ROSHIDASince they couldn't do anything to me, they decided to go for the one thing that they could touch.My reputation.I was in the room when Sophia ran in.“You won't believe what is going around the village about you.”Actually, I didn't care but she seemed very determined to tell me so I dropped my book and listened to her.“I heard from one of the maids in the kitchen that Fiona asked them to tell people around the village that you're wolfless. And that it was because of your character that you have this curse. She said you're cursed and that's why Felix is marrying another woman.”Well, they had really sat down to think about that story. I mean, they did have to find something convincing to tell the people if he wanted to divorce their Luna and marry someone else.“That seems like a very nice story. And I take it that the people are responding positively.”“Yes, they're believing it. We have to do something.”Sophia liked to panic.“We don't have to do anything except sit back
FELIXI was on the verge of losing it. I wanted to run away and never come back.As soon as I woke up, I was met with Kelly's attitude. She refused to speak to me as she was still mad that I didn't do anything when Roshida slapped me.She was the Luna. I couldnt touch her but she didn't listen. As if that was not enough, I had my mother's attitude to deal with.She whined and complained all day that Roshida has refused to come to her to take care of her.She'd call me and complain until I couldn't take it anymore.“Just stop it, mother. Please, just stop it! Do you think it's easy for me too? I have so much on my plate and you're not making it any better.”“Felix, you’re raising your voice at me?”“I'm not. What do you need her for, though? You're not sick, you can walk on your own so why do you want her to come to your room and serve you?”Her eyes danced as I waited for an answer.“I'm getting old, I need people to help me.”That was a lie and she knew it.“If you need attention, ge
ROSHIDAFelix was a coward.He was like a dog that barked and barked and even when the target was in front of him, he couldn't bite.I looked him square in the eye.“I don't know what you want from me but I know I can't give you anything. So it's up to you now.”He looked at me so dumbfounded. What? Did he expect that I would sit back and wait until he married her?“Do you even understand what you're saying? Reject you? You're a Luna. You will tarnish your image. Trash that talk. All you have to do is accept the fact that I'm marrying Kelly. Stop trying to sabotage it.”I was trying to remain calm because I wanted to have this conversation in a very calm way.“Felix, I don't know which of my actions have seemed like a sabotage but I never meant for it to seem that way. As I have said before, I do not care that you want to marry her. Infact, you have my blessings. Go ahead and do it. Just stop bringing me into it. I'm sick of it.”He held my hand.“Roshida, if we are having issues,we d
ROSHIDAThe new life that I was living made me feel like an actual Luna. I woke up every day and stayed in my room for most of the day since I had nothing to do. Normally, I would have woken up before the sun rose and entered the kitchen to cook Grace’s food because she refused to eat any other thing made by maids. Then I'll go wake her up for her bath. I'd have to bathe her myself because she had tricked me into thinking that her legs weren’t working. But not anymore. If I was going to be a Luna, then I might as well enjoy my days while doing it. There was no reason for me to involve myself in the daily activities of the maids and servants. Sophia brought my food to me earlier and ran my bath. “What do you have planned for the day?”I turned to her with a frown.“Planned for the day? I plan to go to the Capitol and secure my freedom. Doesn’t that sound nice? I've already sent the letter. I just need to make sure the King has seen it.”“We need to celebrate. It's an amazing feat.
ROSHIDAI’m pretty sure that my attitude shocked him. He rejected me the day he brought another woman into this house, saying that he wanted to marry her while still being married to me so why was he so shocked all of a sudden?“You don’t care?”“Why should I? Did I care when you brought Kelly and said she was your mate? Did I care when you said I should take care of the wedding? Did I care when you said I could be your mistress? So why should i care when you want to reject me?”I was realising how easy it was for me to be careless towards these people. And it felt good. “ You will gain nothing from the rejection. If I reject you, you will lose everything. Your status, your money and all your assets, you will become an outcast here and no one will speak to you ever again.” “Why does it sound like you are trying to convince me not to go ahead with it? You’re the one who wants to reject me, remember? So why are you telling me what would happen? I don’t care if no one speaks to me agai
FELIXAfter dinner, I sat at the table for a while thinking about everything.I was going to get a lot of hate for doing this but in the end, everything will be fine.As long as the King hadn't finalised finalised the divorce, it meant that we were still married and anything that I wanted, I could take. So, if I wanted to take everything she owned because she was my wife, i could. Right now, there were eyes on me from my enemies, hoping that I will fail in my new position as Alpha and they will be able to tell the Lycan King that they had been right when they said I wasn’t fit to be Alpha.It had taken me six years to finally get to this position. It had also taken a lot of victorious wars, sucking up and being on the good side of the Lycan King to finally be here and I won't let anything make me lose this position.I was also trying to get allies on my side which meant that their eyes were on me because they wanted to know if they would be making a good investment.Then finally, th
FELIX“I don't understand you, Kelly. What's wrong all of a sudden? Why're you mad?”“I'm mad because you can't seem to understand how serious things are. You said it yourself that things are not looking good for your family anymore. And you think that the right thing to do is to let go of your only source of income?” This was still hard for me to understand. Women always said one thing and meant another. “But Kelly, you don't like Roshida right? You said it yourself yesterday when you came back into the room. So you still want her money?”She gave me a look when she turned around. “Don’t be ridiculous, Felix. First off, I had no idea she was the breadwinner of this family. You didn't tell me that you were that poor.”I held a finger up to her. “I'm not poor. Point of correction, I just don't have a lot of money. She has the inheritance of her parents and that's why she's rich. Her father was a really powerful Alpha before he died.”“How did you even get her to agree to marry you?
