(ARIA'S P. O. V.)I stood leaning on the rails of the balcony, trying to focus on my breathing. My resolve was crumbling bit by bit; I could feel the intensity of my distaste towards him slip away slowly. The feeling of tiredness had overwhelmed me, leaving my once racing mind blank. It was funny how after all these years of thinking he did was out of his own will, just to find out it was the dying wish of the ex king.I laughed bitterly; the feeling of pain creeping through my veins like ice forming on a river in winter. I laughed at myself, at my life, at my whole existence. I laughed until I felt the hollowness in my chest grow, and tears of sadness slide down my cheeks. The feeling of insanity closed in; the urge to end it all grew, making jumping down seem very appealing. Suddenly I remembered the smiling face of my baby, and the laughter of Tristan. The good times, flowed through my mind in strips of films, like an old movie. The difference was that I was the only viewer in the l
Tristan's POVHer words continued hanging in the air, while two pairs of eyes continued peering into me, my soul. I wanted to walk over to Scott and gouge his eyes out so he would never look at me again, but I decided to calm down.I was shocked, angry, betrayed and...sad. I didn't even know what to do - or say.What Aria did was the height of it all, and I wasn't sure if I would be able to survive it at all.They did something that I wouldn't have thought they would have done in a million years to come. After getting in bed with him, she wanted to go back to him? Wow.I quietly pinched myself to see if I was dreaming or not. I really wanted it all to be a dream, I really did, but when the pain from the pinch surged through my hand, I just knew that it wasn't a dream.It was all real.I blinked back a few tears because I knew that it wouldn't be right to cry in front of my wife's ex boyfriend, especially when they both just cheated on me. I was mentally trying so hard to convince myse
Tristan's POV Before I could even utter a word or even react, Aria came back with Scott trailing behind her. He had a mocking smile on his face, and I knew that he was mocking me, telling me that he had won, and there was nothing I could do about it. God, I was so angry, because I didn't like the newly found bond at all. It was so disgusting and annoying, and I just kept on trying to get Aria's attention, but her face was glued to the things in front of her. She wasn't interested in saying anything to me, and that broke my heart a little. I had thought that we were really in love with each other, and that nothing could change that...ever, but then, the direct opposite was happening. It seemed like Aria hated me and she couldn't just wait to get rid of me. It was hurting. What was? My heart, my heart was so hitting, but there was nothing I could do about it. I moved my right hand to my chest, thinking that it was going to reduce the pain in my heart and the way my heart was clench
CHAPTER 123 (TRISTAN'S P. O. V.) A turmoil of emotions churns within me; I barely slept the previous night, and the foreboding feeling of anxiety overwhelmed me more, every passing second. The inability to think clearly and coherently was dominant in my mind, clearing away and covering every other thing. I was worried; worried about Aria, and what she was dragging herself into. What if something went wrong, what if it was too late by the time I had gotten there? Her ability to stand up for herself and go with her mind made her very admirably independent, but extremely impulsive at the same time. I got out of my room, my trunk ready for my journey and to be taken down to be put in the car by the maids. I headed for Andrew's room, looking to bid him a farewell before I left. Entering his room, I saw him sitting by the window and looking outside, lost in thought. The boy amazed me, his eyes held wisdom far beyond his age. Anytime he said anything, it sounded like the words of someone w
Tristan's POV I really couldn't believe that it was happening right in front of me - Crystal's whole drama. It was so weird and overwhelming. It was so hard to believe, if I wasn't witnessing it, I'd have doubted it was real, to be honest. It was way too weird to even watch, but I still wanted to watch it. I stood in the shadows and watched as Crystal moved closer to Aria. She had a scornful look on her face and I knew that the things that she was going to say to Aria were going to be so bad. There was nothing I could do about it, I could only stay in the shadows and watch. She moved to Aria, and grabbed her face so hard. Aria groaned and eyed her scornfully. I wondered what crystal was about to say to her, I just hoped it wasn't about her moving into Scott's house. I was becoming so impatient, that I wanted to just barge in and take aria away from the place. She wasn't supposed to even be there in the first place, if she had listened to me, then all these wouldn't have happened a
(ARIA'S P. O. V.)"You lying wench!" She screams, trying her best to mask the nervousness on her face. Even though I was tied, and bruised up on the floor, I knew I had more power at the moment, than Crystal. She was scared of me, and the fact that I could expose all her dirty deeds in seconds. A sarcastic and manic laugh left my lips; I felt deadly. A terrible feeling crossed my mind, and I was officially on overdrive. "Little did this bitch standing her know, I had known everything all along. I heard it when and her apology of a father, ten years ago. I heard how he instructed her to make sure she got pregnant for Scott, so that she could kill him too, and take over. I had to do something to fish them both out. They knew it had to be a boy, so that everything could fall in their favor, they were going to make Scott's death seem like an accident, and since she knew she was royalty, she would cover up the case, and no one would be able to open it up again........ She even went as f
