ROSHIDA
When I got the message that the King wanted to see me, I was scared.The first thing that came to my mind was whether that fat pig had gone to report to him. Even though I hadn't done anything wrong, being summoned by the King especially without being told the reason would send shivers down anybody's spine.Despite the fact that we may have a relationship, that was with my father. He would still put me in my place and punish me when I did something wrong.If he had truly gone to report me, then it meant that I had to prepare my case to be presented to the king too. I knew that a man like that would want to make sure that everything worked in his favor.Thankfully, I had witnesses.“Should I come with you?”No, I didn't think it was necessary this time around. I could handle it myself.“No, I need you to go somewhere else for me.”The meeting was scheduled for noon but I'd left two hoVALFREDI didn't think she'd agree. She just took over as Luna. And asking her to leave everything and come with me was a little too much to ask. But she agreed. I could see that she didn't do it willingly but with my mother's persistent attitude and my father's convincing one, she didn't have a choice. Moreover, my father made it seem like it was a favor he was asking. Meanwhile, it was an order and no one, especially a Luna or Alpha wouldn't want to be caught disobeying the King. I just didn't expect her to walk out like that. I just stood there with the papers in my hand, wondering if I'd said anything wrong. But I knew it was because of what happened. I couldn't let her hate me. She was my mate and I was meant to make her love me the natural way. If she ended up hating me because of my status, then I was a lost cause. After she left, I went to see my parents. Perhaps I could talk them i
ROSHIDAThese days, everything seems less interesting to me. I couldn't find myself smiling or finding joy in little things. “Are you still like this? You're acting as if the King ahs told you to go back to your marriage with Felix.”If he had said that, I would have killed myself by now. I would do everything to make sure that I didn't go back to him and even after my death, he won't enjoy a single penny from it. “What difference does it make between what he said and that? If I die, my father's lineage will be wiped out and someone else will take over. Someone who's probably not worthy of the throne.” I couldn't imagine it. My father's line dying out, that's why he had four children because he wanted to make sure his line continued at all costs. “But I still don't see any reason why the prince can't go alone. Why can't he go alone? He's no longer a kid. Or is he all talk until it gets to actual missions?”My m
ROSHIDA When I went back to the h Capital, the prince wasn't around so I had to sit and wait for him. I was advised to leave and come back but making the hour there was not exactly my favorite thing to do so I just stayed. My house isn't exactly close to this place and I only make the journey because I have to. This time around, I didn't stay in the waiting room since it wasn't the prince I was here to see. The prince had his own waiting room and I was the only one there. Well, I was the only one there at first before another man walked in. He didn't say a word to me and just went straight to his seat. The maids came in and served him wine while he just sat back and drank like he owned the place. “Is there anything else that you need, sir?” “Not at all, you may leave.” He didn't look like an alpha. I know I
ROSHIDA For some reason, I was having a change of heart. Maybe it was because I had spent less than ten seconds looking at Valfred and more than two minutes talking to him. After hearing the plan yesterday, I figured that it was going to be a lot of work but it'll even be more work for me if I didn't have the slightest interest in it. And I didn't want anything that would stress me in any way. I might as well try to act like I want to do this, maybe I'll hate it less. But just because I was about to go on a suicide mission soon, didn't mean my work load had lessened. I still had a whole lot to do in my pack and in the Fortress. There was paper work to be filled, guards to be trained and a throne to sit on. I still needed to listen to the issues that were brought before me. That alone could take up the entire day. Later that evening, I decided to leave the pack and go to the Fortress. If we were going to need
ROSHIDAIf I wasn’t dead before, I sure as hell would be dead now. I had just talked back to the King and not just that, I’d told him that he was wrong.The King was silent after that and I stared at him square in the eye because despite the fact that I knew that I had done the right thing, it still didn’t stop the fact that I had gone against the King’s laws and I had changed it. Also, he didn’t look very happy about it.It was one of the elders who spoke up instead of the King.“How dare you speak to the King that way? Perhaps you do not know how things are done here as you are a woman. You must never speak to the King in that manner.”What did that have to do with anything?“Perhaps it is you who do not know that the King put me in this position. Am I no longer allowed to plead my case or will I be executed before I am proven guilty?”He opened his mouth to speak but the King raised his hand and stopped him. The court doors opened and Valfred walked through. I forgot that he was a
