knows I couldn't. No matter how much I tried, I just couldn't resist the mate b
NATALIA’S POV“What the……” Beth struggled to get words out of her mouth as I stood in front of her. “Na….Natalia…..wh…at on earth a…are yo…you…doing here?” She stammered all the way as she tried to make a complete decipherable sentence. “Why do you even…..I mean how did you…..goddess, are you alright?” She didn’t even wait for my response to the first question and bombarded me with others.“Beth calm down” I stretched my hand forward instinctively as if that would help her calm her horses. She really needed to calm down cause I have already risked coming in here, I can’t risk someone else seeing me.“Okay” She nodded vigorously as if realising that was what she was supposed to do but I could see it in her eyes that she had so many questions to ask and she proved me right immediately after.“What? But you need to tell me where you are coming from. No I mean you need to tell me why on earth you came back here when that was not part of the plan. Do you have any idea that hundreds of for
NATALIA’S POVBeth gazed at me for the longest time, probably trying to weigh how much I meant to her to the risky act I was trying to put her through. I honestly hated the idea myself but there was no other way around this. There was nothing I could do myself and she was the only friend I have around here, who I was sure could help.This is like asking a lot from someone who is just a servant especially seeing as the leaders are newly installed and I heard from multiple sources, how sour they are with ruling“Why on earth will you want me to do that?” She glared at me for the umpteenth time tonight.“Beth” I held her two hands into mine. “This is probably too much to ask but please, I need that information. There are lots of hidden agendas and for my own peace of mind, I need to figure everything out” I pleaded but she slipped her hands out of mine.“Don’t tell me you are thinking of taking revenge for the Alphas in your condition?” Her eyes fell on my stomach and instinctively, I wr
MICHEAL’S POVI glared at Steve openly as I held onto a book with my hand, I seem to be doing that a lot lately. The glaring at Steve and not the holding of the book was because he had been coming into my study every day just to pass on useless information. I told him precisely to do away with coming to me when he doesn’t find the girl but he didn’t listen as he was back the next day, claiming they had reached a dead end in their search, he was really crossing too much into line with me and I am going to deal with him in coming days.Like every day, he came in here today with the same news and when I attempted to bring up the matter I had, he would immediately try to put it down. I heard from reliable sources that she had a friend, a very close friend at that and I intended to get a hold of that friend and see what I could get out of her because definitely, she had to know something that would lead us to that bitch since all our attempt had turned out to be in vain.But each time I t
BETH’S POVWhen Natalia came in to meet me about the plan she had and the request she asked of me, I was a little hesitant, not because I didn’t want to help her, heck I would help her in every way I could. But because I don’t want her lurking around just to feed her curiosity. Her coming into this palace once was enough risk to take but I realized that if I had to be reporting what I found back to her, then she equally needed to be coming here once in a while which was exactly what I didn’t want.After she left, I had sat down and tried to come up with a way to get close enough to the new leaders just to fish something out of them, not necessarily out of them but maybe out of their actions and lifestyles. I was nothing but a maid, the most lowest in rank at that and it would probably be very hard to get myself close enough to them without coming off as a stalker but I vowed to figure it out considering I already promised Natalia that I would.But destiny they say is very unpredictab
STEVE'S POVI have my sole reason as to why I had been ignoring her since day one. I knew Micheal like the back of my hand and the reason why he still had me by his side was the fact that I was skilled and experienced and that was only able to happen because I had no mate to distract me but the moment he realized I have one, he will either try to get her out of the picture or get us all out of it. Women, as he would always say "are not worth our loyalty" So I figured out that for her own sake and mine, it would be better if I just acted like she wasn't there. It hurt, more than I could comprehend sometimes but each time I felt the pain taking over me, urging me to get close to her, I reminded myself right away what could be done to her if he found out and that alone, was enough to motivate me to stay away.The first time I saw her, I was well..astonishingly surprised and even though I had no intention of speaking to her from the beginning, it takes so much willpower to do so. And if
BETH'S POVLife can be quite comical if you ask me. Only a few weeks ago, I had been on an attempt to run away and escape the palace but I decided against it because I found my mate, only to be in the same condition again, with almost the same purpose."Why will you do this? Isn't it going to cost you your job or life?" I asked Steve, a bitter taste surging from my throat at the thought of him getting caught for this. This is practically treason and we all know how someone who commits treason against a pack is treated."No, not If I can get you out of here indicated" He replied, keeping a plate filled with cooked rice. "Eat up in a hurry and let's leave" He added. "Are you coming with me?" My voice was filled with so much vulnerability and I hated that he recognized it right away. This was the first time we were actually speaking directly to each other and what I should be doing was cherishing the moment and not getting all emotional."No...." He swallowed hard. "No you know I can't.
BETH'S POV"You still haven't told me why you ignored me, why you caused me so much pain" I murmured, determined to get to the end of this all. I have felt the need to ask him this same question multiple times but he never even acknowledged my presence not to talk or listening to what I was going to utter."The moment I let him find out that you are my mate, he is going to try and exterminate you and if I step in, in any way to protect you, I should also consider myself dead meat. For this single reason, I tried to stay away just to protect you" Steve still held my hand in his as he spoke."What? What sort of sick psychopath will do that? Doesn't he have a mate? Or what to find one someday?" I asked because I was genuinely curious. I have always grown to know that what a villain and a hero have in common is the unbeatable love for their mate, and then here is a strange villain, who doesn't even value the concept of mate."He killed his own mate a few days after finding her. He claimed