Aria's POVWith the look on crystal's face, I could see that she was so scared. The movement of her chest, in rhythm with the way her fingers drummed against her thighs in fear, she was so fucking scared and I was in for the full show."Um, stop listening everyone!" Crystal yelled at the top of her voice, trying to get everyone's attention. Well, she actually did get everyone's attention, but most people were staring at her with scornful looks on their faces.I was doing the most even. I squinted my eyes at her, trying to see and hear what she had to say to defend herself. She looked pathetic as hell, with the way streams of sweats were trickling down her face, neck and everything.She knew that she was in for it, that's why she was so scared. The way she was even acting was annoying me, and I just wished I could push her down and punish her until I was okay.Instead 9f doing what I had in mind to her, I decided to just chill and wait for her to say anything she had to say, knowing th
Chapter 126:Aria's POVThe drama happening in front of me was so weird, but funny. The awkwardness in the atmosphere was so overwhelming, that I decided to move away from them for a while. I was happy with the way things were happening among them. Everyone was fighting with one another, and it was fun to watch.I was about to walk away from the spit, when crystal started dragging my legs. I didn't know why she was dragging my legs, and most importantly, what she had to gain from it. I kept on fighting with her to leave me alone, but she kept on dragging my legs. I wondered what was wrong with her, and if she was mentally stable enough to even think at all.My eyes darted around in fear, and I looked over at Scott, to see if he could even help me. He couldn't, with the way he was busy with the whole drama that happened minutes ago. There was nobody to help me, and in all the chaos, I was stuck with crystal, who just wanted to hurt me somehow, I didn't know how.After a few minutes of
Love; it is a beautiful thing. Be it familial, platonic, or romantic. Love is all around us; we can't run away from it. It had been a long run for my mother, Uncle Tristan, and I. But we still stood strong through it, allowing love to lead the way all through. That's how it was supposed to be; no matter the case or whatever that happened. Everyone had some ups and downs sometimes, what really made you a strong person was the ability to pull through it, and if you're with someone else, be it just one, or multiple people, to pull them through it too. It wasn't determined on the amount of power you had, or how much money you had in your bank account like my late biological father, Uncle Scott had always believed; financial power had nothing on mental power, and unfortunately, he understood that late, which brought about his ultimate downfall. By mental power, I do not mean the ability to manipulate, manipulation will genuinely take you absolutely nowhere. Unfortunately, my late step mot
(TRISTAN'S P. O. V.)"What do you mean?" Aria asked, her eyebrows furrowed in confusion. The old woman didn't say anything reply, and just smiled at us with twinkling eyes. We were both confused, but before we could even say anything, the old lady turned, and walked away steadily. Aria was the first to snap out of her daze, and immedietly moved to go after the old lady. I caught her arm, stopping her from moving any further, while she squirmed in my grip. "Let me go, I need to get answers!" She yelled at me, frustrated that I was restricting her.I continued holding her firmly. The woman wasn't one of us; she was a messenger to the goddess, probably one of the spirits of our ancestors. We do not question spirits; they only appear to deliver a message, and leave without any further details. No matter how much you pester them, that's if they aren't gone with the whispy wind in seconds like they never even existed, they will not give you any more information about what it is that they
"Okay. So, should we have it here?" I asked Tristan, who was staring at me like he could see through me. I didn't know if having the conversation in his room was the right decision. But, when he nodded his head, I also nodded my head, answering to that. We stood in front of each other, while looking elsewhere.Things had been so awkward between us, but this time, it was too awkward. I didn't know if it was because of the fact that he asked me to be his Luna and I didn't say anything about it. I didn't know why, but I didn't like it at all.It was too overwhelming and I just wanted it to end. I didn't know if he wanted to start the conversation, but I just kept quiet, while waiting for him to speak first."Um, Aria..." He started speaking, but he stopped and looked away, when I raised my head to look at him. He looked so shy and that was a bit amusing to me, because I don't think that I've ever seen Tristan acting that shy before. It was so amusing to watch, and even though I didn't wa