ROSHIDA“If I may ask, what makes you think that you should get the house and the child? To the best of my knowledge, you already have a new wife, a baby on the way and you have the house so why do you still want a child from your last marriage?”The pig couldn’t say a word and he kept stuttering.“My King, the child is mine. I don’t need a reason to want him. This woman has no money and no home. How would she feed him? According to the law, I can take everything away from her as long as I don't want to be married to her anymore. She has no right to anything.:”I hope they could all hear just how ridiculous it was sounding.“So by the time you take the child away from her what do you think will happen to her?Have you thought about that?”He looked at her.“My king, look at her. She’s old, ugly and thin. I don't care about her anymore. She could do what she wants with her life. I just want her to be gone so I can raise my child and live with my family.”I wanted to slap him. So hard.“
ROSHIDA After the meeting, I had to see the King personally. I stood with my head facing the ground. “I must say, when the issue was reported to me, I was livid. Infact, I was so mad that I thought that at the end of the day, I'd strip you of your title. This has never been done before.” I thought my head was going to be gone too. “You will play a very valid role for your people, Luna. And I can already see that you're going to be not just their leader, but their friend too.” If I was going to be a good leader, then I'll step on toes. A lot of toes. “Thank you, my King. I just did what I thought was right. Thank you for hearing me out. And thank you for helping that woman. She would have had nothing if not for you.” He waved it off.“Oh, it's nothing. I mean, you opened my eyes to see how ridiculous it was that her husband got to laugh last after everything. I'll take a better look at the othe
VALFRED When I heard that my father’s court was in session, I rolled my eyes. I knew that there was no way that I could miss out on it no matter how much I wanted to. It was always so boring and aggravating. But when I heard that Roshida was involved, I didn't think twice before leaving my mother and rushing all the way there. What is the matter this time? The way she was able to stand up for herself despite being in front of my father and his cabinet made me quite impressed. The fact that she had changed not just one law was a brave move and I knew my father frowned against every form of disrespect and everything that seemed like one was going against him. The way she spoke so proudly, knowing that she had done the right thing got to me and I couldn't bring myself to look away from her. Even when Elder Rossi seemed to frustrate her efforts, she spoke back at him. He was the major reason I hated being in court. He
VALFREDDid I regret that I almost kissed her? No, not one bit. Will I do it again if I had the chance? Most definitely..If my father hadn't walked into the room at that point in time, I wonder if I would have been successful. But I wouldn't blame her for acting the way she was. The fact that nothing romantic had happened between us before asides the fact that we had to act married back then was probably what she was acting on. Should I have eased her into it?But I didn't force her on the bed, did I? I didn't hold her hand or pin her down to the bed so she shouldn't mad at me. Maybe I should apologize. Maybe she felt I had invaded her space. Gosh, women were so confusing. “Did you father disown you?”I looked up at Reggie, wondering what he was talking about. “What did you say?” “Why do you have that deep frown that means there's something wrong?”Should I tell him? He'll just criticize me and point out all the things I did wrong. But that was exactly what I needed. “N
ROSHIDAI walked back to my room with a whole lot on my mind. What had come over me? How could I sit there and let the prince almost kiss me? It's not like I was drugged or anything. I was perfectly awake and I let it happen. To make matters worse, the King had walked in. Why did he have to walk in at that moment? Why couldn't he walk in when Valfred was full clothed and not standing over me? Oh gosh, this is a disaster. How am I supposed to keep staying here after what just happened? Maybe this is a sign that I should leave. I should leave as quickly as possible and go back to my pack where I won't have to face him again. Speaking of him, what was he thinking when he was trying to kiss me? Was he drunk, perhaps? “There you are!”Sophia's voice startled me out of my thoughts and I just held my hand to my chest to calm my rapidly beating heart. “Why do you look like that? What's wrong?” Should I tell her? No, she was pro-Valfred and I didn't want her getting the wrong ideas.
