-Asher-I lay on the bed with Lisa by my side, rubbing the hairs on my chest."You're very hairy," she commented."What, you don't like hairy men?" I asked and she chuckled."Of course I do. And yours is perfect, just the way I like it on men," she told me and I grinned."So how many men have you seen it on like this?" I asked she threw her head backwards to look up at me."I haven't been with so many men," she denied and I smirked."You don't have to lie to me. You are way too experienced in bed for me to think you haven't been with a couple of men," I stated."Well, yes, I am not a saint. I have been with a couple of men but not as much as you put it," she defended. "But now that I am with you, I am not going to be with any other man."I had a moment to ponder about that. I had thought all we would have was a one-time thing, but it seemed she was here to stay and even more confident now since her friend caught us. I was amazed by her boldness and felt sorry for Crystal.I did not he
-Crystal- I walked briskly away from Asher's room to mine and was glad I did not come across Lisa on my way out. She had the nerve to dictate to Asher what to do, and she now spends with him like she was his wife. I hated that I could not do anything about it.I entered my room and closed the door with a loud bang."Careful now before you break down the door."I screamed and almost jumped out of my skin when I saw Lisa seated comfortably on my bed. Just when I thought I missed her."What are you doing here," I asked, placing a hand on my chest in a bit to steady my heartbeat."This is my friend's room," she said casually."You are not my friend, and you are not welcome here," I told her with rage in my voice."Oh!" She exclaimed as if she just remembered something. "You are right. We are not friends anymore, we are now co-wives, more like sisters if you ask me."She let out an evil laugh, as evil as she was."You are not Asher's wife but his mistress," I pointed out. "I am still the
-Crystal- Asher was already seated at the dining for breakfast by the time I was ready. I took in a deep breath and walked towards him."Good morning, Asher," I greeted before taking a seat, and he nodded without looking at me. A few maids were standing around and they served my food. Asher's food has been served and he had begun eating without me. I did not expect he would wait for me anyway.Just when I was about to start eating, Lisa walked into the room noisily, announcing her presence as much as she could."Good morning," she greeted loudly and placed her hands on Asher's shoulders. I glared at her, then at the maids who pretended not to pay attention to what was going on. Why will the alpha allow this in their presence? I thought he would rebuked her but he answered her greetings casually. She took a seat next to him, looking at me with a mocking smile. I tried to look away as if I did not care about her.When the maids dished her food, I asked them to leave but she told them t
-Aria- I sat up lazily on the bed, listening to Prisca's rant about Adonai's decision to marry Princess Lara. Ever since the announcement was made, I had not had some quiet with this lady, and I wondered why it bothered her even more than the rest of us."How was your night's rest," she asked me as she walked into the room with two cups of tea and handed me one. She had been up before me and I had just woken up. She sat beside me and took a sip before she began ranting."You know, I saw the alpha training with some of his soldiers this morning, and you know what came to my mind," she asked, and I rolled my eyes tiredly."What came to your mind," I asked, already knowing where the conversation was heading. Whenever she starts like this, it always ends like that."I was thinking how a powerful man like him would settle for someone like that princess. She does not look like someone who can support him lead this pack," she said."You don't even know her to determine that," I pointed out
-Aria-I rummaged through my clothes, looking for a light dress to wear. I had one in mind but I couldn't see it. There were others, and on a normal day, I would have just picked a random one, but I did not know why I was insisting on this one.I heard the door creak open."Hey, Prisca, I am looking for one of my clothes, the lemon one. Have you seen it?" I asked without looking. There was no response but I was sure someone had walked in. "Prisca?"I turned around when I still didn't get any response. It wasn't Prisca but Dante. He walked to my table, randomly picked things, and dropped them back."What do you want Dante?" I asked him. "What are you doing here?""This is my palace," he replied casually."And this is my room. You can't walk in anytime you want. I don't appreciate it," I told him sternly. He snorted and walked towards me."Well, what are you going to do about it?" He raised his brow and clicked his tongue in his mouth annoyingly. "Report me to Adonai?""Dante please," I
-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
- Adonai -I paced around outside the door Aria was in and tried to remain calm even though my pulse raced. I was excited and anxious. I would be having a baby for the first time and it was not easy putting it together.Dante came to stay with me after a while."How's it going?" He asked with concern on his face."I don't really know, but there's not been complications so far, so I guess..." I left it there and he nodded with understanding."And Zafa? He's not here yet?" He asked again."Yeah, he has to stay with Sheila, trying to revive her. I don't expect he'd be here," I explained to him.Loveth stepped out at a point and I rushed to her."What is the progress? I hope nothing is wrong?"She hesitated for a while before replying."It's going well, alpha," She said and walked away without looking at Dante. I sensed a tension between them and turned to look at Dante who looked away.It's been hours, yet Aria was still in there and had not delivered, and I was getting worried. I tried
- Sheila -"You have always thought yourself a better person than we are, making us do your bidding and looking like your puppets," Miley said, her hands crossed over her chest."We are sick and tired of you," Ashley took on. "And we have decided to get rid of you.""Guys, what are you saying?" I chuckled nervously. "We have been good friends for so long and never have we had any issues with each other. You have never told me I did anything wrong so why this?""That is because we are waiting for the perfect moment to teach you a lesson," Miley retorted. "You are so full of pride that even if we had told you, you wouldn't listen."They closed in on me, and I couldn't believe what was happening."This has to be a joke..." I said as backed away. "And if it is, you have to stop now. It's an expensive one.""Funny of you to think we'd have time for jokes. You think we came all the way here to make jokes with you?"I realised, to my horror, that this might be real."Come on, guys, even if t
