-Prisca- Ever since Aria had agreed to talk to Zafa into having a relationship with me, she has refused to tell me what the outcome was and would deliberately avoid having to talk about it. I kept wondering what the problem was but she wouldn't tell me.I have also observed that something was wrong between the two because they began acting weird around each other. Perhaps I was just overthinking, I told myself. But I knew deep within that it was true what I thought and every incident I witness keep confirming my suspicions.The other day, a dramatic incident occured during a dinner party. I caught Zafa staring at her from time to time and sometimes, her eyes would meet his and she would quickly turn away."Could you, please pass me the salt," she had said once and because she did not specify who should, Adonai and Zafa reached for it at the same time. There was a brief silence for a moment and I was sure every other person on that table who had seen that took a meaning to it. Zafa wo
-Aria-I noticed Prisca began to keep some distance from me and I needed no one to tell me it was because of Zafa. She kept asking me what he said when I went to meet him but I did not know what to tell her. How could I tell her that he said he was interested in me instead?Another problem I had to deal with was him. Ever since he confessed his feelings for me it has been hard around him. He became so visibly attached that it was difficult to hide what was going on. I feared someone might suspect, or even Adonai.I need to talk him out of this whole madness. It is too much to deal with. Someone snapped his finger in front of my face, and I jumped slightly."What keeps you so engrossed in your thoughts?" It was Adonai. I almost forgot about his existence."It's nothing," I managed a small smile at him and he grunted."Are you sure? You just zoomed off.""There's nothing in my mind, really," I said as I moved the stubborn strand of hair dangling on my face.I was in his room, sitting on
-Dante- This was what I wanted and my plan worked perfectly well. Let's see how they are going to get out of this. I could see the jealousy and disappointment on Adonai's face."Aria what is this?" He turned to her and asked."Adonai, I got a message from Zafa saying he wanted to see me for something important, only for me to come here and discover he got the same message from me. I did not write him any and he did not write to me," she said."I think you should try cooking something different," I stepped in. "Because this does not sound plausible enough.""It is the truth," Zafa defended and I snorted."What you are trying to tell us is you both got a message from each other which was not written by you? Perhaps there are spirits around then who did it.""I have no reason to lie," Aria said confidently. She snatched the paper Zafa was holding and walked to me. She shoved it to my face. "It was the thing we were both wondering about.""You don't expect me to believe it.""Well, I'm s
-Aria- After the incident, Zafa became distant, and it was quite a relief to me, even though I worried about what might be going through his head. He became reserved and quiet, especially around me, as if he did not know me. All that was to keep away from the rumours and suspects, and I appreciated it. When he did, Prisca began to come around and it seemed everything was getting better. "You know, I feared that I might have loosed you to a man," I told Prisca playfully when we were sorting out some clothes in my room. "Well, I realised there was no need to beat myself over a man who doesn't care about me," she replied with a shrug. "Perhaps you should give it some time; who knows if there'd be a connection sometime later?" I suggested and she shook her head. "Forget it. And I am not interested anymore. I want to hold on to the fact that I can get my own man without having to stress about it," she said, and I smiled at her. "I am so happy for you." A moment of silence p
-Adonai-I was in a serious state of distress and waited impatiently for the doctor to say something."Well?" I could not wait any longer. He was taking forever to examine her."Alpha please calm down," he said. "Everything will be fine.'"That is not what I want to hear for now. What the hell happened to my wife?" I wanted to know. Dan sighed before he replied."From what I can see here, it seems she was poisoned," he told me, and my heart stopped working for a second or two."What did you just say?" I asked."She was poisoned," he repeated, slowly this time."How, when, where? By who?" I asked questions the doctor had no answer to. I turned to Prisca who looked back at me frightened."Did you hear that?" I asked sternly."I did and I am surprised as well. I don't know anything about this," she began to shake even before I asked if she knew anything about it."You have been with my wife all day, so you had better know something before I take your head," I yelled, and she trembled."P
-Dante- Mission successful. I have finally been able to put Zafa in a fix, and with this, I can get him out of the way and out of this pack. I had planned to take two birds with one stone and that was getting at it perfectly.It's been three days now, and Aria was still in coma and not responding to treatment, just what I wanted. I loved Adonai's agitation while I pretended to worry and care, offering my comfort as well."What are you going to do now?" I had asked once in his room while he was pacing around restlessly."If Aria does not get better by sunset tomorrow, I am going to have no choice but to have the head of that bastard who put her in this condition," he swore."Well," I cleared my throat. "I warned you about him but you did not listen. Trusted him a bit early and now this."Adonai did not reply. I had said that intentionally to prick him more. He should have listened to me. Wait until Aria dies; perhaps he will learn to listen to his brother more and not trust a total st