ROSHIDAI thought he was going to say something but he just walked past me, stunning me as he went up the stairs. Did I do something wrong? Or was it something else? “Don’t worry about it. He's just mad about something.”I wonder what it was. I hadn't seen him like this before. I joined the Queen at the bottom of the stairs forgetting what I had come downstairs to do. What had made Valfred so mad like that? “Roshida, it's fine. He's not mad at you.”Well, I knew that but what was he mad at? I suddenly remembered why I was down here. “You asked to see me, My Queen.”“Yes, I did. But it seems like your mind is occupied with something else so I will look for you later. Go see him.”“What? Oh no, it's fine. I can see him later. This is important, isn't it?”I don't know why his temper was bothering me. After all, I hadn't done anything to him. “Roshida, we both know that your mind isn't here so go to him. I'll see later.”I wanted to argue with her but I remembered that she was th
VALFREDI thought about I entered the car. Going to Roshida's pack to see him won't do the damage I wanted it to do. And she would also get the information that I came there and I was the reason he left. I didn't even want her to know that I was aware of this. So I went to his pack. When I had seen the reports, his pack was ranking the lowest. Now, I could see why. The whole place was falling apart and it was like a junkyard. Was this the man my father had made an Alpha? If only he knew how much of a mistake he had made. I took pictures of the streets and the building so I could show how dilapidated they were. What was he doing with all the money he was given? I'd had to ask a couple of people for direction to his house since I'd never been here before. And I hoped that I didn't have to come out here again for his own sake. I knocked on the door, waiting for a
VALFREDI dropped the towel on a table before I entered my father's office. “Good morning, father. Mother tells me you called for me.”He looked up from his phone. “I told her not to set off those damn sprinklers. Take a seat.”So he knew of that too? “I wanted to speak to you about something I know you would not be comfortable talking about but nonetheless, I have to talk about it because it's necessary.”My father had a particular tone he used that let me know that things were serious. “What is the matter, father?” “As you know, I won't be young for much longer. Not that I'm young right now but I'm still agile. In a few years, you'll be taking over from me and before then, I need to make sure that you have met all the requirements of a King.”I still didn't know where this was going. “What efforts have you made towards finding a wife? I know all your past relationships didn't work o
ROSHIDA I walked back to the waiting room. “Is there a problem, Luna?” “A small one but it's all been taken care of.” Felix was crazy if he thought I was going to drop everything and.appear just because he was stupid enough to show up at my house without telling me. “Do you want to share?” Oh well, why not? It was funny to me either way. “My ex husband thought it wise to go to my pack and demand to see me. He says hes not going to leave until he does. Such a nuisance.” What did he want to see me for? What did he want to tell me? “The audacity. I thought the King asked him not to come close to you anymore. What does he want from you?” I could see that she was getting upset and I didn't want her to. “My Queen, it's fine. As I said, I've handled it already. Infact, I've decided to stay an extra day. So that when he gets tired of acting a fool, he would leave my
ROSHIDA What woke me up was the water. The sprinklers were set off every morning and we had forgotten that when we fell asleep on the grass last night. I jumped up and shook Valfred. “Seriously, no one could turn off the sprinklers?” We ran inside, obviously already soaked because the ground was wet as well. As we entered the house, the maids were already waiting with towels. The Queen was behind them, smiling. “Good morning, sleepy heads. My apologies for waking you in such a mean manner but the whole house had already gotten a glimpse of your…should I say intimacy?” Gosh, this was so embarrassing. “Mother, you are mean. I'm soaking wet!” He collected the towels from the maid and handed me one. “Oh well, hurry up. Your father wants to see you. He didn't want to disturb your sweet sleep.” “He saw me?!” The way he said it made me feel like
ROSHIDA “You're enjoying this, aren't you? You like the fact that I'm now a maid and you're a Luna? Roshida, I should have known the kind of person you were.” I had never been so confused in my life before. “Sonia, I can understand why you're mad. You make what, I don't think I can. I did ask you to come with me back to my pack. I was never going to make you a maid. You were going to live there freely and have people serve you, just like you wanted here. But you chose this instead.” She dropped the mop.“You think I'm stupid. I know you look down on me and that's why you thought I was some charity case that you could help. But guess what, I'm better off here. I'd rather be a rat here than go with you where I will be indebted to you forever.” What on earth was she on about? Was that how she viewed this whole thing? “That wasn't what this was about. I just wanted to help you out. That's it. You could have easily gon
ROSHIDA After we finished eating, Reggie saw us out of the house. “Thank you so much for the food, Reggie. It was really great.” His smile wasn't as wide anymore.“Yeah, it's fine. I'm just glad you liked it.” “And sorry you had to find out about your dog and cat like that.” “Yeah, I'm going to have a long talk with them tonight. Gosh, there are going to be so many.” Valfred placed his arm on his shoulder.“Good luck because you're going to need it. You should have been a better father.” Reggie slapped his hand off.“You should be disappointed in yourself too. What were you doing while they were getting knocked up?” “Far up in the north being a hero. What about you?” Reggie couldn't say anything again.“I can't believe you'd stoop so low. Anyways, I'll be bringing some of the babies to your house so people don't think I'm the weird cat and dog artist. They already think I'