ROSHIDAAs much as I wanted to act like being here didn't make the butterflies in my stomach jump around in a frenzy, it did.It suddenly became like I had never been in front of a crowd before and I just kept looking over my shoulders like someone was going to swoop in and kidnap me.Maybe it was because there were a lot of people walking up to me and introducing themselves. Especially people that I have never seen in my life before.Most of them were Alphas who would come to congratulate me for the opening of the Fortress as they didn't have the time to speak to me that day.Was this what they had to deal with every other day too?Sophia was by my side, smiling like a doll as well as they shook me and shook her too.Liam was in his lean, most definitely sleeping already and I was worried that the noise would affect him. It didn't seem to bother him though.“Luan, I have to welcome you to this. I didn't think that you would come, seeing ws your lack is very far away.”I knew that voi
ROSHIDA“Id I had known that wearing a dress would mean having my breath taken away by you like this, I would have asked for a ball every day. Did I tell you that you look stunning?”I gave him a look.“Three times now.”He smiled wildly, letting his pearl teeth show in the dim light.“You clean up nicely. I mean, you in a suit? Who would have thought?”He laughed and shook his head.“My position in the military and all the work I do around won't let me dress like a normal person. I am a soldier, I have to be ready for combat at any time.”I couldn't argue with that so I just nodded and turned back to face the crowd. More people were coming into the already filed up hall. I mean, what was I expecting? It was the Queens birthday party. It's definitely not going to be a small affair.We got served pastries and I just ate ice cream because I really didn't want to be trying any new foods, at least not tonight. It won't be nice going to the toilet over some new food in this dress.I looked
ROSHIDA“Oh, you didn't have to do anything. Your presence along with Liam presence alone is a present for me. You have no idea how I'm glad to have you both here.”Well, I wasn't feeling very glad right now. I just wanted to leave and I didn't know why.Liam had woken up and was busy tugging at the pearls on her neck and I was silently praying that he won't finally cut it because I was sure they were real pearls and even with all the money I would have in my life, I won't be able to replace them.Felix stepped forward, presenting his one present.“My Queen, my wife and I brought this for you. It was my idea.”Of course, he would take all the glory.The Queens isn't look pleased to see him though.“Where is that wife of yours?” She tried looking over him.“Oh, she's somewhere around. Probably drinking her head off.”How could he talk about her like that? She was pregnant.Suddenly, she ran in while holding her bump and her dress.“Excuse me, I had no idea that the Queen was receiving
ROSHIDAThe King and Queen wanted to give the closing remark. That was why they called him.He stood beside them with his hands behind him and pursed lips, obviously thinking about when he would be able to walk away..As he stood up there, I couldn't help but think back to the fact that we had kissed. I had kissed the Prince. For the second time, actually.Just then, he looked down at me and I ckudjbg help the smile that came on my face.Deep down, I had something judging me. Why did I let the Prince kiss me? We weren't anything at all so why should it matter?Besides, he said that he had someone he loved so why did he kiss me?No, it wasn't his fault. I was just at fault as he was..Because I let him, knowing full well that there was someone out there who was faithful to him.I suddenly looked away from him and focused on the nausea in the pit of my stomach.Finally, they were doke with their speech and the party was over.The hall began to clear it while Sophia and I just sat at one
VALFRED For the fact that Isabella was standing there with a huge smile on her face, I could already tell what was going on but I didn't want to believe it. The fact that Roshida was here when they wanted to talk about this rubbish made me even super uncomfortable. Why would they talk about this now? Couldn't they wait till another time? “Well, Lucas here had proposed something wonderful and when he spoke about it, I didn't see any faults with the plan.” My father turned to Alpha Lucas, waiting for him to say something. “What your father is trying to say is that we would like you to marry my daughter. Isabella has had a crush on you since she met you and now that you are both of age, marriage between the both of you is the best thing. What do you think?” I looked at my father, hoping that he would interrupt him and say that it's a joke. But he didn't. I didn't understand why it had to be her and no one else. I'd seen her before. She's often come with her father to
ROSHIDAOne thing I hated was people referring to Liam as a bastard. Despite the fact that he didn't have a father, he had me and he had a mother who loved him so much. And this man talking about him like that was one thing I wouldn't taken because not only did he not deserve to speak about my son like that, the fact that he belonged to Felix's family made him just as useless as Felix himself. He didn't know me or anything about me and the fact that he believed anything that Felix told him showed just how stupid and dense he was. I took a step forward. “I can take anything but I will not take any insults against my son from a man who doesn't know anything about me. I don't know you and I don't care to. But from what I can see here, you're disgraceful, bullying a woman who suffered at the hands of your immature nephew and attacking a kid who lost his mother! Don't you ever speak to me or my son like that!”His face turned red and I could see his breathing increasing. “How dare you