-Zafa- My days in the prison were uneventful, with thoughts of how Aria was faring and what would happen to me eventually. I had no news of her and except for the whisperings of the guards and maids around, I had no idea what was happening outside the four corners of the room I was kept in. From the look of things, I suspected Aria was not getting any better.I tried to get some information off the guards securing my door."Heiss," I hissed silently but did not get any response from them, even though I was sure they heard me."Hey," I tried again."Shut the fuck up fool," one of them finally said. "Who are you trying to talk to? You're a prisoner condemned to death."I waited for my chance. I could see the other guard was not as grumpy so when he was alone, I called out to him."Look, I just want to know about the status of the princess, nothing more," I coaxed, and he looked around to be sure no one was watching."I shouldn't be telling you this nor talking to you," he said. "The pr
-Adonai- Ungrateful set of werewolves, fools. They have the nerve to tell me I am being affected by the same woman who was able to break the curse I have lived with for years. The only woman who has been able to win my heart.They don't even care about me, and despite everything I have done for them, they do not care to show a little concern for everything I am going through now.Aria is my life and everything. I cannot let anything happen to her. Fuck the council of elders, fuck the pack. If I cannot save my Aria then I don't care about any other thing.I looked at myself in the mirror, and it was a contrast to everything I used to be proud of. I did not see the almighty Alpha I was able to make out of myself. Ever since I met Aria, my perspective about a lot of things changed. I was not satisfied with power anymore, all I wanted was her."Aargh!" I exclaimed and my fist went flying to the mirror before I could help it. Someone gasped and I turned round to see Maria. She has walked
- Dante -I looked around at the faces of everyone present and all I could see was pity. Yet no one could stop Adonai, not even Damon.I did not hold it against my brother as I understood his feelings. He has been pushed to the wall and forced to retaliate.I take this as a punishment for all I have done to him and every other person. My only pain is that Sierra would have to die along with me for my crimes."You don't have to do this," She said, looking me straight in the eyes. "You don't have to die with me. I will face it alone.""You don't understand Sierra," I shook my head at her. "You did nothing wrong but loved. I have committed so many atrocities, and I believe I am paying for them. I thought it had all passed, but I was wrong. Just like I feared, I couldn't run away forever. So I should be the one, apologising for putting you in this.""Before we die, I want you to know that I love you," she smiled sadly. "I have never experienced this kind of love before. I grew up with a m
- Aria -"Are you sure about what you just said?" I asked her and she nodded."I did not see her face, but I am very sure she was the one dressed like that," before the maid could finish the statement, Adonai had bolted out of the room.Good thing Damon and his men had not set out. Adonai went straight to the guest building and almost broke the doors open."What's happened?" Damon asked."Where is your sister?" Adonai asked him icily."Is anything the matter?" Damon inquired."I have no time and patience, just answer the damn question. Where the hell is your sister?" Adonai shouted and by now, the entire royal house was awakened.Sierra appeared behind her brother and Adonai dragged her fully out."Where is my child?" He asked her and she looked puzzled."I don't know what you are talking about," she said with what seemed to be a feigned ignorance."Are you insane?" Adonai growled violently. "You came to my wife's room when she was not there, attacked the maid and took my baby away an
- Damon -Damn it! Damn it!!I hit my fist on the wall severally until blood gushed out of it."Brother!" Sierra called in alarm and tried to move towards me but I held out my hands to stop her."This is fucked. Fucked!" I half yelled. "I was humiliated and almost killed and those bloody warriors did not fucking show up.""Something must have happened, brother," Sierra said in a bit to calm me down but that angered me the more."What could happen on a day like this? "And you," I walked to her menacingly and she moved back. "I asked you to drug Adonai, didn't I?"I grabbed her by the neck with the last sentence and she choked."I did," she coughed, trying to get out of my grip. "That was the reason he was weak from the beginning of the fight.""Then what happened at the end, huh? Where'd he got that sudden burst of energy from?" I shook her violently."I don't know," she said. "But I did according to what you said. Madin was with me you can ask him."I loosened my grip on her and turne
