CHAPTER NINETEEN ELARAI walked at a fast pace to where River stood. Luckily, he hadn't noticed Lisa yet. I stood by his side and held his hand, blocking the place Lisa was coming from intentionally. "You just disappeared?" I asked River in a low tone. The guard who was with him bowed and walked away. I and River was about to turn around and walk in the opposite direction when we heard someone call River. I rolled my eyes because it was Lisa. "Alpha River..."She walked up to us, shaking her boobs intentionally from the dress that exposed so much cleavage. I stared at the bouncing boobs as she approached us. She was doing all of it intentionally to get River's attention. I swallowed hard as I watched her. "You look really good today," she complimented. "And you are also doing a very good job as an alpha. "River smiled at Lisa. "Thank you so much," he replied.I held his hands even more tightly as we both turned around and began walking along the hallway. I was glad that River didn't
CHAPTER TWENTY ELARAIt's been a week since Harrison had told me about the great alpha. And, since then, it seemed as though I have been the one preparing for it the most. I also learnt from Harrison that a few activities like Pack Run, Pack feast, stage performance, and a few others would be done during the ceremony. As the Luna, I took it upon myself to train dancers for the upcoming event. We had been training seriously, and I wasn't joking with any of the preparations. I was seated on a bench in the training ground. Harrison was seated by my side. After he gave me lectures about the event, we became quite close. River was always so busy, but Harrison was always available to keep me company, so I didn't usually feel all alone. I was grateful for his presence and his support. At least, I had someone by my side while River was away. We watched the dancers as they replayed what I had displayed for them earlier. Plus, there was a large projector in front of them. It also helped us wi
CHAPTER TWENTY ONEELARA"I can't wait for this stuff to be done and dusted tomorrow, " I said to Harry. I called him that now because the festival had brought us a bit close to each other, and it was more informal to address him as that. "It's been a huge stress since the day one of planning for this festival," Harry replied. I agreed with him, with a nod of the head. We had bot overheaded the whole stuff and the organising of facilities required. It was the eve of the festival, we were almost done with all we needed to do, so we decided to drink to our success. "We deserve this treat, Harry," I told him. "After all the stress, a few bottles of wine wouldn't be bad at all."Harry nodded. He picked up the fourth bottle and opened it. He turned a few contents into his cup. "Do you want some more?" He asked me. I nodded in affirmation. "Yes, please," I backed it up. Harry poured in some content from the wine into my cup. I sighed as I picked up my glass and began to drink from it. "T
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO ELLA Once the guard left us in front of the pack's bar, I and Lisa began to wipe our hands off. "Argh!" Lisa groaned, growing her claws as her eyes turned yellow. "Calm down," I told her. "It wasn't like you did anything to help in there." She rolled her eyes and folded her arm under her breast. I gritted my teeth and tilted my head backwards as a smirk appeared on my face. I couldn't believe that thing had the effrontery to behave in that manner. She ordered me out of the bar in my pack house. "Elara would pay dearly for this," I said, in a tone that was barely above a whisper. "How dare a commoner who has no background ask the guards to lay their filthy hands on me?" Lisa nagged. "We have to think of a plan first," I said to her. "Let's get back to the room." I and Lisa walked back to my room. All my life, I had never been so disrespected. I had to do everything within my power to make sure that I didn't burst out of anger. I was
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREEELARAI stood outside the door and decided to listen to them. I wanted to know what was going on between the two. "What is your wolf like?" She asked, her voice lifted. "I am curious to know.""If you are interested in knowing," River began in a cold tone. "Then, you shouldn't be asking so casually. It's something you would love to see. You know, they say seeing is better than explaining. What you see is better than what was told to you."I heard Lisa giggle. She sounded really excited when she spoke with him. The sound of her voice and the way she giggled at every second was evident that she was really excited. "When were you crowned the alpha of the red breeder pack?" She asked. "When I turned eighteen. I became fully in power when I became twenty.""Wow!" She exclaimed and chuckled. ""What does it feel like to be an alpha? Especially since you are not married yet," she said, pretending to be sad. There was a moment of awkward silence between the both of t
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOURLISAI and Ella rushed into her room, panting really hard. Ella shut the door and leaned on it immediately after she got in. I heard her heave a deep sigh of relief. I also breathed heavily, for it was a narrow escape for us. "Who the fuck was that?" Ella asked me. "Well, I don't know either," I replied and wiped my face. Ella leaned off the door and walked towards me. "That was so close," I said. "Someone would have seen us. And whoever it wouldn't keep his or her mouth shut."Ella kissed her teeth and shook her head. "I only decided to run because you did. If not, I would make sure the person isn't able to say what he saw."Ella walked to the bed and sat there. I sat down beside her, and the two of us stayed there for a while, sitting quietly and staring into space. I felt awkward. I wondered if she would still want me to marry her brother, knowing I'm sleeping with someone else. I didn't like the oddness in the room, and I didn't want to leave without clea
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVEELARAI lay in my bed and closed my eyes, but I couldn't. This time around, it wasn't the moans. I faced River's bed and kept staring at it. I could feel his absence deeply. It was like I was placed alone in the open field to chase a ball, and I was playing against myself without the spectators. I kept turning around the bed until I finally fell asleep. It was almost morning when I suddenly jerked up from the bed. I had another nightmare. It was the same nightmare I'd been having, and I thought it had all gone away. The nightmare was back. I kept seeing Constance with that smirk on her face. My ex-husband, the look on his face when he dropped me in the water. All the things Constance, who was supposed to be my best friend, had said to me before they finally killed me. It was shocking that Constance wasn't just my friend but my sister, and instead of this revelation to draw us closer. It instead tore us apart. I folded my fist in a blow and began panting reall
CHAPTER TWENTY SIXLISAWhen it was morning, I dressed in the finest and most sexy attire I had. Ella's makeup artiste soon arrived in the room to make me up. When she was done with my makeup, I quickly dialled Darren's number. I had entirely forgotten about the business we had. He kept declining my calls, and I was getting worried. When I stepped out of the room, I saw Ella walking towards my room. I walked up to her and hugged her. When we disengaged from the hug, she pulled away from me slowly and frowned her face at me. "What is the matter, Lisa?" She asked me. "Why the fuck is your face like that on a happy day like this?"I shook my head slowly and pressed my phone screen as I stared at it, to see if Darren would call or text,but there was nothing. Ella collected my phone and refreshed my apps. She opened the phone book, which was the last place I pressed."Darren?" She asked. "Who is he, and what do you want from him?"I had called Darren up to seven times only this morning