ROSHIDA If I’d known earlier that my mate would come back with a woman, I would have gone on my knees and begged my mother to make another choice. A little introduction before we get into it. My name is Roshida, the late Alpha's daughter and I'm wolfless. My mother arranged for me to marry a Beta three months ago. I'd married him without a second thought three months ago because she wanted me to. It was her dying wish and how could I say no to my mother? And I have always trusted her choice. I felt like that decision would make me closer to her after her death. I couldn't exactly say I'd married him because he didn't even attend the ceremony. He'd been called to fight some war and I had to stand there like a fool at the altar, saying my vows into thin air. I didn't know what was more pathetic between that and having to act like I was happy with everything. Now he came back from the battlefield not only with a promotion to be Alpha, but a woman he claimed to be his father mate.
ROSHIDA As I sat in my room that night, I felt like a fool. It was now my room because Felix had come in and said that he was now going to be sleeping with Kelly. Of course, I should have seen that coming. After everything that I'd done for this family, all because I felt that I had a new family. Felix didn't have a lot of money before. He was a Beta with little to nothing going for him so of course, when I married him, it meant that I had to do something for him and his family. I'd started by taking over his mother's medical bills. When he left, she was in dire need to help and I didn't think twice before paying for everything. Now, he's come back to see her in better shape and he didn't even say anything to me. The only thing he could do was bring another woman home with him. I should have seen it coming right from the start. The way he agreed to marry me without knowing anything about me. I didn't want to blame my mother for my present predicament. She had only done
ROSHIDA Sophia had been with me for so many years. Back home, she'd been my personal maid and she'd proven herself to be my friend and the sister I never had. She was there for me when my father, brothers and mother died, helping me get through the grief I thought would envelope me. That's why I knew I could trust her with everything. She rushed to my side before my knees buckled and I fell to the floor. “Luna, you're not doomed. Don't tell me you plan to let him marry that other woman? You're just going to give into the pressure?” What other choice did I have? He was already set on it. And he sure as hell wasnt considering me. It didn't matter to him. I didn't matter to him. “He doesn't care, Sophia. They want me to take care of the wedding. What do I do? I can't stand by and watch him marry her.” What did she have that I didn't? Why did he feel the need to humiliate me this way? After everything I did? “Luna, don't tell me you're going to let them do what they want with you
ROSHIDA The room was dead silent like the time when she first walked in. I'd gotten her tongue tied and I was enjoying it. Her mouth was open but sounds were not coming out. What a hypocritical bitch. “On a lighter note, Felix was promoted to Alpha for his efforts in the war. You know that if you work alongside her and become her co-wife, things could work out.” I felt myself get dumber just listening to her. In what sick world did she think that this could work out? Even if I did agree to this, we would hate each other for the rest of our lives and be sworn enemies. I didn't have time for all that and certainly not with a woman who was cheap enough to take someone else's husband. “I mean, think about it. He's the Alpha now, and he did say that he met her at war. You could stay back and handle things at the pack while he goes out with her to fight wars. I'm sure you're too soft and tush for all that so no one expects that from you.” This woman clearly didn't know how I was broug
FELIX It was dinner time and there was no one at the table which was weird because usually, my mother would have been here nagging the maids about what they did wrong. Kelly was the only one atbthe table and I couldn't start eating without my mother. “What’s going on?” Kelly asked as I stood up. “Give me a minute.” I went upstairs to look for her. I was sure that she had fallen asleep reading a book or something. “What are you saying? Return everything to you? Do you really think you did this family a favor?” Who was Fiona speaking to in Roshida's room? The door was slightly open so I just stood there and listened in. “I’m very sure you weren't deaf when I said it. Everything that I've given to you and your mother will be returned to me. It is mine, after all.” What was Roshida saying? I opened the door and walked in. “What’s going on?” My mother clutched my arm. “Son, you should hear what your wife is saying. She's saying that she wants to leave you and that she wants ev
ROSHIDA “Won’t he get mad when he finds out?” I looked at her, confused at what she was talking about. “Who is that you speak of? Last I checked, I didn't owe anyone my whereabouts. So who cares if he finds out?” I wanted to leave the pack back to mine today. It has been a while since I'd been away from my family and I wanted to go see them again. At least to let them know I was doing fine. “I don't think you want to wear that.” She looked down at her dress. “What? I like this dress. Why don't you want me to wear it?” “It’s not me. We have places to be today. Just trust me. Wear something else.” Today was going to determine a lot. That was why I needed to go see my parents first. I needed their good luck to go with me. “You know, I'm proud of you. For standing up to them. I didn't think you'd be able to do it. What exactly did you say that got them so mad like that? ” That's right. I hadn't told Sophia that I'd decided to divorce. It was something that just slipped out in th
ROSHIDA The King was silent. “Do you realise what you are asking, young lady? You want to leave your husband? A highly decorated Alpha? Firstly, do you realise the implications that carry?” Screw the implications. “My King, I've thought about it and I'm ready to bear it all. Nothing is too much to bear as long as I get to leave that house. I've suffered more than enough and I deserve better. I'm ready to face it all”. I just needed him to be convinced. If I can plead my case to him and he accepts it, then I'm fine. “Roshida, that's your name right? The reason your father sent you to military school, if I remember clearly, was because you were born without a wolf. He didn't want you to be trampled upon. I don't want that either for you.” I was wolfless but I wasnt useless. I felt more at ease, like I was talking to my father or uncle. “Your majesty, I understand your concerns and I appreciate them but then, the skills I have acquired won't be entirely useless. I can take care o
ROSHIDA I walked out of the throne room and went back to Sophia. I didn't even know what to tell her because I was sure that she would be so disappointed just like I was. How was I going to get Felix to agree? Even with a gun to his head, he wouldn't want to divorce me because he wants me to lay for the wedding. “Wait!” I turned around and the man who had turned out to be the prince walked up to me. I curtsied as he approached me. “Rise. Is your husband willing to let you go?” I shook my head. “He wants my money so he can pay for his wedding with her. He doesn't care about me.” He nodded. His eyes were intense and I had to look away from them for a moment. “Do you want me to help you?” I looked back at him immediately and my eyes widened. “No, you don't have to do that. I'll figure out a way to get him to say yes.” “Is he going to say yes?” I couldn't answer that. “So you need my help..don't worry, go home. You'll have your approval by tomorrow.” Before I could say any
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.”