ROSHIDAI originally didn't want to go into his office but then, when I heard him and his mother talking about me and how he had a meeting with the Elders to discuss the rejection, I figured I needed him to see me and let him see that I didn't care about it. He could do whatever he wanted. When I snatched the letter from him and he got all defensive, I knew I had to read it. I didn't know what he was planning behind my back. The letter was not too lengthy and it was very straight to the point. “Dear Felix,If everything does go according to plan and you end up rejecting Roshida as planned, make sure to take everything that belongs to her. She is ungrateful and she needs to learn not to bite the hand that has fed her since she came here. She will have to learn the hard way to not be stingy with what she has. Make sure that you take everything from her and strip her of everything. Remember she's the reason things aren't going so well anymore.Your Luna,Kelly.”I dropped the letter
ROSHIDALiam was in his cot sleeping. I hadn't spent time with my baby through out the day and I missed holding him. I felt like carrying him in my arms but I knew that doing that would be the greatest mistake of my life because I knew that even though he looked so peaceful and innocent, as soon as he woke up, he was going to be the cookie monster. Besides, if I wanted him awake, he was going to be awake in a couple of hours crying and asking to be held, changed, fed or pet. I would get my dream very soon. I looked at the wall clock and it showed three am. That meant I had slept for eleven hours. That was a very long time. Which was also a very long time for my food to digest. Yes, I was hungry again. I grabbed the baby monitor and went out of the room. I felt like a little rat, going about when everyone else was asleep. I wouldn't be shocked if Sophia caught me as I was snooping around in the kitchen. It wasn't Sophia who caught me though. “I’m starting to think that this sh
ROSHIDA I turned around immediately, looking at the young lady standing in front of me.She was staring at me with an expressionless face and a cocked eyebrow, leaving me wondering what I was actually doing here. She was in high heels, I'd never seen anyone wear heels that high. She had make-up on, and her bright red lipstick stuck out to me. She was beautiful and her hair was pulled away from her face so tightly that I wondered if she got a face lift or that was as a result of the hair. “Didnt you hear what I said? I asked what you were doing here in my house standing in a towel with he door open? Don't you know there are men around? Or was that your plan? To seduce them? Perhaps the King? Are you the new mistress?” That was as outrageous as it sounded. “No, I'm not here to seduce anyone. My name is Roshida. I'm a Luna from Ravenclaw. I'm staying here for the meantime.”She dragged her eyes down from my face to my feet very slowly and agonizingly. “Why are you staying here? Don
ROSHIDAThe King and Queen were already waiting for us at the cemetery. I figured that Sophia must have texted them on our way here. Valfrd stood on the other side of the grave, and as we walked up to them behind the pallbearers, we locked eyes. I could see the way Liam was still in the Queen's arms. There was a priest there and I wondered if Sophia had arranged for that or not. I figured that I was the chief mourner today. When the priest asked me if I wanted to say anything, I just stared at the coffin with the words in my throat. Was it the right thing that was about to come out of my mouth? “I barely knew her. So I can't really say that I did. But I can say that there is someone here who will miss her greatly. She would have been such a good mother, doing everything she could for her son. She seemed like a very interesting person. I saw her reading a book the day I met her, I haven't got round to reading that book. But I can do so soon enough. It's just sad she got to live a
ROSHIDA After I finally got Sophia to stop staring at me like I was the first sinner in the world, we got to the place. “Where are we?” ”It's the funeral home that's planning and preparing her. We need to make sure that her body is ready and so is the casket.” I followed her in and a certain dense feeling suddenly settled upon me..it was like my body knew that we were in a place of death. There was a smell that made me sick and.i couldn't help the way I felt. “That’s the embalming fluid. Don't worry, we'll be out of here soon enough.” The place was quiet. I followed closely behind her while she looked for someone around. The smell wasn't the reason I felt sick. “Hello? Is there anyone here?”There was no response at first but as we walked through the curtains, we saw a man bent over something. I was guessing it was a body. “Excuse me? Mr Folk?” The man turned around immediately and removed his glasses and mask. “Ah! You're here. I thought you wouldn't show up. Please, come
