- 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
- 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 cry of the baby sounded like a melody to my ears. I did it! I gave my mate a child! The curse was broken! Happy tears streamed down my cheeks. I was not the useless omega after all. Finally, my mate would be able to present me to the Elders with pride. No one would look down on my tiny weak wolf anymore. Most importantly, I would stop being Alpha's dirty secret. “You did it, Aria. It’s a beautiful girl. She has her father’s eyes and your smile,” Mary, the nurse told me. Tears of joy streamed down my cheeks. All those months of humiliation had been worth it. When I became pregnant with the baby, Asher pleaded I keep it a secret. That his father would never let him take over the pack if he discovered he’d impregnated a cursed omega.I tried not to be hurt by that. Everyone called me cursed because no one knew my parents or where I had come from. I was a stray who stumbled into their pack years ago and since then, I have been doing my best to serve them so they don’t s
/-Aria-/My eyes fluttered opened. An excruciating pain shot up my sides and I hissed in pain. My mind was foggy and a terrible migraine shot through the sides of my head. What is happening? The last thing I remembered was the anguish of burning to death. My chest tightened as I remembered the shrill cries of my baby. I glanced around but all I noticed was the surprisingly large bedroom with a strange girl sleeping by my side. This didn't seem anything like the afterlife. I looked down at my body, expecting to see a burned skin but I was taken aback by the flawlessness of the pale milky skin. “W…what is happening…” I croaked. My throat hurt from extreme dryness. The girl by my side raised her head and yawned tiredly. When her eyes connected with mine, she let out a scream, startling me. “Jasmine?!” She was already off the bed, at a reasonable distance. Her green eyes were wide in shock and slight panic.“You're awake?” She mumbled skeptically. Who is Jasmine?“Aria…” I drawled
/-Aria-/My entire being froze. “Excuse us,” he ordered and everyone left the room without questioning him. They were even more afraid of him than I was. He took a sit by my bedside and his cinnamon scent messed with senses. I shook my head, refusing to give in to that sweet temptation. The last time I gave into a sweet scent, I was ultimately disgraced, accused and incinerated. The thought of the innocent life I brought into the world, only to be cruelly snatched, made my heart ache. I would never forgive them for that. One way or the other, I will make them pay for what they put me through. They will suffer and cry for help but no one will listen to their pleas. “Jasmine,” my attention was drawn back to the scary gorgeous man before me. “What you did yesterday was over the top…”I was startled by the hardness in his voice. “Your family proposed this treaty and I agreed despite the protest from my people. I didn't come to your doorstep to declare a marriage or buy you from you
/-Aria-/I didn't know what to say to him or how to respond. Dammit, I didn't even know who he was!“We can leave now, Jasmine. We don't need to wait for the…” I pulled away from him and he looked up in surprise. “I am not running away…” I was going to say his name but I realized I didn't know it. “I am engaged to Adonai as you know and he is already furious enough about the incident.”I didn't know how deep his relationship with Jasmine ran but I was trying to be cautious to avoid attracting problems and doubts. “But you have never cared about what my brother thought. Why now?” He asked. I blinked. Jasmine was sleeping with her fiance's brother? Could this day get more complicated? Before I could answer the door opened and Ariel walked in.Her eyes darted between the man and me and I could swear I caught a glare. She walked to him and draped herself around him. “Darling, where have you been? I've been searching all over for you. I wanted to inform you about the good news but it s
/-Aria-/Join the line of mistresses? That line didn't make sense until three days later. I was currently surrounded by maids, dolling me up to grace the King's bed.Frankly, I was not looking forward to it. This was not how I planned it out. It felt like my bad luck was messing with my plans once again. Either that or the goddess was using me as entertainment. “You look beautiful, my lady. With a face like this, you will quickly become the king's favorite,” one of the maids said. I didn't want to become his mistress. I wanted to be Luna! But I couldn't tell her that. If only the goddess sent me back a day before the wedding. Things would have been easier.“How many mistresses does the King have?” I inquired. I needed to know my competitors before venturing in. “Just three. Agatha, Vera and Lara. Vera is his favourite and from what the rumors say, she's the only one that can satisfy his sexual urge,” she answered.“And why is that?” I was piqued now. She looked at me in surpris
/-Aria-/At the first trust I discovered my mistake. Jasmine might have been cheating on him but she was a virgin. The pain cut through me like a double-edged sword, with a cry erupting from my throat. I didn't sign up for this. Another thrust and I felt like I was dying. Worse, his arms trapped my waist securely in place as he slammed into me. “Please stop…” I sobbed, but almost as the words left my lips, another thrust followed.It was then the servant’s words replayed in my head. Once he starts, he will never stop. I am doomed! I barely had the time to dwell in regrets as the thrusts came faster and deeper. I screamed, struggled and pleaded but nothing could stop this man. He continued thrusting without mercy, allowing occasional curses slip off his lips. In no time, my legs were trembling and my core throbbing from how hard he pounded me but he didn't seem anywhere near done. My breathing became laboured and soon enough, my lungs began closing up on me from the impact of
- 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
- Adonai -I was in a state of extreme happiness for days after Aria had my baby until one sunny afternoon, Zafa came to announce to me that we had visitors. I immediately knew something was wrong from the look on his face, but I did not ask him yet what it was.I followed him to the courtroom, and a train of men and women with gifts were waiting there. This shouldn't make him have that long face if it was a friendly visit, I wondered. I was on alert already."Greetings alpha," One of the men, who appeared to be a noble one, stood up and spoke."Greetings to you too," I replied guardedly while my eyes searched for any signs of danger."I am Elder Drew, and I bring you good tidings from Moonfill pack," He said with a big smile on his face. I turned to look at my men in the room and they gave me the same look. We have never heard of such a name before. The elder, who happened to be the spokesman, continued. "And also greetings from our great alpha here, alpha Damon."He pointed to the a
- 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