The former people of Aria's pack welcomed her with mixed feelings, they had all heard the news and some of them felt angry that Scott was dead.That surprised me a bit, because I didn't know that there were still some that loved Scott to that extent. They soon started blaming her for Scott's death and making everything worse.When I saw Aria's face, I was a bit heartbroken, because she looked really sad. I wanted to defend her, and to tell them that she had no fault in everything. But, when they started shouting that they wanted to hear the story from the horse's mouth, she had no choice but to explain what really happened.She told them that most of the bad things that happened, did happen because of Crystal's influence. She only married Scott to take over the throne. That had been something that she's always wanted, and even though she always made it clear, no one still saw through her bad ways. That was how much she actually managed to manipulate them really well.Nobody noticed,
(TRISTAN'S P. O. V.)".... I'm coming with you. We're, coming with you. I can't stay here, all I have is painful memories, when it comes to this pack. And now that I know my true roots, true heritage, I need some time and space, far away from here to process it. I had been lied to, all my life. I need to perhaps read about my ancestors, a little bit about my history before coming back. Nothing is here for me anymore, I don't have family here, neither do I have friends. There's nothing stopping me from coming with you." She said, her voice solemn, yet firm. My heart skipped a beat as she said that she would follow me back home. I was beyond happy, and I could hear my wolf purr and howl in pleasure. She was coming home with me, and that's all that mattered. A sudden urge to pull her in, and kiss her so deeply overwhelmed me. I wanted to act on it so badly, yet I had to remember that she had to give me the green lights first. Suddenly, she closed the gap between us, and hugged me, wrappi
Aria's POVWhile I was walking to his room, my heart was just beating fast, because I didn't know the right words to tell him. I just finished speaking with him two hours ago, but it still felt like I hadn't spoken to him in years.We've been talking about... getting together, but I don't think it has ever been this serious. I didn't know what he was going to say about it, if he was going to reject me or not. So many thoughts were just running through my mind.Before getting to his room, I took a deep breath in and released it immediately. I wanted to balance my breathing first before going in to say rubbish to him. I wanted to be calm first, so I'd be calm enough to speak to him.By the time I got to his door, I was already better, and I could speak without stuttering like a fool. I stood in front of his door, contemplating on what to do - if I should just go in and say my thoughts, or if I should go back to my room and regret why I never said anything to him. The former sounded bett
Aria's POV I didn't know what Tristan was thinking about...or what he might be thinking about. As we walked back to the house, I couldn't stop staring at his face and trying to figure out what he was thinking. His face was fixed on the empty, dark space in front of us, without saying anything to either of us - Carl or me.There were so many things to talk about, but he still wasn't saying anything. At first, I thought that we were going to rejoice about our newly found victory, but it seemed that wouldn't be possible with the way he was staring straight ahead without uttering a word.When we got to the house, I told Carl to go inside because I wanted to talk to Tristan about some things. When I was sure that Carl was gone, I crossed my hands and stood right in front of Tristan.For the first time that night, he brought down his head and stared into my eyes. I slowly shook my head at him, and I started seeing a smile creeping to his lips. I was a bit happy that I made him smile at leas
(TRISTAN'S P. O. V.)"Ar- I mean, your Majesty, we are sorry. Please find it in your heart to forgive us. I know it'll take a long while before you forget about everything, no one can forgive the injustice of one to another. All I ask from you, dear Luna, is that you may forgive us. People make mistakes, what is divine is the ability to forgive." Said the elder, calmly yet apologetically.The others nodded in agreement, confirming the statement and apology of the elder that had come forth to seek for her forgiveness. It was shown in their eyes, that they were clearly remorseful of the actions that they took all those years ago, and the allegations that they made against the both of us, knowing fully well, that the all the evidence they needed was right before their eyes, and were very clear. Aria turned her face away, avoiding their eyes and faces. Her Expression a mask of a stoney resolve, and her eyes the epitome of indecipherability. It was as clear as day, that she wasn't willing
(TRISTAN'S P.O.V.)Slowly, yet steadily, the tense expression on the faces of most of the elders, releases step by step. I feel fulfilled and elated, about the fact that they believed me and trusted me enough not to chain me down without listening to what I had to say. But then again, about two had contrasting expressions; they wore scowles, with a look of pure disbelief and despise in their eyes. "You are a bloody liar, and all of you are complete idiots for believing what this enemy of progress is spilling out. How could you trust our mortal enemy, the same person who had been plotting for years for ways to bring us down? Are you that fooled by illusion? Okay, assuming that they did torture Aria and Scott, then why didn't Aria get killed in the process too? This is all a plot, how could a woman as frail and defenseless as her survive all that they say she went through? She would have probably given up the ghost the moment the blade touched her! You are fools, all of you for decievi