ROSHIDA“Why do you have that look on your face? What is it?” She dropped the tray and walked over to me. “How dumb do you think I am? Really? Did you think I won't find out?”I didn't know what she was talking about but I could see that she was in a bad mood so I didn't say anything that would make her more angry. “Sophia, I'm sure you know I'm not a mind reader or else, I would have read Liam's mind and not have him screaming my head off early in the morning.” She didn't seem to find what I said funny and that's when I knew there was a problem. “Sophia, what is it? You're scaring me now.”“What did you eat last night?” I knew she had caught me. There was no need to lie..“It burnt. I trailed off and the prince had to walk in and turn it off himself. I'm sorry I lied to you. I got into an argument with him after that and I didn't want to tell you that I hadn't eaten. I didn't think you'd want to hear that.”“Well, you're sure damn right about that! I can't believe you'd look me
ROSHIDA This time around, a bottle didn't solve his grievance. Infact, I think it only enraged him. The more I showed the bottle to him, the louder his cries got. I had to taste the milk to make sure that it wasn't too hot. “Liam, please. I'll kill to know what you want.” As I called his name, he suddenly stopped crying and looked at me. “What? What do you want? Will you tell me?”The tears were rolling down his face and he was red. Then I did the stupidest thing. I raised the bottle to his face again and showed it to him. “Are you hungry?” The crying ensued and I just stood in the living room wishing that babies could talk. I had a headache, I was hungry, sleep deprived and weak. “Why’s the little one making so much noise this early?” The Queen came down from the stairs in her night robe and face mask. “Good morning, My Queen. I'm sorry if his cries woke you up. I've been trying but he just won't stop.” She smiled. “Can I hold him? I think I know what's wrong.” At this
ROSHIDA “Evelyn, look at me, please.” I wanted to turn around but I was scared of how close we were standing. Well, he was the one standing close to me. The only option out was to walk away. “Fine, I'm sorry for not coming to see you. I really wanted to but that would mean going against my father.” Was I even mad at him only because he didn't come see me in the hospital? Maybe. Because he was actually in trouble and I couldn't blame him. “As I said, I'm not mad. Now, let it go.” I walked away from him. I didn't even think I was hungry anymore. Of course, he followed me. “Hows the baby doing?” “He’s fine.” “I’m sorry about his mother.” I know, I was too. “Yeah, sure.” “If there is anything I can do-” I turned to face him. “There is nothing you can do, my Prince. I fact, I don't need your help. I'll bury her myself. Thank you.” He was taken aback by my outburst but I didn't give him time to recover. I guess the only thing I couldnt blame him
ROSHIDA I was about to lose it. I wasn't a mother, well not yet anyway, but I could feel the burnt. I thought Liam was a peaceful baby. He wasn't. As soon as he woke up later that evening, he cried his lungs out. I carried him, dropped him, snag to him, played with him but nothing could stop that mouth from crying. Sophia rushed into the room and handed me his bottle. “Just the right temperature. Here.” As I placed the bottle in his mouth, the room instant became silent and I could hear myself think again. “I guess someone is a little hungry.” He was so focused on the bottle that until he finished it, he didn't even look at me. “It’s just your first day and you look like you've had it.” That's because I have. I have had it. “What’s the time? I'm hungry.” I looked outside but I couldn't see anything. “Its two am. What time did you think it was?”
138VALFREDI should have known that something was wrong. The higher I went, the heavier I felt. It was getting hot but I didn't stop. I had to save that kids brother. When I finally got to the sixth floor, I placd my hand on the door handle and it burned me instantly. So I had to use my clothes to open the door. The fire threw me back. There was no way I would be able to walk through the fire. Wait, maybe if I could get my jacket wet. The sprinklers were activated so I went to stand under one. When the jacket was finally wet, I stood at the door knowing that what I was about to do was dangerous but I was already here and I couldn't go back. Flinging the jacket over her head, I ran past the original flames at the door. The fumes were so thick that I could barely breathe and I couldn't see anything past me but I was in now so I didn't have a choice. “Is anyone in here?!”The fact that I didn'