**ARIA'S POV**"Why don't you and Carl move into the pack house," Tristan said."What!!" I blurted out."Yes Aria, I think that's better, at least that way, I'll be able to keep an eye on you,""N no Tristan, there's no need for that, you don't have to worry about me like that. I really don't want to burden you like this, I can take care of myself, I'm good," I refused instantly.Tristan sighed deeply. "How many times do I have to say this to you Aria? You're not a burden to me at all, so please stop insisting or saying that you are when you're obviously not."I bit my bottom lip nervously and I bent my head down, I don't know why those words kinda make my heart flutter."Do you understand?" Tristan asked.I looked at him and I nodded positively."And again, it'll be better for you to stay in the pack house so the people can get used to you before you become the Luna," He added.A lot was really going on in my heart right now, and I'm clearly not comfortable with this at all. I just t
**ARIA'S POV**As we walked into the pack house, all eyes were fixed on us, making me feeling so uncomfortable."Alpha," The greeted with their heads bowed down in respect.Tristan acknowledged their greetings before telling them that we'll be staying there from now on.I noticed the shocked expression on the faces of the elders and the other subjects, but they were quick to hide it."Okay Alpha," One of the elders said."Welcome to the pack house Aria." The greeted."Thank you," I replied with a smile."Come, I'll take you to our room." Tristan said before walking away with I and Carl trailing behind him.Some of the guards will bring our things along.We got to our room and Carl let out a wow as he stared around the whole place."Are we really going to be staying here?" He asked, still staring around in amusement.I must admit, this room seems way more bigger and cozier than the room at the other house, it was neatly decorated too."Yes Carl, but this room will be for you and your m
Writers POV Aria wakes up tired and hungry, she feels like staying in bed throughout due to the sparring that occurred yesterday. Her body ached badly and she wished for a massage. Although she had eaten enough she was still hungry and her nostrils could scent a lot of food making her stomach rumble. She wondered if there was a party going on that she wasn't aware of. She was so damn sure that it wasn't the maids handwork because this particular meal had a different scent. A scent that watered her mouth. Entering the bathroom she quickly brushes her teeth when carl comes in. "Mom, where are you?" Carl said shouting. "Give me a minute carl am in the bathroom" She replied. "What's wrong baby?" Aria asks coming out of the bathroom. "We need to go downstairs imediately" he said rushing. "Why the rush? Give me 2 minutes let me put something on" Aria replied and was amused as to how he couldn't stay patient. "Or do you want your mother to go downstairs with a robe?". "Mom pleas
ARIA’S POVI was shocked when I overheard the discussions of some women. “I heard a Princess is coming from another Kingdom to visit Alpha Tristan,” A woman in a black gown said. “Do you know who this princess is?” Another woman who was present there questioned. “No, but I can’t wait to see who this mystery princess is, since she’s coming for her marriage preparations with Alpha Tristan after a long-term betrothal,” The woman in black said. “Betrothal?” A woman asked with widened eyes. “Yes,” The woman in black said, and my eyes widened when she reconfirmed what she just said. I was able to see them clearly, but they weren’t able to see me, so they continued their conversation. “I’m so certain that Alpha Tristan’s relationship with Aria will be affected by the mystery princess’s appearance,” One woman sighed. “You shouldn’t sound like you feel bad about it?” A woman said to her. “Of course I do, who wouldn’t?” “Why should I feel bad about it, when I strongly believe that Ari
ARIA’S POVI spread my hands widely for Carl to hug me, which he did excitedly. He refused to release me and I kept on hugging him tightly, until he finally released me. “I guess he felt suffocated,” He smiled and gave me a light peck on my cheek, before giggling softly, but stopped after a while. “Mummy, how come you were locked inside here?” Carl raised his brows and I shrugged, not knowing how to answer him. “I really don’t know how,” I sighed, and he furrowed his brows. “So you don’t know how you got locked in here?” Carl stared at me confusingly. “Yeah, That’s what I’m trying to say,” I sighed “What do you mean by that, Aria?” I heard Tristan ask, but I ignored him completely. “Mummy, Daddy was asking you?” Carl pouted. “I don’t know what to say to him,” I shrugged, and I noticed Carl looked up to stare at my face with a confused gaze. I looked at Tristan and noticed that he stared at me with his piercing gaze. “Anyway, thank God you’re safe now,” Tristan said when he
TRISTAN’S POVI decided to avoid Aria for some time because of my suspicions. I don’t want us to have any attached feelings to each other because I believe that love ruins things most of the time. “Yeah, that’s my belief,” “Even if I have any feelings for whosoever, I will always try to quench it and focus on my goal,” I thought and smiled. A knock on the door disrupted my thoughts as I jolted back to reality. I quickly comported myself well, before telling the person to come in. The door to my chamber opened and I saw one of the guards walking in.“Your highness, you’re summoned by the pack elders,” He announced with his head bowed. I nodded and dismissed him. I stood and breathed deeply before leaving my chamber. On my way to the meeting room, I met Aria heading to the sparring room and I quickly tried to dodge her by passing another route, but unfortunately for me, she saw me earlier and called out for me loudly. “Tristan!!!” She yelled and I halted abruptly, before turni
ARIA’S POVThe sun shone brightly on my face as I turned slightly on the bed, yawning loudly. I opened my eyes and closed it as quickly as I had opened it, because my eyes hasn’t adjusted to the light. I kept on blinking my eyes, till it got used to the light and it stayed steadily. I kept on rolling on the bed, completely wrapped in a duvet till I heard a knock on my door. I groaned loudly before trying to stand up and that was when I mistakenly hit my head on the bed. “Ouch,” I groaned in pain as I massaged my temples. “What a great way to start my morning,” I muttered already annoyed by the fact my morning started with me hurting myself. “I’m coming!” I said loud enough for the person at the door to hear. I opened the door and met Alpha Tristan standing at the door, full of smiles and energy. “Good morning,” He greeted and I nodded, still shocked that he was the one standing right in front of me. “Yeah, good morning,” I replied, still surprised. “Can I come in?” “Oh yea
TRISTAN’S POVI stared at the sleeping Aria and a smile tugged at the corner of my lips. I stared at her while she slept peacefully and giggled shortly before trying to stretch my hands to touch her face. I stopped halfway as I got myself and withdrew my hand because I knew that she’d not be happy, knowing that I touched her in her sleep. She snored lightly as she slept and I admired her beauty, her lips curved into a faint smile as she closed her eyes slightly, enjoying her sleep. A smile crept on my face when I saw the book on her hand and I concluded that she slept off when she wanted to read the book. I kept on staring at her until she wanted to turn in her sleep, thinking she was on her bed, she turned carelessly and almost fell but I was quick to catch her. Her eyes suddenly flew open and it popped out of their sockets when she saw herself in my arms, we were close to each other as our breathing kept on fanning each other’s face. She quickly stood and pushed me farther fr
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