- Loveth -I have to get it together. I'm confused as fuck and it's leading to making moves I might regret. I was on the edge of throwing myself at Dante.I kept convincing myself that he was not bad after all and I wouldn't mind being with him. But the truth was I wanted to pay Zafa for what he did to me by showing him I could love someone else, and I did move on.But I realised the more I kept at it that way, the more I kept getting hurt. I was lost in my thoughts while I walked but caught sight of someone familiar walking directly towards me.Sheila intentionally bumped into me even though I had moved away for her. I had seen her from afar as she approached me and made enough room for her yet she walked into me and yelped."What the hell, why don't you watch where you are going?" She scowled at me. I took in a deep breath."Sorry," I said shortly."I know you are unapologetic because you plan to kill me and my baby since you cannot have Zafa but you know what? You will never succee
- Dante -Everything happened in a flash, and it was only after Loveth had run out that I realised...we kissed. For the rest of the day, I pondered what she asked me. If I cared about her only because she was a friend or there was more to it.I know what love is and I couldn't say it was what I felt towards Loveth. I did not know why she came to me but I felt she was just confused and hurt. She needs a shoulder to lean on, she needs a friend and that was what I am to be.She became close, too close, and I began to think of putting a distance, though I couldn't. I did not want to hurt her.She stayed with me more often, and I assumed she needed someone to talk to. One evening in my room, the moment started getting tensed, beginning with an awkward silence, and I asked if she would like to go to her room."Are you sending me away?" She asked quietly."What? Of course, no. I was just thinking it's getting late and you might want to go back to your room now," I put in softly."I do want t
- Diane -I stood by the door after I had closed it to eavesdrop on the conversation that would happen after I had taken my leave.Not because I wanted to, but because I had a feeling they would do it judging from the looks I got from Loveth.I had tried to act like she was not there, but I could see from the corners of my eyes, the way she looked at me. I got curious and wanted to know what they thought about me.I left with a sad frown hearing Aria say she did not still trust me and didn't want me in the palace. I got to know they did have plans to have me out of the palace, and Adonai had acted as if all was well. So much for believing we were family.I walked away, heavy at heart. I did hope I would be able to win Aria's heart, but it was obvious she was only hiding under a facade, and I was fooled into believing she was beginning to like me.I decided it was too early to conclude that. After all, we were both tasting the waters and it's not been long. I wouldn't give up on trying
- Loveth -I need to get out and do something, anything at all that will get my mind off this shit. I convinced myself that I was fine. All was fine.Zafa had his chance with me but played it around till we both lost it. If I had not tried, I might have wanted to. But I did and suffered also for the same course.It was not my fault, things ended up the way they did, and since there was nothing I or anyone could do about it, there was no point beating myself.I went to see Aria and should have known that there was no way she wouldn't talk about the incident. I couldn't avoid it for long anyway."Do you two have any plans?" Aria asked and I snorted."We never had anything. Why do we need a plan now?" I said and shrugged casually as if I did not care."Has Zafa spoken to you after what's happened?" She wanted to know."He did and claims he had no idea what he was doing and it was Sheila who came to him," I said with a light frown on my face."Do you believe him?""Men have their way with
- Zafa - "So now you are so interested in my life you want to talk about it," Sheila crossed her arms over her chest. I had followed her into her room to get an explanation after she had ruined my moment with Loveth.A part of me wanted to believe she had only done that because she was envious, seeing me with Loveth. I did not want to believe her claims were true. Not now that it seemed I was getting through with Loveth."Your life?" I scoffed with disgust. "Your life would never be a matter of interest to me unless you forcefully want to involve me in it. What the hell do you mean by that drama you put out there?""You call that drama? I see my baby daddy in public with another woman, and you expect me to go quiet and pretend as if all was well?""You lying Sheila," I said, trying to get the words out of her mouth. "You are not pregnant.""Well good thing you are a doctor," she said confidently. "You can check and also know if the baby belongs to you or not."I could not recall eve
- Zafa -I could not take it anymore, waiting for Loveth to finish whatever game it was she was playing, hide and seek or whatever. Ever since the day I had her, she kept running away. I did not know for how long she was going to keep doing that, so I approached her, bruising my ego in the process, but I did not mind.I waited for her in the lobby, and not long after, she came passing. Immediately she saw me, she turned around and went the other way."Loveth," I called, running after her. "Loveth please wait."I caught up with her and held her hand but she brushed me away."For how long are you going to keep running away from me?" I asked."For as long as I must remain alive," She said coldly."Why are you sounding this way? Even after what we had?""After what?" She feigned ignorance. "We never had anything. There's never been anything between us and even if there has been and you cared, you wouldn't have acted like a bitch to me.""But that was before now, Loveth. I thought that by
- Aria -Someone walked into my room and I thought it was Loveth."You should knock on doors before walking into a room so you wouldn't see what the mouth will not be able to speak," I said playfully without looking up from the clothes I was knitting."I'm so sorry about that, Luna," Diane answered, and I shot my head up to look at her."What are you doing here?" I scowled at her and she moved back as if she was scared though I could see from her eyes that she was not shaken a bit by me"I am sorry, I just wanted to see you," she said with the innocence that she was devious of."And what for? How can you not knock before coming in?"Didn't your mother teach you any manners? I was at the brim of asking that but thankfully held it back."I'm so sorry, Luna; I did not mean to upset you."The incessant apologies were getting on my nerves already. Worse because I knew she did not mean any one of it.I took in a deep breath to steady myself."What do you want?" I spoke the words slowly as i