-Adonai-I looked down from my window at the view of the pack below. It was a bright morning and the sun cast down beautifully on the houses. I could see the people going about their activities. I loved to look at the pack from here. It was a symbol of my strength and leadership as the alpha of my pack.My eyes caught Jasmine and her friend in the courtyard of the empire. There was something about this lady that always got me and I have been thinking of late, if I should overlook all she had done before now and take her back as wife.I knew it would be a breach of my pronouncement but then, it was still worth it. I needed a lady by my side and she seemed just perfect for me. She was intelligent and conversation with her flowed smoothly. I needed someone like that, someone I could talk to.It was not because I had any feelings for her, I assured myself. I did not love her. I need to fulfill a duty to myself and my people by making her my Luna.I had decided to speak to Dante about it.
-Aria-I stood in front of the mirror and adjusted the gold necklace on my neck.“Wow,” Prisca gasped behind me. “You looked so breathtaking.”“Thank you,” I smiled and looked at her through the mirror. “You are not looking bad yourself.”She was wearing one of my clothes, or rather, Jasmine's clothes and it fitted her so well.We were preparing for the family dinner Ariel had spoken about. I did not want to go, but Ms. Ellen insisted I should be there since she threw the party for us.I was thinking about being there with Adonai and Dante. The two brothers were inevitable parts of my life which I could not do away with. Then there was Ariel too. Gosh, it was a gathering I did not want to be a part of.“What are you thinking about?” Prisca had noticed the lost look on my face. She had been talking to me but I was not listening.“Nothing,” I said and she sighed.“Are you worried about having to eat at the same table with two brothers your heart has been conflicted about?” she asked as
-Adonai-I struggled hard at the dinner to concentrate on my food and not on Jasmine. But it seemed much easier at her end to be herself for she ignored me, acting like there I wasn’t there while she ate and laughed with so much carefreeness, talking with her friend, Prisca.I did not mind that she was happy, but I did not like that she was not being that jovial with me. I wondered why she was acting that way. Perhaps, she was doing it intentionally to get at me for something and I must say, she is a very good actress.I could not get over how beautiful and bright she looked, and I had to carefully hide my smile while watching her from the corners of my eyes so the other people in the room would not notice.Fuck, we were here as a couple. I mean, she is the main reason I had not declined to join the party. So why do I have to hold back from speaking to her? But I did not want to start the conversation either. Why don’t she just look in my direction and say something? I would take it f
-Adonai-Jasmine kept murmuring gibberish in my arms while I carried her in my arms. I looked ahead so I would not be distracted from her pretty cute face until she pinched me hard and I stopped in my tracks to look at her.“What did you do that for?” I asked with a slight frown on my face. Forgetting for a moment, that she was drunk.“Why are you touching my sacred butts,” she said defiantly in a very funny way and I could not help but let out a chortle.“Your sacred what?”“My sacred butts,” she repeated grudgingly. “Don’t you dare touch them.”“Your butts are not sacred to me Jasmine,” I grinned down at her. “They belong to me and I can do whatever I want with them.”“No you don’t,” she frowned and began to wriggle in my arms.“Hey! Stay still, will you? You are going to fall,” I warned.“Get your hands off my butts,” she shot back fiercely.“Okay fine, but we need to get you to the room first. You can’t even walk on your own.”I shook my head, disappointed at the condition I found
-Ariel-Shit!That was close. I was so close to having her until Adonai saved her. I almost had a panic attack when he took the drink from her and made to drink it.That would be a grave act and a course we would suffer for if anything had happened to the alpha. I knew I must have acted silly at the table but I was glad no one was suspicious. I had to take the drink from him quickly.I hissed inwardly. Why had he decided to take the drink that was not meant for him? And it seems the rumors were true, Adonai and Jasmine must definitely have something going on between the two of them. Why was he so concerned about what she would drink that he took it from her? The Adonai I knew would not look in her direction. Hell, he wouldn’t have even come to the dinner to be with her as a couple because she was only but a mistress, not a wife, and was not worth that time. But not only had he shown up, but prevented her death as well.If there were anyone who would have done that, it would have been
-Aria-I opened my eyes slowly. They felt heavy and I closed them back again. The fresh scent of hot tea hit my nose and I opened my eyes again. I looked around, trying to think of where I was. The surroundings looked familiar but this was not my room. How did I even get in here in the first place? Why am I not in my room? I tried to recollect the events of the previous events and I winced from the sharp pain I felt in my head.I heard a door creak and, the owner of the room I was in, walked in. I sat up on the bed as he approached me.“I bet you slept well but did not wake up well,” he said with a grin while I tried to remember how I had ended up in his room and on his bed. But my brain was busy accessing the handsome face of the man who stood before me instead of doing the normal task of thinking.I would have hit my head in a bit to get my brain to think well, but it was banging heavily and I had to rest it back on the pillow.“What am I doing here?” I muttered more to myself but h
-Aria-“Who is Aria?” I repeated, too shocked and short of words to think of any other thing to say.“I don’t know, you should tell me,” he said with a shrug and I felt my body go numb. How and where did Adonai know that I was Aria? Oh my goodness…Does it mean my secret had been blown out?I am so done for. I quickly looked up to see him watching me intently. I needed to see the accusation on his face, just to be sure, but I was not sure what that expression was on his face.Okay, Aria, calm down, I told myself. It is not that easy for him to know that I am not Jasmine so I need to stay calm and know how he had known my name and why he had asked.I ceased my brow in a puzzled expression to look like I had no idea what he was talking about.“I don’t understand,” I said shaking my head. “Why are you asking me who Aria is?”“Well you told me yesterday that your name was Aria,” he said and I almost popped my eyes out.“I told you that?”“Yes, you did, and told me something about having a
-Prisca-The morning was almost over and Jasmine was still nowhere to be found. Adonai had taken her to his room yesterday instead of bringing her here but I was in no position to question that. After all, she was his mistress.But I was her best friend and he deprived me of her. I had to sleep all by myself in her room. I was sure she felt much better this morning so why had she decided to remain in his room? I crossed my legs comfortably on the large bed and had a large bite of the bread I was eating. I had the room all to myself so I could do whatever I wanted.The dinner last night might have ended uneventfully but I had observed certain things I had to myself to ponder on.Dante and Jasmine had acted as if they were total strangers. I had not thought of how serious Jasmine was when she said she was ending the relationship, well not until at the dinner. However, Dante had addressed his glares to me and they had not come unnoticed by Ariel. Jasmine might not have noticed, but I wou