ROSHIDA“Where did you say you saw the King? I think we've walked far enough.”I turned around to look but there was nothing to see. As far as my eyes could see, there were just trees. Gosh, how did I not realise how far I was walking?The girl turned around.“Just a little bit further. It's down here.”I should have let those guards follow me, they would be looking everywhere for me. I just hope that they don't start worrying.I'd been so angry at Valfred that I stormed off to the car to cool off. How could he not have told me all this while we were friends that he'd been the one that I'd helped all those years ago?I wouldn't have been mad at him or anything, he should have just told me. I came down from the act, remembering that I still had to show my face at the party.That was when this young girl.ran up to me and told.me that the King had been seen in the woods and they sent her to call me.“Um, now that I think about it, don't worry. I'll go back now and call his guards. They w
VALFREDRoshida was.missing.I sent the guards to look for my father and tell him what was going on and bring him back to the car so we could take him back home.I didn't want to take any chances. She couldn't just disappear into thin air.My dad came into the car to meet me.“Valfred, the guards said you were looking for Roshida. Where is she?”I told him everything that happened.“I want to go into the woods to look for her. I mean, I don't know what she went in there to do and she knows better but I'm sure I'll be able to find her if I go looking for her. I just wanted to let you know before I go.”“It’s her coronation day. If the enemies made it into her pack to get her, then that means they have her. I can't let you go out there alone. They might come for you. Take all the guards with you. I'll find my way home.”I know that Roshida has been a target to many since my father gave her the Blue Ridge Fortress and at some point, I even asked my father to take it away from her becaus
VALFREDShe perked up with a frown.“Really? Military school? What class?”.It wasn't very hard for.me to remember. Those years of my life were the worst.“Sir Red's Class. To make matters worse, my father made sure to hide that I was his son so I could blend right in. That didn't work out very well. I was bullied out of school.”Thinking back now, it didn't hurt anymore but I just wish that I could tell the young me that I wouldn't die if I had just stood up for myself.“What year did you graduate?”I looked back at her.“I never did. I just left. I told you, I was bullied right out.”She had a weird look on her face and I wondered what was wrong.“Valfred, I think we were in the same class. You're the boy I saved that day…the boy that left and I never saw again.”From the first day she said that story, I could already tell that I was the boy but we were on a mission and I didn't want to disrupt that with all that. So I kept mute. I guess it's a good thing it came up now.“Took you l
ROSHIDAAfter missing more than half the dinner, the King decided that he wanted to go into the pack. We were all sure that it was because of the candy floss and sweet shops.“Honey, how can you say that? I mean, I just want to see the people. Roshida just became Luna, we should go say hi to them, don't you think ?”He looked at me like he dared me to say no.”You’re right, My King. We should go say hi.”I actually didn't want to go to the pack even though it was tradition that I was supposed to bow to the people just after my swearing in.But I was tired and so not in the mood. I just wanted to go to my room and go to sleep.These days, my sleeping routine was getting better because I was going through enough stress to last a life time so my body was as tired as it could be.So I didn't even have to ask for slept before it came. Infact, the hours weren't even enough anymore.“You see, she agrees with me? Do you want to come with me?”The Queen gave him a dirty look.“And miss out on
ROSHIDAHe followed me down the stairs, holding Liam who seemed more interested in him than me.The way Sophia kept smiling at me like I was a bride coming down the stairs and she was my husband waiting for me.“Oooh, you look so good. Come on, let's go, the King is waiting for you.”The instatement was taking place in the garden. It was a close ceremony because I really didn't want a lot of people. Then, the people had the freedom to continue their party afterwards.The Elders and most of the people in government were present and at that moment, I wished my family were present to see this day.But then if they were, my brother would be the one taking the crown and not me.The King was standing up front and Sophia walked behind me since she was my Beta. She had to be sworn in too.The sun was not too hot and I was so happy because I hated the heat. It would have been a very bad day because I would have to smile and act like everything is fine.And I didn't want to do that.I bowed as