-Aria-I glanced at Dante and saw that he was looking at me and I wanted to believe that I had mistaken the look on his face to be a grin filled with mockery.He shouldn’t be looking that way in this situation right? But there was something about his confidence that worried me. He had responded to the elders as if he did not have any idea what they were talking about and he had not done anything wrong.“I cannot believe this council had called me to query me about how I walked out of a building that belonged to me,” he shook his head. “Do you realize how ridiculous this sounds? You all are gathered here. You want to question me on why I had left the empire because someone said she saw me leave suspiciously. Shouldn’t you have asked the young lady further questions before calling for this meeting because I don’t want to believe this is all you are based on?”There was silence for a while and it seemed the elders were pondering on the point Dante just made. I did not want to think it, b
-Aria-At that point, I knew had gotten myself into some serious mess but I was more worried and concerned about what Adonai would think of me now. The disappointment on his face was enough punishment to break me.“We all make mistakes and assumptions,” his first statement was surprisingly calm and I could I was not the only one it had taken aback. The entire room was looking in his direction with surprise. “And that is why we all must always be certain of whatever information we bring to the council.”He paused, and the silence was such that a pin could be heard if dropped. Maybe they heard my chest thumping because I could hear it playing loudly like a drum. Adonai adjusted on the chair and continued.“I would sadly agree that I was hasty with the decision of allowing her in the council which you all can testify that she did a great job before I had that consideration, but Jasmine,” he turned to address me and my heart stopped beating for a second or two. “I do not appreciate that y
-Aria-I walked into my room and Prisca was there waiting for me. She could not follow me to the council meeting because she was a commoner.“What happened?” she asked with concern on her face. I walked to the bed and sat down heavily. “Why are you looking this way? What happened at the meeting?”I had not told her about my suspicions about Dante and that I was going to report him to the council. She knew that I had gone to the council, but did not know the reason why. Since I had been allowed to sit with them, she must have thought it was just a normal meeting.I looked at her face which was a mixture of worry and concern and wondered if I should tell her what had happened or not. I decided to tell her, there was no point keeping it from her anyway, rumors flew more than witches here and she would eventually find out and be mad at me for not telling her.So I narrated all that happened and by the time I was done there was a look of horror on her face which I was very sure was exagger
-Crystal-I sneaked out of the palace when it was dark, covered my face with a black veil so I would not be noticed and walked to Derick’s house. He was up when I got there, I could tell because his house was still lightened and I could hear movements within the room.I knocked on the door quietly, looking around. He opened almost immediately as if he had been expecting me.“What are you doing here by this time of the night?” he asked with a grimace and I frowned at him.“Don’t ask me that as if you were not expecting me,” I scowled, pushing him out of the way. I walked into the room while he closed it and I took off the veil.“I do not expect you would come here by this time of the night,” he said and I rolled my eyes.“You expect that I come here in the day when everyone can see me and wonder what the Luna is doing at your house?”“Easy, you don’t have to be so impatient with me,” he shook his head at me.“Why are you acting so calm?” I looked at him and folded my hands across my ch
-Dante-Now that Jasmine had done what she did, she had made me see reasons to get rid of her for good. She did not hesitate to report me to the council even when she was not certain of what she suspected me of and without any evidence. That fascinated me a lot and made me wonder why she desperately wanted to bring me down.It might be because of the way her relationship with Adonai was going. She must have thought she was better than everyone and wanted to please him more. It was true that he thought highly of her after she had exposed Asher.She did not know that she would have to pass my approval before Adonai had anything to do with her. When her mother had brought the proposal for the first time for Adonai to marry her, I had been the one who convinced him to go ahead with it.By that time, I was already engaged to Ariel and was secretly seeing Jasmine. I had all my plans drafted out and the next phase was getting her to marry him. It was easy for me to agree with the proposal. B
/-Aria-/The cry of the baby sounded like a melody to my ears. I did it! I gave my mate a child! The curse was broken! Happy tears streamed down my cheeks. I was not the useless omega after all. Finally, my mate would be able to present me to the Elders with pride. No one would look down on my tiny weak wolf anymore. Most importantly, I would stop being Alpha's dirty secret. “You did it, Aria. It’s a beautiful girl. She has her father’s eyes and your smile,” Mary, the nurse told me. Tears of joy streamed down my cheeks. All those months of humiliation had been worth it. When I became pregnant with the baby, Asher pleaded I keep it a secret. That his father would never let him take over the pack if he discovered he’d impregnated a cursed omega.I tried not to be hurt by that. Everyone called me cursed because no one knew my parents or where I had come from. I was a stray who stumbled into their pack years ago and since then, I have been doing my best to serve them so they don’t s
/-Aria-/My eyes fluttered opened. An excruciating pain shot up my sides and I hissed in pain. My mind was foggy and a terrible migraine shot through the sides of my head. What is happening? The last thing I remembered was the anguish of burning to death. My chest tightened as I remembered the shrill cries of my baby. I glanced around but all I noticed was the surprisingly large bedroom with a strange girl sleeping by my side. This didn't seem anything like the afterlife. I looked down at my body, expecting to see a burned skin but I was taken aback by the flawlessness of the pale milky skin. “W…what is happening…” I croaked. My throat hurt from extreme dryness. The girl by my side raised her head and yawned tiredly. When her eyes connected with mine, she let out a scream, startling me. “Jasmine?!” She was already off the bed, at a reasonable distance. Her green eyes were wide in shock and slight panic.“You're awake?” She mumbled skeptically. Who is Jasmine?“Aria…” I drawled
/-Aria-/My entire being froze. “Excuse us,” he ordered and everyone left the room without questioning him. They were even more afraid of him than I was. He took a sit by my bedside and his cinnamon scent messed with senses. I shook my head, refusing to give in to that sweet temptation. The last time I gave into a sweet scent, I was ultimately disgraced, accused and incinerated. The thought of the innocent life I brought into the world, only to be cruelly snatched, made my heart ache. I would never forgive them for that. One way or the other, I will make them pay for what they put me through. They will suffer and cry for help but no one will listen to their pleas. “Jasmine,” my attention was drawn back to the scary gorgeous man before me. “What you did yesterday was over the top…”I was startled by the hardness in his voice. “Your family proposed this treaty and I agreed despite the protest from my people. I didn't come to your doorstep to declare a marriage or buy you from you