-Asher-The ride back to the pack was filled with questions and worries. I was fuming with anger as well, for so many things and I could not wait to get an answer to all my questions.The seer had said the curse was not broken. Even though I had acted tough, I had been shaken by that realization and I hoped earnestly that it was true. If the curse was truly not broken, I would lose a lot of things. I would lose the respect and reverence of my people, I would lose relevance. I had struggled for years to make sure my place as the alpha of the pack was redeemed, only for that man to tell me everything had been a sham.“Maybe you should have been a little patient alpha,” Derick said behind me while we walked back to the palace together and I slowed my pace to listen to him. “I can see you are conflicted within and have many questions you need answers to which the seer would have provided. But you had been hasty in taking his life.”“You do not understand Derick,” I said with a sigh. “I wa
-Asher-“Oh so now you are ready to talk,” I raised a brow at her and she swallowed visibly. There were beads of sweat on her forehead. It was already obvious that what I had feared was true.“Yes, indeed, I am not pregnant,” she finally said and my hands fell weakly beside me. It was not like I had not expected it, I had thought of the worst but hearing her say it, a confirmation of the reality I was in, was almost too much to bear. So the seer was right after all.“Why…?” was the only word that could come out of my lips.“I am so sorry but I did it too for us. I did it for your prestige.”I glared at her.“Can you listen to yourself, Crystal?” I shook my head at her. “You did it for my prestige? So what were you going to do when it was time for you to deliver? What would we present to the people since no baby is growing in you?”“It does not matter,” she said. “We can tell them anything and they would believe. You did say the curse had been broken, so to make full proof of it, I sai
-Prisca-I was enjoying Jasmine’s company more than ever before and she was doing better than the last few weeks. We discussed a whole lot of things and did everything together just like in the good old days and I was so happy about it.“The ball is getting closer and closer by the second,” I told her excitedly and she rolled her eyes at me.“For goodness sake Prisca, this is the third time you are telling me this. I wondered why you are this excited when you do not even have a date,” she said and I frowned at her.“Hey, that is not a nice thing to say to me.”“I am sorry,” she laughed and made to put a hand on me but I brushed her away. I was really upset with her. “Oh come on, don’t be so mad, I said I was sorry.”“I do not appreciate that you say such a thing to me, Jasmine,” I told her. “I have been complaining about this to you before now and you think it is fun to mock me and laugh it off at my face for not having a man by this age.”“Geez, Prisca…do you take it this seriously?
-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