-Lara- I had thought what happened between me and Dante would be the first and last but I was wrong. It happened again and again till I got used to it and was no longer worried about having an affair with him. Besides, we have been careful and no one suspected anything. Adonai wouldn't even have the slightest idea what was going on between me and his brother because it was almost as if he did not care about my existence.One time, I had thought to make a move at him and went to spend the night in his room. He allowed me in after some hesitation, but he did not share the bed with me. He was up all night on his table, working on a sheet and he did not act like I was there.I have decided there was no need to push it. Adonai had proven over time that he was a hard man. Though I found myself thinking he had been better with Jasmine but I had no way of proving that, so I decided not to dwell on it anymore.I focused, instead, on enjoying all I had for carrying his child, the authority, ho
-Lara- I was enjoying the view of the building from my window till I caught sight of Jasmine walking alone in the courtyard. I watched her intently and saw that she was headed for the training ground where Adonia was and I frowned. I hoped she was not going there to meet him.Why did Adonai not do away with all the other mistresses already? Of what use were they to him anyway? I decided I would ask Dante to convince him to send them out. If I say it myself, Adonai will not listen to me, but I had no doubts he listened to whatever Dante told him. Whenever I need anything that I know might be hard to get Adonai to agree to, I go through Dante.My eyes were still on Jasmine. I noticed she looked sick, but I care less about that. It was none of my business. She got to the training ground and quickly turned back. My brows creased together in confusion. Why was she running away from him if she had wanted to meet him?I snorted. She's only being dramatic and trying to get his attention. Ado
-Maria-I made some herbs specially for Jasmine and took them to her room, where she was lying on the bed, and her friend Prisca was seated beside her with a worried look on her face.I helped her sit up and gave her the herb."It's not very bitter," she commented and I smiled at her."Immediately, your friend told me you aren't feeling very strong and have been nauseous. I hurried to make this for you. Especially when she told me you wouldn't see the doctor," I said and she rested her back on the pillow."I'm not sick," she said. "I don't understand my body at the moment but I'm sure I'll be fine.""You keep saying you will be fine but haven't been fine," Prisca lamented. "Have you become a doctor yourself that you know what is wrong with you or not?""Prisca I am tired of going to the doctor's," Jasmine replied. "Sometimes, what might be wrong with me is stress. If I get enough rest I will be fine. Isn't that so, Maria?"Jasmine turned to me for support and I chuckled."It's true so
-Dante- There was something in Maria's eyes that suggested what she wanted to say was important as she had said it was but I could not understand why she suddenly changed her mind. Perhaps, it was because Lara interrupted.I turned to face her with a frown on my face."What does she want," she spoke first just before I was about to."Are you talking about Maria?" I asked with a scoff. "You've got some nerves you know. Adonai tells me you made her do your nails. I hope you do not think she is an ordinary maid like everyone else?""What difference does it make?" She rolled her eyes. "A maid is a maid."I chuckled as I observed her. She had not been made Luna yet and she was behaving that way. I found it fascinating."What do you want here?" I changed the conversation. "I told you not to come meet me in my room. I hope you haven't forgotten I have a fiancé. What if she comes here and sees us together? Besides, even not for that, you are meant to be my brother's wife. People will begin t
-Vera- I paced around in my room restlessly. I just saw Lara and she was looking hale and hearty. How is that even possible? I made sure she had taken the drink which I mixed the content that the medicine man had given me. I went through so much trouble making sure she took it. So why is she still looking intact?The medicine man had assured me the effects of the drug were strong and nothing would stop it from working. I fumed angrily. I will have to return to him this evening and he must give me a solid explanation."You mean she is still looking fine after taking it?" He repeated as if he did not hear what I said and I scowled at him."Did I stutter?""And you are sure she drank it?"I was livid."What kind of question is that?" I fired at him. "I told you that I made sure she took it. Are you deaf or something? You better not be playing with me after all the money you charged for it.""Please calm down Princess," he said and placed his hands on his lips thoughtfully. "My medicines
-Lara-I was sure I heard movements by the window but when the doctor checked, he didn't see anyone."There's nothing here," he told me, looking side to side."I did hear something," I told him."Might be the wind," he replied, moving away from the widow. "Or your ears deceiving you. You did say no one saw you leaving the palace.""I made sure of that," I said and shrugged off the thought from my head since he had checked and didn't see anyone. "You said you have prepared something for the pregnancy...""Yes, it's an artificial belly which looks just like the real one, and as the months go by, you'll come here, so I'll blow it up to the appropriate size.""Interesting," I muttered. "Can I see it?"He walked to a corner and opened a wardrobe. He returned with the stuff and handed it to me. I observed it and placed it on my stomach."It does look like a real stomach," I commented, quite impressed."Told you," he had a proud look on his face."Well this is good," I handed it back to him.
-Adonai-I summoned the elders very early the next morning, and Lara was brought before us, soaked in tears that did not move me one bit.She lied to me; she had the nerve to lie to me and, of all things, about carrying my baby. When Vera had rushed to my room uninvited, I had been upset about the intrusion. Only for her to break the news to me while trying to catch her breath.I could not believe her. It was a hard thing to believe, not just because I couldn't come to terms with Lara daring to deceive me, but also because I struggled to accept that she was not carrying my child as she claimed. And just when I was relieved that the curse had been broken.I stayed up all night while Lara was checked and to my horror, she was indeed not pregnant."This is an abomination," the elders kept muttering, glancing at her from time to time."I have ruled this pack for years with power and authority," I spoke, my voice shaking with anger. "And even though I do not have it all, one thing I would
-Dante- "May I say something, please," I cleared my throat, and they turned to look at me. I waited for a go-ahead from Adonai and took his silence as one."Please do not be hasty with your decision yet," I said and risked a blow on the eye. Adonai shot his head up and glared at me, anger flashing in his eyes."And why is that?" He asked, his tone icy."Well, one thing I have always commended this council for is our cautiousness in making decisions like this guarded by the alpha. Perhaps, that is the reason why this pack is one of the greatest. I say we look into this matter well.""What is there to look into?" One of the elders retorted. "There is no need to waste any time looking into anything here. It is crystal clear, even to a baby, that she deserves the punishment. She deceived all of us and disrespected the throne and the entire Moonwalker pack.""Is that enough reason why we shouldn't at least give it some time? I am not saying what she did was right, but this is just the sam
- 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