VALFREDAs I watched the car peel away from the compound, I turned back around and headed back inside. I had a lot of things on my mind to say to my father and all those people in here and nothing was going to stop me from saying them. Actually, my mother did stop me. “Valfred, I can't let you inside like this. Calm down.”I looked at my mother. “Mother please, move out of the way. Let me go!” Clarissa joined her. “You have to calm down. You can't go in there like this!”“Calm down?! Did you hear what they said to her?! Why on earth would father bring those people in here to insult her in my presence?! Who the hell is that man?”I felt like if I didn't say anything to support Roshida, I had failed her greatly. She hadn't deserved any of those things that they'd said to her. What my sister and my mother were doing was damage control but what was the use of ruining what was already ruined? I might as well just finish the job. I gragged my hand away from my mother's grip and stor
VALFREDThe house was silent after they left. My mother and sister had come in at some point and they stood at the door, watching the drama. My father sat down in his chair at the head of the table in silence and I stood before him, just watching him in disappointment. “What got into you, father? Bringing someone I had never met in my life for me to marry? Especially when you know how I feel about Roshida?! I thought I knew you better. I thought you had integrity.”He finally looked me in the eye. “Alpha Lucas has access to the sea port. His pack alone handles all the imports and exports of this Kingdom. And the fact that we have opened the Blue Ridge Fortress again means that we need his pack. So he asked for something in return for the trouble that they would have to go through with the pirates.”That was no excuse for what he had done. “So you thought selling your son out to some man that I didn't know t
ROSHIDAClarissa was waiting for me outside just like she said she would. “I’m so sorry for calling you out here at this time. I just don't have a good feeling about this.”I walked over to go and meet her and give her a hug. “I should be apologise for making you stay up and wait for me by this time. You should be sleeping. Where is the Queen?”She led me inside the house and once in, the guards surrounded us immediately. “What madness is this? Get out of the way, we need to go through.”Mark came to join the party. “My apologies, My Princess but they're under special orders to arrest her as soon as they lay eyes on her.”Had things gotten this bad that there was even a warrant out for my arrest? Clarissa stood in front of me. “Well, you didn't see her. You saw her with me, so when you see her alone, you can arrest her. Right now, you will move out of the way because we need to get to my mother.”I hated the fact that all this was happening because of me. The tension, the stand
VALFREDIt took me a while but I finally figured it out. That's why I made the trip without telling anyone. Well, anyone in my family.“So you want to go over there to say what to them? You're supposed to be running away from them and not running to them.”I should have known he would never be in support. “She needs to stop the bullshit and stop sabotaging my life! Does she know how many steps back she has taken me now? Roshida won't even pick up my calls.”I spent days trying to figure out who the hell could have said anything to her. I crossed out all the people who knew about it before finally settling on Isabella. She was the only one with a reason to tell Roshida and who knows what else she told her. “I thought we were trying to sort this whole thing out. Listen, we don't need to blow things out of proportion. Just focus on sorting things out with Roshida. Going over there isn't going to make anything better.”No, it will. It will prove to them that I wasn't down for their bu
ROSHIDAI should have known that my troubles weren't over. Working in an environment like this meant having to deal with things I didn't want to and that entailed being called by the King to appear in his presence because those stupid men had reported that I had spoken against the King.When the order came, I had to read it two times to understand what I was seeing. Spoken against the King? When the hell had that happened?I tried to recount what happened, wondering if I had even mentioned the King in my fit of rage but nothing was coming to mind. Sophia came to read the letter too. “What did you say?”“Nothing. I said nothing about the King. I wonder what those pigs have gone to tell him. The order says as early as the sun rises tomorrow, I should be in the Capitol.”They're trying to sabotage me, that's what they're trying to do. I mean, they knew I had a good relationship with the King and they wanted to do what they can to ruin that. That's the only way they can take the Fortre
