-Aria-I woke up with a yawn and stretched on the bed. I did not know when I fell asleep yesterday and I wondered how I had slept for that long throughout the night.Well, it was a beautiful morning to be Jasmine yet again. I stood up from the bed feeling tired. It was just like the feeling you get, getting tired from sleeping for too long. It was a scam, I shook my head as I walked straight to the bedroom to freshen up.I washed my face and dragged a towel from the hanger on the wall. I walked back to the room cleaning my face when I noticed a shadow on the wall. Was there a ghost in my room or something? I cleaned my eyes again to be sure I was seeing well. There was no ghost, but someone was standing in the middle of my room like a ghost.“What the…” I exclaimed, jumping a bit. “Who the hell are you and what are you doing in my room?”“I am sorry my lady,” the lady bowed a little. “I am a maid here and I have come to call you out for breakfast with the alpha.”I looked her up and d
-Adonai-After Dante left my room I resumed my focus on the spread. His presence had been an unwelcome distraction. I had ordered the guards not to let anyone in whenever I was at my study but the law was limited to Dante of course and only because he was my brother.And he had come here to speak to me about, I paused trying to recollect my thoughts. He spoke about the alliance with Laban’s pack and then Jasmine.All those were matters that did not concern him. With matters concerning our pack and others, he could offer his suggestions, but with my personal affairs, I would not take ideas from anyone. I had tried Jasmine and contrary to what Dante said, she had not done much as a mistress, how much more she would be able to do as my wife.What business does he have with what I do with her anyway? I shook my head and tried to return my concentration to the work before me but no, the distraction had affected my focus and now I could not get it back.I was trying to draft out a plan on h
-Aria- Towards afternoon, I began to feel something was wrong when Prisca still did not show up. That was weird. I had thought something had kept her but now I believed something was wrong. I had not touched the food that was brought to me in the morning and now the maids had brought lunch and took away the breakfast. I was slightly hungry but I still wanted to eat with her. I hoped she would not let me starve to death though. Perhaps I should go look for her, I thought to myself but realized I did not even know where she lived. It would be awkward asking anyone to show me where my best friend stays so I did not know what to do. I have been in here since yesterday evening and I have fallen asleep twice since morning while waiting for my friend who never came. There was a knock on the door and my face brightened into a smile thinking it was her. “Come in,” I said gingerly, looking expectantly at the door. It opened and the strong arms I saw made the excitement on my face fade away
Aria-We walked side by side with Dante in town and I tried hard to keep the awe off my face. This pack is so beautiful. More than Moonbeam. What was said about this place was true. All the stories and rumors we heard were true.I had never imagined I would be here someday.“You seem to be…” Dante paused as if he was trying to find the right words. “You seem to be very excited these days.”I turned to look at him and saw that he was looking in the direction I was looking at. A group of children was playing at a corner and I was watching them with a smile.“I love children,” I told him and almost regretted saying when I saw his expression changed.“You do not like children and cannot stand them, Jasmine,” he said more like a statement than a question, slowing his pace and looking at me with doubt in his eyes.What in the name of the goddess is going on? Who the hell does not love children? I mean, they are sweet innocent souls you cannot help but admire their playful and carefree natur
-Prisca-“Prisca please open the door so we can talk, what is going on?” Jasmine’s voice came again through the door. Why can’t she just go away? I was not in the mood to talk about anything.“I am not leaving until I see you,” she said banging on the door and I realized she might do that. I knew her well. Jasmine was that stubborn. I stood up from the bed and opened the door slightly.“What do you want?” I asked her.“Prisca, what is going on? Please let me in,” she pleaded earnestly.“You said you were not leaving until you see my face so now that you have seen me, can you leave?”“Oh come on, don’t be like this. Okay fine I get it, you are mad at me. But can we talk this out? Just let me in so we can talk please.”I looked at her thoughtfully before leaving the door. She walked into the room with Dante following right behind her. Oh great, she had come along with the very man I did not like.“What is he doing here?” I crossed my arms over my chest and asked her, looking at Dante w
-Aria-After a few hours, everything had returned to normal and I and Prisca were laughing heartily again. At this point I was very grateful that I had someone like her around else I would have died of boredom here.“I told him to fuck off,” she was telling me about something that had happened yesterday and I laughed hard.“Prisca you did that?” I asked her, almost choking on my laughter.“Of course I did,” she affirmed.“Yet you keep complaining about not having a man but when you find one you send him away like that? What if he is your mate?” I asked her, laughing.“The gods forbid,” Prisca scowled with a sharp expression that got me rolling over with laughter. “I reject it with everything I love.”“Why?”“Girl, you needed to have seen that man, you will understand why I am rejecting him. For goodness sake, I am asking for a fairy, my prince in shining armor, and not a natural disaster.”“What in the devil’s name is that supposed to mean?” I doubled over with laughter. “Why would yo
-Ariel- I stood in front of the large mirror in my room frowning at the reflection before me. I hated it so much that I looked like Jasmine but was nothing like her. Even though we were twins, she was a lot more different and I hated to say, prettier. Sometimes I wondered what makes her different and it made me want to act like her. I would have the same clothes as her and that was normal because since childhood we wore the same clothes. But it seemed she always outshined me even when we were wearing the same thing. I sighed and moved away from the mirror. I was not asking for too much. All I want is for Jasmine to stay away from things that were mine. Was she not satisfied with everything she had? I looked at the food the maid had brought a few hours ago uninterestingly. I was sure it was cold now and the thought of that made it even less appetizing. There was a light knock on the door and I shook my head as if whoever it was could see me. I did not want any disturbance. “I want
-Adonai-I was finding it very difficult to concentrate. I found myself thinking about Jasmine and if she was okay. The only reason why I was thinking about her was because I had not seen her in days and I was left with the worry that something must have happened to her.I could not take it anymore and decided to ask one of the guards to get her. I hope she has not done anything funny again this time around. It annoyed me that I could not pretend someone like her did not exist and just live my life. It annoyed me more that was restless and wanted to see her.I stood up from the study table and walked to the door.“Go get me Jasmine,” I said to the guards at the door and one of them left to carry out the order. I walked back to the room and caught myself waiting anxiously for her to arrive.What is the meaning of this? Why was I this excited to see a woman I did not care about a few days ago? This was the same woman who I was going to marry and did not feel a thing about. It is the sam