VALFRED
I led them to the pack. Some of the guards would be on patrol.Now that I thought about it, I should have asked Jimmy what happened after that knock in the door.I need to know if they know that we're missing.The men were spread out through the pack so it was easier for us to take them out.“Mike, down this street, there's a house. That's where they kept us. Take your men and go there. Make sure not to kill any wolves. For now, just leave them there so they won't get in the cross fire. I'll meet up with you later.”The main gate was my main target. I needed to get the guards away from there so that Roshida would be able to lead them out.I think they were beginning to get the memo that there was something wrong. Thankfully, I had a lot of men to take care of that so I just made my way to the gate.The sun was beginning to come up which helped us because it would have been more difficult to see iROSHIDA From Jimmy's kitchen, I could see that he had lived alone all his life. There was no double of any object. “Jimmy, don't you ever have visitors?” He laughed until he started coughing. “Visitors? Your husband walking through that door was the first person to visit me in thirty years. No one comes to see me and since I don't have any family anywhere, I'm all alone.” It must be very sad. He probably had family out there in the pack where his parents were taken from but since it was a long time ago, we might not know. “Why didn't you get married? Maybe you would have had a family of your own.” It took a while before he answered that question. ”I was a very unhappy person. I hated this place, hated myself, hated everything. I didn't want to bring a child into this sadness. It would be unfair.” I could understand his point. I was here for only two weeks and I couldn't imagine
ROSHIDA “Roshida, I can explain.” Oh, I'm sure he can. “But not now, we don't have the time.for that. All I can say is that we can trust him and right now, he's the only one I know will be able to protect you and make sure nothing happens to you.” I looked at him and I looked at Borge. My legs felt weak again so I had to rest against the wall. “Please, just go to the gate-” I raised my hand to stop him. “So you mean to tell me that Borge, the same man who brought us here and murdered thousands of your own people, is the man that I can trust with my life.” He looked so sure of it. “Yes, that's what I'm saying. I assure you. I will explain everything to you later.” Since we were pressed for time, I knew that asking him questions would take even more time so I decided to trust him. “Okay, I'll go but if he moves funny, I won't hesitate to cut his head off. That'
VALFRED What i had done was a gamble but I didn't think that it would almost cause Roshida her life. I knew that there were still more people in the pack and leaving them here without even trying to save them would mean letting them die. The place was really big and we hadn't been able to get everywhere due to the fire. Even though Mike didn't want me to go, I'd had to order him out because I didn't want to risk anything happening to him. The fire was spreading crazily and it was getting harder and harder to see..but I knew that there were people still stuck in their homes in fear. I managed to get some of them out and we made our way to the gate. “There is someone injured here! We need to get her out.” I rushed over to the figure lying on the floor and it took only a second to realize that it was Roshida. I ran over to her and turned her over, seeing that she had landed on some bottle sh
VALFRED. My mother ran into my arms.. “Oh, I'm so glad you're okay. I almost lost it when Mike said that there were a lot of injured people. Are you okay?” “Mum, mum, stop. I'm fine. I'm okay.” “Then who's blood is all this?” As she touched my shirt, that was when I realised that Roshidas's blood had stained my shirt badly. “If you say it's not yours, then whose is it?” I'd never felt this terrible before. “It’s Roshida's. She has a head injury and she's in with the doctor now.” I expected panic but certainly not a slap. And especially not from my father. “Where were you when she was getting hurt? Didn't I tell you to protect her?!” My mother ran and stood in front of me. “My King, stop it please. You should be glad that he's alive as well. You haven't even welcomed him.” I knew he woul
VALFRED THnakfully, the VIP rooms were sound proof and far away from all the noise. There was a bandage on her head and she was asleep. There were cuts and bruises on her hands, arms, lip, neck and face. She truly looked like she had been through a lot. It's no wonder my father was mad at me. It was like I wasn't there at all. The doctor said he didn't know when she would be awake because she has been through a lot and her body was still trying to heal so she will take her time. I was just happy that she was alive with no brain damage and no permanent injuries. Reggie joined me in the room after a while, accompanied by my mother and my father whose presence made me stand up immediately. He walked over to where she lay and looked at her with a distasteful face. I could see that he was looking at me but I dared not look back. “I leave a woman in your c
VALFRED It was the crashing of the tray that made me jump out of my sleep.. Reggie was standing over spilt soup.. “What the hell are you doing? Trying to wake up the dead?” “Sorry, I was trying to bring my princess breakfast in bed.” He brought over the plate of rice and placed it in my lap. The burn was almost instant and I grabbed the plate off before it burnt me. “Are you crazy? This shit is hot.” He turned around to look at me. “Oh. You shouldn't be wearing shorts then.” I would have hurled the plate at his head so that maybe when he wakes up, he would have a brain. But he was right. My father was the one who brought the clothes for me. He had no idea I didn't wear shorts when I was out. “Who brought food?” “Your mother.” “She came?” He opened a bag and brought out another plate of soup. “Yeah, she did but she didn't want
VALFRED The doctor quickly made arrangements and by noon, the ambulance brought her home. I'd called earlier to tell them to prepare her room. I decided that I wanted a professional nurse who had done this before and not a maid who might make a silly mistake. Not at this point, I couldn't afford any mistakes. My parents were outside when we arrived.. “This is a good idea, son. I was going to suggest it myself if you hadn't.” They brought her down and wheeled her in. My mother hurried after them“I’ll go check on them and make sure everything is fine.” Reggie and Sonia followed after her and I was going to go too if he hadn't called my name. “How was it out there?” My father wasn't a hard man. My mother always said he hated me and that was why he was always harsh on me and I thought that as well while growing up. Just like Roshida. “It was…it was hard. Jus
VALFRED “You can't. I mean, we have the best doctors and nurses in the kingdom. They'll surely take care of her without any cost to you. You don't have to worry. We can get you a room here too.” She looked at Roshida.“My Prince, I appreciate your kindness and I understand that you feel guilty for what happened to her but I'll still be taking her home. What better place would she receive care than her own home? You've done more than enough for her and now, I want to take care of her. Please let me.” I knew that Sophia wanted to take care of her seeing how badly injured she was but I also couldn't be away from me. I couldn't bear the worry I'd have. I lokked to my mother for support because I knew that there was a high chance that Sophia would listen to her. My mother understood and stepped in. “Sophia, I know that you're worried about your friend and you have every right to be but the King and I are very interest
VALFRED“It will take some time but I assure you that things will get better. Just give it some time. She's still very delicate. And her father was a very good friend of mine so I don't want you to do anything that will hurt her.”I guess Reggie and my dad could agree on one thing. I was going to have to be very patient if I wanted to go somewhere with her.“Also, my apologies for walking in on the both of you. I had no idea that was happening.”I had to laugh..it's good he walked in. I don't know how she would have reacted if I had actually kissed her so I guess I could thank my dad for that much.“It’s fine. Thanks dad.”I knew that there was a high chance that he would have told my mother so I didn't even need to ask him. Hell, I'm sure he had.I went back into the house and went to my room.She was leaving tomorrow which meant that tonight was my only chance to see her. I wish she didn't have to go so I could go to her pack and see that bastard and tell him a piece of my mind.Any
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