-Asher-It was a bright morning, reflecting what a glorious day it would be. I, alpha of the Moonbeam pack would soon be the greatest alpha alive. I have made strategic plans and put them into action. By the time I can achieve all of it, I will have every pack to my subjection including the Moonwalker pack.Adonai and his stupid council of elders do not know that my proposal was a bait to get them. It did not seem likely that I was going to get through that pack, but one of the strategies I had known would work was getting a traitor from within. The biggest enemy is one who has his ambitions over others.Just like I had speculated, I knew Adonai’s brother, Dante would be my target. I had suspected he had his desires to be alpha, to overthrow his brother and I had gone through him. I had promised that with the alliance, I would support him when he needed to fight against his brother and he had agreed to work with me.After trying to get other packs to join me to bring Adonai down and i
-Aria-Some days come like they were forced to because they just happen and go by from morning till evening uneventfully. Those kinds of days were boring and even nature seemed to be uninterested and the sun shone weakly.There wouldn’t be much to do and I would spend the rest of the day reminiscing on my life. Back then in Moonbeam, I would find myself thinking of how horrible the life I lived was and how I just wanted it to end.Well, not until the fateful day my unfortunate self, came across Asher and I thought my life was about to get better. It was just like all those fairy tales we heard as kids. When the people who had not lived a very pleasant life finally get out of it in one eventful turn like what seems to be mine.I should have known all those were just stories and I had realized late and only when reality happened to me and not only was the case, but it was worse than what I had previously.Faced with death, even one of a burning furnace had drawn the line of reality. Bu
-Adonai-I am going to have a date with Jasmine and it is going to be a surprise. I did not tell her anything about it while I prepared for it.I decided I was going to tell her about it, instead of sending the maids. I did not know why I had thought of doing that, but maybe because I knew she was going to love it.From the conversations we have had so far, I have gotten to know what kind of a woman she is and the kind of things she would appreciate and to show my gratitude to her for being so marvelous and exposing Asher, I want her to feel special.My sub-consciousness questioned the reasons behind my act but I was quick to convince myself that it was nothing more than that.I dressed up, looking at myself for the umpteenth time in the mirror to check if I was looking breathtaking and if Jasmine would like it. I caught and paused. Was I checking to impress her? When did I even start to care about how I looked at anyone?I hissed and moved away from the mirror while I made some final
-Aria-I swallowed down the awkwardness I felt like a lump in my throat while I tried hard to maintain my composure. There was something about the presence of Adonai’s person standing behind me that made my body burn with what I could not tell.As his hands worked effortlessly but slowly on the dress, I could not help but wonder how many dresses he had adjusted on women’s bodies for him to understand the art of it. However, I did not want the moment to end.The very act of that made him look a perfect gentleman and even for the few minutes it lasted, I wanted to enjoy that side of him for as long as it did. I closed my eyes, trying to concentrate and not give way to the fantasies in my head.I felt a hot breeze on my neck.“Stop dreaming when I am right in front of you.”I flashed my eyes open and he was really before me. I had not realized he was done already. I cleared my throat and looked away. He moved from the mirror in front of me so I would I see my reflection and the gown look
-Aria-That was a very tricky question and I did not know how to answer it.“Why do you ask?” I asked, trying to sound casual while buying time to think of the perfect thing to say to him.“Well I have seen you a couple of times with him,” he said and I might have thought he sounded casual as well except for the way he looked me straight in the eyes as if daring me to say otherwise.“Dante is my brother-in-law-to-be,” I said guardedly. “And somehow, I am in a way related to him through his brother. I do not understand what you mean by if I like him.”I watched his expression for any signs. He smirked at me and I swallowed hard silently.“Dante is my brother alright,” he said. “But I want to be sure I am not sharing my woman with another man, and any man at that, my brother included.”“Huh?” I was not sure I got that, especially what he meant by ‘his woman.’“You are my mistress,” he explained, pointing his spoon towards me. “And you must know you belong to me and me alone.”I chuckled
-Dante-I kept pacing around, trying to think of what to do but Asher would not quit talking.“Dante, you have not said anything since, what is going on? You told me you will make sure everything goes according to plan but look at what’s happened,” he kept ranting and I tried to ignore him.“Dante I am talking to you.”I paused and turned to look at him with a glare.“What is wrong with you?” I asked with a frown on my face. “I am trying to think.”“Well you have been thinking for too long now and I need to know what is going on.”I sighed and leaned on one of the old rugged tables in the old building which served as our secret meeting place in the heart of the forest. I don’t know what had interested Jasmine so much to have gone to make findings about Asher and brought out all these. But now I knew that not only was she a threat to him, but me as well, because we were in it together and she had yet again, ruined my plans to becoming the alpha of my pack.The plan I had that concerned
-Dante-I cleared my throat lightly in amusement, squinted my eyes, and cocked my head in one direction. It was all I could do to maintain my composure. "And who the hell do you think you are to ask me such a question?" I asked, glaring at her. She folded her arms across her chest defiantly. "I do not have to think I am something before I can confront a man who sneaks in and out of a building I live in," she shot back. I took a few paces towards her. "What the hell do you mean?" I asked in a low tone, between gritted teeth. "You know damn well what I mean, Dante." "Have you been stalking me?" I asked her in a fierce whisper, and she scoffed. "Why would I do that? You are not even worth stalking. I would rather sit up all day picking seeds of the imp tree than stalk you. And why do you look like you have something to hide? Why are you so worried about that?" "I am not worried about anything, and I am not answerable to you," I scowled at her. "Listen, Jasmine, do not think
-Aria-I gathered up the sheets to cover myself not because I was cold but because I needed something to express my mixed feelings to or on. Above all, I was more excited about my last night with Adonai. It had been blissful, more than I expected. It was more than a sexual act. There was a connection, one which I could not quite fathom.But I was quick enough to remind myself not to get carried away by that. I had a purpose and I must keep in mind my drive. I was getting somewhere and it seemed Adonai was beginning to have a soft spot for me.Yet, I was not too relaxed to know that my plan was moving rather slowly while I was heaping up more enemies on my heels. I knew Dante was not happy about the recent developments and the look in his eyes suggested he was up to something. Of course, he had been on my list to watch out for but even more now. He was as cunning as a serpent and he had something up his sleeves.I knew I had to be way ahead of the game to be able to get what I wanted b
- 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