-Aria-Dante walked out with a breeze of annoyance which he left behind and I wondered what it was he was discussing with Adonai who had a knowing grin on his face as he watched him storm out.“Your brother seems to be very mad about something,” I commented casually, guardedly.“How are you doing this morning?” Adonai asked instead, ignoring what I had said. I sighed and decided there was no use pushing it. If I did, it would look more obvious that I was interested in Dante’s mood and was not supposed to be.“I am fine,” I replied with a small smile. “I came to thank you for saving me yesterday.”“You should be more careful next time,” Adonai said, returning to what he was doing. “You might not be so lucky next time.”I suddenly had a feeling he was being deliberately harsh on me but I waved it off. Perhaps, I was overthinking and it was too early to conclude that.However, I could not completely do away with the thought and as I stared at him engrossed in the work behind him, I did n
-Asher-I sat with a long face in the courtroom, listening to all the complaints of the ingrates I had as council members.“We might think that we are lucky to have been just punished by Adonai because he would have taken drastic measures against us and our people but he did not. But as lenient as it seems, we still have to pay a heavy fine,” one of them pointed out and there was a murmur of agreement in the room.“This has taken us to a lower level, even more than we had expected. I mean, I thought the plan was to get our pack elevated, but now the reverse is the case,” another said.“I think we should all calm down,” Derick said. He was the only one who had my back and my most trusted lieutenant in the whole of the pack. I trusted him with all my endeavors and he always supported me. “It is not the alpha’s fault that the plan had not gone as intended. Things like this happen sometimes. Arguing about it within ourselves is never the solution.”“So you tell us what the solution is, De
-Aria-I dragged my feet into the room and opened the door angrily. I stopped halfway into the room to stare at the heap on my bed. I sighed as the realization hit me. It’s just Prisca. She had not gone back home and of course, after the last conversation we had, I had implied I did not mind having her around. After all, she had a habit of sticking around and since I had concluded that she was good to be with me, I did not bother about that.She jumped up when she heard me walk into the room but the smile on her face faded away when it met my frown.“What happened?” she looked at me questioningly.“Nothing,” I replied rather sharply and sat on the edge of the bed grudgingly.“Nothing happened and your face is like this?” she shook her head at me disapprovingly.“You know, I had gone to see Adonai,” I began and quickly added, “To thank him for saving me from those wolves,” because of how she looked at me.“Okay? So what happened?” she pushed.“And then he was acting all special and pri
-Asher-The journey to the soothsayer was a very long one but Derick had kept assuring it was worth it and the said soothsayer was very good according to him. I had no doubts however that I could get answers since the last time I had gone to a witch, I was able to get what I wanted.I did not think though, that the solution to my problem and that of my packs does not lie within the confines of a soothsayer. I was afraid to think it was beyond that, but since I had no way of knowing what the problem was, and not to then think of the solution, I had to make do with what I had.We finally got there and it was a distant land void of people which was good for me because werewolves were not meant to have anything to do with witches or soothsayers of any kind. It was an offense punishable by death and unheard of, by an alpha.“Alpha of the Moonbeam tribe,” a raspy voice called from the small building ahead of us even before we entered. I was not very much fascinated that the man, the voice s
-Aria-Since Adonai had decided to act funny, I decided I was not going to pay any attention to him as well so he would not think he had a hold on me in any way by behaving the way he was. I had a feeling he was doing it intentionally, but for whatever reason it was, I would not let him have the pleasure of intentions.I had not had a thought, that Dante might have a hand in it. Not until now. But it does not seem likely. There had been a knowing look on Adonai’s face which suggested he was doing it all on his own accord without any external influence.It was hurting, that Adonai acted the way he did after the moment he had together before now. I should have known it meant nothing to him.Though I knew for a fact that I had better expect and be ready for retaliation from Dante. He looks every inch a back bitter, and speaking against me to Adonai would be his most move.I had a feeling in my guts that I was still way up against Dante in his own game. It did not make any sense though, b
-Lara-Jasmine and the other lady which I presumed to be her friend walked past me hand in hand, laughing like two she-goats. I scowled at them. Even though they were not looking at me. I had a feeling they were mocking me. Because I had seen Jasmine looking towards me while she was talking to the lady and they laughed.How dare they make a mockery of me? Jasmine must have thought she was better off than everyone here and I am going to teach her just how wrong she was.But now, I was more annoyed that the chief cook had been laughing along with them. I can take Jasmine’s mockery only because she is a princess just like me, but I would not have a maid insult me.I walked briskly into the kitchen and pulled her hand roughly.“My lady…” she gasped in shock, rushing to save the bowl she was holding from hitting the ground.“Who is your lady?” I scowled at her. “And what were you discussing with those idiots that just left this place?”“What are you talking about my lady?” she asked, looki
-Asher-The ride back to the pack was filled with questions and worries. I was fuming with anger as well, for so many things and I could not wait to get an answer to all my questions.The seer had said the curse was not broken. Even though I had acted tough, I had been shaken by that realization and I hoped earnestly that it was true. If the curse was truly not broken, I would lose a lot of things. I would lose the respect and reverence of my people, I would lose relevance. I had struggled for years to make sure my place as the alpha of the pack was redeemed, only for that man to tell me everything had been a sham.“Maybe you should have been a little patient alpha,” Derick said behind me while we walked back to the palace together and I slowed my pace to listen to him. “I can see you are conflicted within and have many questions you need answers to which the seer would have provided. But you had been hasty in taking his life.”“You do not understand Derick,” I said with a sigh. “I wa
-Asher-“Oh so now you are ready to talk,” I raised a brow at her and she swallowed visibly. There were beads of sweat on her forehead. It was already obvious that what I had feared was true.“Yes, indeed, I am not pregnant,” she finally said and my hands fell weakly beside me. It was not like I had not expected it, I had thought of the worst but hearing her say it, a confirmation of the reality I was in, was almost too much to bear. So the seer was right after all.“Why…?” was the only word that could come out of my lips.“I am so sorry but I did it too for us. I did it for your prestige.”I glared at her.“Can you listen to yourself, Crystal?” I shook my head at her. “You did it for my prestige? So what were you going to do when it was time for you to deliver? What would we present to the people since no baby is growing in you?”“It does not matter,” she said. “We can tell them anything and they would believe. You did say the curse had been broken, so to make full proof of it, I sai