- Aria -The entire pack was gathered outside for the fight, and my heart beat along with the drums that played. Damon walked to me just before the fight began."So you choose to do this the hard way," He said into my ears."You will not have the better of me," I replied. "I believe in my husband."He smirked and walked away."Did you keep the warriors at hand?" I turned to Zafa and Loveth who stood behind me."All set and ready," they affirmed. I had asked them to prepare the army in case something went wrong. I cannot risk it. They had advised me against it as that would be cheating, but if Damon wanted Adonai dead, then I would bypass every traditional rule to save him.I did not sleep all through the night and I was sure Adonai didn't either. In the early hours of the morning, he had crept up behind me and spoken into my ears."I hate to admit that I fear as much as you do. But I wouldn't hide my face from this. Even if I die, I would die trying to preserve our love. I need you to
- Adonai - Damon took his time before answering that, and I knew his every move was intentional and to get me upset as well. "It means that she would have been my wife," he finally said and I charged at him. His men were immediately alert and stood before him to counter my attack. My men also stood ready, but Dante and Zafa held me back. "You watch your mouth you demon," I warned angrily. "Don't you dare sit to my face and tell me shit! You don't speak about my wife in that manner while I am here." Damon did not even move a limb, and his eyes remained on me steadily. "I'm not going to forcefully take your wife," he said, raising his hands in mid-air and throwing them back. But she is going to have to choose between me or you. And the prophecy speaks of us ruling together. I don't see how that is going to be possible if she doesn't get married to me." I was fuming with anger but had to remain calm. I sat back on my chair. I was pissed more at Aria, who just sat there and li
Aria -I sucked in a deep breath after Damon was done talking."I cannot leave my husband for you," I told him."And you cannot bear to have him dead. Look, either way, I would still have you. That is the only reason I am killing Adonai, to be with you. You will be a widow after his death and you cannot be alone. You see, I'm a very open person. I would have harboured this in mind and done it, but I am telling you now so you can have a choice of saving him or not."He waited for an answer, which I did not have."I think your husband is coming," he said, his voice low. "You have the whole of this night to decide that. Goodnight pretty."He walked away and Adonai appeared behind my back. He held my waist."What was he telling you?" He spoke into my ears gently."He wants to convince me to willingly give in to him so he doesn't have to fight and kill you. He intends to kill you if we insist you fight with him.""And what did you tell him?""I did not give him a reply...yet," I told him.
Zafa -I lurked around the guest's building, hiding in the dark corners and looking for someone I would like to have a conversation with.Luckily, not long after, I saw him and approached him just before he made a turn into the open."We meet again," I said and his eyes widened."Zafa," he called my name."Madin," I called back with an unsmiling face. "Beats me what you are doing here.""The same goes for you," he threw back and I scoffed."You cannot say that because you are the traitor," I told him. "So this is where you have been all this while. You ran away to be with them.""No I did not run away," he corrected with some traits of pride in his voice. "They came for me.""So you knew about them all these while and did not say anything to anyone," I was boiling with anger."Now why would I tell you when you kept associating yourself with the other packs and not sticking to your assignment? You know more than everyone else what the other werewolves did to us. Their bitter hearts di
- Adonai -"And then what would happen to me?" I asked as I walked in on the conversation and they all turned to look at me. I knew there was more to this visit than what they had spoken out there in the courtroom and this just confirmed it. "So you knew more than you were saying in the courtroom?""Alpha please don't get this wrong," Zafa said pleadingly. "We never planned for all of this to happen. "Just like I told the Luna, this came as a surprise to me.""Adonai, we'll handle it," Aria said."So what do you expect me to do? We are still in the dark about everything that's to happen. I need you all to come out clean about these people and what they are doing here," I said impatiently."Please be calm," Aria placed her hand on my shoulders. There was always a way her touches had effects on me. "We'll find out everything but we need to take things slow to be able to do that.""Now you tell me what we are to do," I demanded, but my voice was softer than it was before."They are our v
- Aria -I had just put the baby to sleep with the help of Diane when Loveth walked in with a long face. I sighed wearily because I thought this was a usual bicker with Diane. Ever since I had my baby, the two had been acting like cat and rat."Something's wrong," she said before I asked."What may it be this time around?" I asked."You have visitors," she told me and I stopped what I was doing."What visitors," I wondered aloud."Visitors from Moonfill," she said and I raised my brow questioningly."Never heard that name before," I said with a frown, but Loveth did not look like she was going to give me more information, so I assumed that was all she knew about them."So where are they now?" I wanted to know."Adonai was attending to them, I came here to tell you," she said. "But they are here specifically for you.""Oh," I mouthed and turned to Diane. "Please watch over the baby. I will be right back.""Sure Luna," she said hurriedly. She was listening to the conversation between me