ROSHIDAI was completely confused.“No, I do not think it's a women's party. I know it's a meeting for pack leaders-”One of the Alphas interrupted.“You mean, Alphas.”These men piss me off so bad and I'm going to bed help, a lot of help to be able to deal with these people. “No, I mean Alphas and Lunas. If you have a problem with me being here, then maybe you should not have invited me. So tell me, do you have an issue with me being here?”The guy standing laughed. I didn't even know who he was and I was sure I hadn't seen his face before. “The only reason we invited you was because the Blue Ridge Fortress is in your territory. And apparently, we can't do anything without your approval. That's why we invited you. If not, this is a meeting for men only. So do we have access to it or not?”Wow, so this was how they wanted to play it? Very well then. There was a knock on my door and I saw the guard that I had sent to get that man from earlier. Before he could speak, I held my hand
ROSHIDAThe thrill and celebration that came with being crowned Luna had washed away and what was left was the work load and the meetings and the sanctions and the judgement. It was like the people of the pack did not live before I became Luna because as soon as I started work, every little thing was brought to me. The other day, two women came to report each other to me because their kids had gotten into a fight and they both decided that they also needed to sort things out so they got into a fight as well. “What exactly were the kids fighting over?” Before that, I had barely gotten two hours of sleep in three days and I would be anywhere else but here. “Some girl in school that they liked. My son saw her first and asked her out while her stupid son went behind my son's back to snatch her away from him.”I finally looked up at them, trying to manage the headache that was raging in my head. The scene before me wasn't making sense. “So let me get this straight. You grown ups dec
ROSHIDAI gave Liam to Marie that morning and asked her if breakfast is ready. “Yes, it is. The King and Queen are at the table already.”Well, it's a good thing that they can still eat without me being there. I had had another thing to worry about. What if the King and Queen were mad at me for what happened last night? This morning, I thought about it properly and realised that it seemed like disrespect. Not even that, it was disrespect to walk out of the King and the royal family. And I didn't want anyone to them to think that it was because we had become so close that I had the guts to walk out on them. As I stood in front of the door,.I pressed my ear to see if I could hear anything but I couldn't hear any conversation or cutlery clanking. What were they doing if they weren't eating already?“Roshida?”Sophia's voice startled me so much that I hit my knee into the stood beside me and the silent scream that I had to endure made me see stars. “Are you okay?”.When the pain had
VALFREDAs she stormmed past me and walkrd to her room, I just stood in the same spot while Reggie went to take a seat.Now I knew that I had officially messed up. I should be glad if she ever looked at me again not to even speak of talking to me again.“What the hell happened out there? I mean, I heard you guys had a fight earlier..is it because of this?”At this point, I was beginning to think about all my life choices. Maybe I shouldn't have followed them to the pack. At least, I would have avoided having to have the conversation with her and letting her find out that I was her classmate.If that handt happened, this wouldn't have happened.I told my family everything that happened and Reggie just sat there like a sponge, taking everything in like he was the one that had been caught in a lie.“I told you! From the moment you told me about her, I told you to tell her the truth. She doesn't have a wolf that would tell her who her mate is so she needs you to tell her the truth. And no
ROSHIDAI didn't look back until I got home. There was nothing to look back to. All I could see were faces of liars. I stormed right into the house, not even sitting for either of them to catch up with me. Ss soon as I entered the living room, I asked where everyone was and the guards took me to where they were. Why were they locked in a room? I wanted to ask but the way the Queen ran to me and grabbed me like I was a thief, pulling me closer to her threw me off balance. “You’re okay! Oh gosh! Where were you? What happened? We were all so worried, did they take you anywhere? Are you hurt?” Without first answering, I went to pick Liam up. He was crying in the corner and I'm sure it was because of all the pandemonium. “I wasn't taken. No one kidnapped me, I'm fine.”Valfred and Reggie joined us in the room and their faces looked looked like they had just found my dead body. “What is going on? You found Roshida so what's the matter? Why do you guys look that way?” I wonder if the
VALFRED“Are you sure you even know where we're going or are we about to get kidnapped too?”I didn't bother turning around to look at him because I didn't have anything to tell him. There was no time to be wasted and we needed to hurry up so we can get to her as fast as possible.“I won't lie, I actually don't know where we're going. I've never been here before and I can't track down her scent. I am picking up another scent though but-”“Shut up and stay down.”I turned around to look at him, hoping that he had not gone mad.“What are you on? Let's keep moving-”“Shut up! I saw something move in the trees. Get down.”I finally listened to his instructions and got down, holding my breath to see what he saw.After a while, I saw the movements a few yards from us, it was slow but steady.“Who do you think it is?”The silhouette of the figure was obviously a woman but we didn't want to take our chances so we didn't make a move.“Do you think it's her? I'm blind as a bat in these woods.”